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
3. Approaches of Issuers for business enhancement

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 reward system
16. Ratio of operating profit earned by credit card business

III   Trend Analysis of Credit Cards by Business Form/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   Attempts of Various Services Addressed by Card Companies

1. Trends in Reward Systems and Discount Services
2. Services to Modify Revolving, Divided Payment
3. Trends in Web Strategies
4. Trends in Investments to Information Systems and Processing

V   Trend Analysis on New Settlement Services

1. Trends of NFC (Near Field Radio Communication)
2. Trends and Challenges of Apple Pay
3. Status of Settlement Solutions for Smartphones
4. Trends of CLO
5. Trends of DCC
6. Trends and Potential of Bitcoin

VI   Case Studies of Leading Companies

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