Credit card market in Japan

Credit card issuers, acquiring company, settlement terminal solution providers, etc

I   General overview

1. Current Status of Credit Card Market

1. Market Overview
2. Market Size, Trends in Performances
3. Approaches of Issuers for business enhancement
4. Approaches for "Acquiring," the task of which means to acquire member stores

2. Market Perspectives

II   Business Performance of Credit Card Issuing Companies

1. Operating profit
2. Ordinary profit, Current profit
3. Net profit for the year
4. Active number of card holders
5. Number of Internet Members
6. Private Card Member Attributes
7. Billings (shopping + cashing)
8. Billings (shopping)
9. Billings (cashing)
10. Ratio of Active Members
11. Balance of revolving, divided payment
12. Balance of cashing
13. Balance of reserve for doubtful accounts
14. Balance of reserves for possible loss caused by the requests for refunding interests paid in excess
15. Balance of reserves for the point system
16. Ratio of operating profit earned by credit card business (FY2013)

III   Characteristics of and Trends in Credit Cards by Parent Company

1. Bank-affiliated Card Companies
2. Credit Companies
3. Retailer-affiliated Card Companies (GMS, Supermarkets, Convenience stores)
4. Retailer-affiliated Card Companies (Department stores)
5. Automakers/Traffic-related Card Companies
6. Telecommunications carrier/IT-related Card Companies

IV   Approaches on Various Services Addressed by Card Companies

1. Trends in point systems and discount services
2. Services to modify revolving, divided payment
3. Trends in Strategies of Membership Communications
4. Trends in Web Strategies
5. Trends in Investments to Information Systems and Processing

V   Trend Analysis on New Settlement Services

1. Status and Approaches of Settlement Terminal solutions for Smartphones
2. Analysis on Mobile Wallets
3. Status and Approaches of Brand Prepaid

IV   Company Profiles

• 25 Leading Credit Card Issuers
• 1 Acquiring Company
• 1 Processing Company
• 3 Settlement Terminal Solution Providers