| By Jim Bruene on November 21, 2007 1:24 PM | Comments (0) |
The world's largest online banking base (note 1) grew an impressive 11% year-over-year, rising to 22.8 million active users, an increase of 2.2 million from 30 Sep 2006 (note 2).
Bill payment grew slower, up 7% or 800,000 users, ending the period at 11.6 million active users. Overall bill pay volume is $224 billion annually, or $1,600 per user per month. Bill pay as a percent of online banking fell more than one point to just under 51% (note 3).
Online Banking Bill Pay % of OL using Bill Pay
2007 22.8 mil 11.6 mil 50.8%
2006 20.6 mil 10.8 mil 52.4%
Change +2.2 mil +800,000 (1.6%)
+10.7% +7.4%
Notes:
1. As far as we know, no bank in the world has more active online users; however, one could argue that PayPal, with 37.5 million active users in the latest quarter, is larger. Interestingly, ING Direct is closing in on BofA on a worldwide basis. With its Sharebuilder acquisition, ING Direct has 20 million accounts worldwide, about 30% in the United States, although not all are active, which BofA defines as being online within the past 90 days.
2. According to Doug Brown, Bank of America's SVP Product Innovation E-Commerce Channel Services, as cited during his BAI Retail Delivery presentation.
3. See Online Banking Report #137, p. 28, for totals back to 2000.
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