[April 28, 2008] comScore, Inc: One Out of Three U.K. Internet Users Banked Online in January 2008; Lloyds TSB is the U.K.'s Most Popular Online Banking Brand Tweet (M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:28042008 LONDON, U.K. -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR),a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a study on the U.K. online banking sector, basedon data from comScore Media Metrix and analysis from comScore Marketing Solutions. The report measured online banking activity, including the number of customers and the number of visits per month. Accessing Online Accounts In January, 10.9 million customers logged onto at least one online banking account, representing 33 percent of the total U.K. online population. On an aggregate basis, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) had the most online banking customers in the U.K. in January (2.9 million), driven largely by the 2 million people who accessed NatWest's online banking service. The most popular individual online banking brand was Lloyds TSB with 2.8 million customers. It was also the most frequently visited online banking service in the study, averaging 6.8 visits per customer during January. Top 5 U.K. Online Banking Services Ranked by Total Unique Online Banking Customers (000)* Total U.K., Age 15+ - Home and Work Locations** January 2008 Banking Service Total Unique Average Visits Visitors (000) per Customer Total Internet: Total Audience 33,254 71.0 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group 2,906 5.9 NatWest Bank 2,021 5.9 Royal Bank of Scotland 952 5.5 Lloyds TSB 2,832 6.8 Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBoS) Group 2,439 6.1 Halifax 2,063 6.0 Bank of Scotland 358 6.3 HSBC 2,374 5.2 Barclays Bank 1,700 5.9 *Online banking customers defined as unique visitors to the secure pages of online banking properties on which online account activity takes place. ** Excludes traffic from public computers such as Internet cafes or access from mobile phones or PDAs. For additional information on comScore's online banking analysis, contact www.comscore.com/contact. About comScore comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/boilerplate CONTACT: WWW: http://www.comscore.com ((M2 Communications Ltd disclaims all liability for information provided within M2 PressWIRE. Data supplied by named party/parties. Further information on M2 PressWIRE can be obtained at http://www.presswire.net on the world wide web. Inquiries to [email protected])). Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]