The global outlook series on Financial Services provides a collection of statistical anecdotes, market briefs, and concise summaries of research findings. The report critically examines major market trends and issues, identifies major segments, highlights the indispensable need for IT in the financial services industry, and investigates the implications of globalization. A one-pager unbiased outlook summarizes the industry’s potential. The discussion on the global market includes exclusive data coverage on banking penetration rate for Deposits, Loans, Bookrunners, Debt Issuance, High Yield Corporate Bonds and Managers Equity Proceeds. The reader also stands to gain a prelude to topics such as ATM and Debit Card, Credit Cards, Online Credit Card Payments, Master Cards, and Visa Cards, among others. Annotated with 40 data rich tables, the prevailing scenario in the US is captured for a greater macro level understanding of the market. Other markets briefly abstracted to acquaint the reader with regional dynamics include Canada, Japan, Europe, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, Rest of Europe, Africa/Middle East, South Africa, Israel, Oman & Qatar, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Korea, South East Asia, and Latin America, among others. The report provides a recapitulation of the spate of recent mergers, acquisitions, and other noteworthy strategic corporate developments, in addition to offering an indexed, easy-to-refer, fact-finder directory listing the addresses, and contact details of 331 companies worldwide