Women constitute more than half (53%) of new users of on-line
banking services this year. Figures for women banking on-line are
up more than 60% since January.
NetValue’s Alki Manias said of the results that, "UK Internet
users are showing that they are comfortable banking on-line.
However, users are also spending less time online, suggesting they
know their way round the sites, and what they want to do
there."
Lloyds TSB had most users going to a part of their site with a
secure connection, the part in which transactions take place. Of
all visitors to lloydstsb.com, 64% made a secure connection.
Egg.com came second.
Elsewhere in Europe, on-line banking continues to be popular.
The French on-line banking audience has increased by a third this
year, and Scandinavian countries are keen users of these services.
In Sweden, more than half (54.1%) of Internet users use banking
sites. Norway (48.1%) and Denmark (44%) have the next largest
proportions of on-line banking users amongst their on-line
populations.
Germany is the exception, where use of on-line banking has
actually decreased since January. Only Italian users buck the trend
of spending less time on-line with 42.3 minutes per month, almost
double the UK figure.
