BEST INTERNET BANKS IN EUROPE 2009




NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition in the Middle East and Africa. This is the 10th year Global Finance has named the World’s Best Internet Banks. Details on all First Round winners will be published in the September issue. First Round winners include Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks and Best Consumer Internet Banks at the country level. The Regional and Global winners for these categories will be announced at an Awards Ceremony in New York City in November and published in the December issue of Global Finance. Also announced were Regional winners in Sub-Categories. Global winners in the Sub-Categories will also be announced at the Awards Ceremony and in the December issue. The list of First Round winners follows.

Winners were chosen among entries evaluated by a world-class judging panel. Global Finance editors were responsible for the final selection of winners in the First Round.

Only banks that entered the competition were considered for awards, and awards were only given in those regions, countries and categories in which there were entries.

Winning banks were selected based on the following criteria: strength of strategy for attracting and servicing online customers, success in getting clients to use web offerings, growth of online

customers, breadth of product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits gained from Internet initiatives, and web site design and functionality. Category winners, such as best online cash

management were selected based on the relative strength and success of those web products and services.

In less than a decade, the Internet has transformed the way many consumers and most businesses bank, says Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of Global Finance. The continuing improvements in Internet offerings represented by this years entries show that more significant Internet banking developments are still ahead of us.

See following for full listing of the World’s Best Internet Banks First Round winners for 2009 in Europe:



Country Winners:



Best Consumer Internet Banks


Channel Islands

HSBC

Cyprus

Marfin Popular Bank Public

France

HSBC

Greece

EFG Eurobank Ergasias

Malta

HSBC

Norway

DnB Nor Bank ASA

Portugal

Millennium BCP

Turkey

Garanti Bank



Country Winners:



Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks


Austria

Citi

Belgium

Citi

Denmark

Citi

Finland

Citi

France

Citi

Germany

Citi

Greece

EFG Eurobank Ergasias

Ireland

Citi

Italy

Citi

Luxembourg

Citi

Netherlands

Citi

Norway

Citi

Portugal

Banco Espirito Santo

Spain

Citi

Sweden

Citi

Switzerland

Citi

Turkey

Yapi Kredi Bank

United Kingdom

HSBC



Regional Sub-Category Winners:



Best Consumer Internet Banks


Best Investment Management Services

HSBC

Best Bill Payment & Presentment

DnB Nor Bank ASA

Best Online Consumer Credit Site

HSBC

Best Web Site Design

Yapi Kredi Bank

Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site

Hellenic Bank

Best Information Security Initiatives

Akbank

Best Online Deposits Acquisition

Akbank



Regional Sub-Category Winners:



Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks


Best Investment Management Services

HSBC

Best Online Cash Management

HSBC

Best Trade Finance Services

Citi

Best Web Site Design

Yapi Kredi Bank

Best Integrated Corporate Bank Site

HSBC

Best Information Security Initiatives

HSBC

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