Une récente étude du centre de recherche de Deutsche Bank a analysé les prévisions de dépenses informatiques des banques pour 2013. Il en ressort que le domaine financier a habituellement des investissements informatiques plus important que les autres secteurs industriels. Cette analyse met également en évidence que ces prévisions varient grandement d’un cabinet d’étude comme par exemple entre Forrester et Gartner.
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Financial services firms will spend between USD 270 billion and USD 460 billion on IT in 2013 globally. IT cost figures in banking are estimates and differ substantially between different sources.
Measured as a percentage of revenues, financial services firms spend more on IT than any other industry. Banks' IT costs equal 7.3% of their revenues, compared to an average of 3.7% across all other industries surveyed.
Source : Etude Deutsche Bank – Prévision de dépenses informatiques des banques pour 2013
The structure of IT costs varies from market to market. For example, IT staff costs account for 26% of banks' IT budget in the US, whereas UK banks spend 37% of their IT expenses on IT staff.
Some banking businesses seem to employ IT to a greater extent than others. Unsurprisingly, IT costs account for a large share of the total cost base in transaction banking.
The size of a bank's IT budget seems to be only one factor in achieving good business performance. Rather, studies suggest that efficient IT management is crucial.