One Out of Three U.K. Internet Users Banked Online in January 2008


LONDON, April 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Lloyds TSB is the U.K.'s Most Popular Online Banking Brand

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,
based on 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.

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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

                                                Total Unique   Average Visits 
               Banking Service                  Customers (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.

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http://www.comscore.com/contact.

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