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.