Europe Sees 40 Percent Growth in Mobile Banking Through Smartphones

Males Nearly Twice as Likely as Females to Use Mobile Banking

LONDON, UK, May 27, 2011 - Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the Comscore MobiLens service which showed that 20 million mobile users across the five leading European markets (UK, France, Spain, Germany and Italy), representing 8.5 percent of mobile subscribers in these markets, accessed their bank account via a mobile phone in March 2011. Since August 2010, the first month this activity has been measured in MobiLens, there has been a 15.4 percent rise in mobile bankers which has been largely driven by smartphone users who accounted for 70 percent of the mobile banking market in March 2011. Among Smartphone owners the number of banking users has risen by 40 percent since August 2010.

“Consumers want to be able to access information on the go at any time, and with mobile banking becoming more user-friendly through apps and mobile optimized pages, people are gradually becoming accustomed to it”, said Jeremy Copp, vice president mobile for Comscore Europe. “It will be important for service providers, such as banks and credit card providers, to watch this development as it can certainly be seen as an indicator of increased trust in mobile services.”

French Emerge as Most Avid Mobile Bankers
During the 3 month period ending March 2011, France boasted the highest penetration of mobile bankers in EU5 with 10.3 percent of consumers accessing bank accounts through their mobile phones. Spain ranked a close second with 10.2 percent penetration. Germany, which is the largest smartphone market in Europe, had the lowest penetration of mobile banking users with 6.8 percent accessing their bank accounts. In the EU5 region, 8.5 percent of mobile subscribers overall accessed mobile banking, whilst 5.1 percent accessed credit cards and 5.2 percent accessed electronic payments via their mobile device.

UK mobile phone owners were the most conservative with regards to accessing credit card accounts and only 3.9 percent of the mobile population used the service in March 2011. On the other hand, mobile banking reached 8.6 percent of the total UK mobile market, making it the third largest market for mobile banking in Europe.

Mobile Financial Services
3 Month Avg. Ending March 2011
Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+
Source: Comscore MobiLens

Penetration (%) of Mobile Subscribers

EU5

France

Germany

Italy

Spain

UK

Accessed Bank Accounts

8.5 %

10.3 %

6.8 %

7.5 %

10.1 %

8.6 %

Accessed Credit Cards

5.1 %

4.7 %

3.4 %

7.6 %

6.5 %

3.9 %

Accessed Electronic Payments

5.2 %

3.7 %

4.5 %

6.9 %

5.7 %

5.4 %

Males Twice as Likely as Females to Use Mobile Banking
In the EU5 countries, nearly two males accessed mobile banking for every one female. Among age segments, 25-34 year olds accounted for the highest percentage of mobile banking users (27.9 percent), and were also the highest indexing segment (index of 161). Mobile users aged 55 and older showed the lowest relative usage of mobile banking with an index of 56.

Perhaps not surprisingly, smartphone users accounted for nearly 70 percent of mobile banking users, despite accounting for just 35 percent of the total mobile population. Apple users exhibited the highest relative usage of mobile banking (index of 393), followed by users of Google Android (index of 245).

Profile of EU5 Mobile Users Accessing Bank Accounts
3 Month Avg. Ending March 2011
Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+
Source: Comscore MobiLens

Mobile Subscribers (000)

% of Mobile Subscribers

Index to Total Mobile Pop*

Total Audience: 13+ yrs old

19,885

100.0%

100

Gender

Male

12,705

63.9%

129

Female

7,180

36.1%

71

Age

13-17

800

4.0%

59

18-24

3,249

16.3%

152

25-34

5,539

27.9%

161

35-44

4,463

22.4%

119

45-54

2,679

13.5%

76

55+

3,156

15.9%

56

Platform

Smartphone

13,788

69.3%

201

Not Smartphone

6,098

30.7%

47

Apple

5,475

27.5%

393

Google

2,737

13.8%

245

Microsoft

1,018

5.1%

195

RIM

940

4.7%

151

Symbian

3,279

16.5%

110

*Index of 100 indicates average representation

March 2011 European Mobile Benchmark Data
The table below shows Comscore’s March 2011 benchmark data, including a review of mobile consumption behaviors and device penetration for the five EU countries under measurement. These benchmark data are published by Comscore to provide the most up-to-date snapshot of the mobile industry. Further information on these benchmark data, and other data included above, can be provided upon request.

Mobile Benchmark Data for the European Market
3 Month Avg. Ending March 2011
Total EU5 (UK, DE, FR, ES and IT), Age 13+
Source: Comscore MobiLens

Reach (%) of Mobile Subscribers

EU5

France

Germany

Italy

Spain

UK

Sent Text Message

82.4%

82.8%

78.8%

79.7%

80.9%

90.0%

Used Application (excl. pre-installed)

30.3%

28.1%

26.5%

28.4%

29.6%

39.3%

Used Browser

31.0%

31.3%

24.6%

27.8%

28.7%

42.7%

Listened to Music

25.6%

22.7%

26.6%

23.4%

32.3%

24.4%

Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog

19.8%

19.5%

13.3%

18.3%

18.1%

30.2%

Accessed News

14.9%

14.1%

12.3%

13.9%

11.5%

22.0%

Played Games

25.6%

15.4%

24.2%

29.0%

27.7%

32.2%

Used Smartphone

34.5%

30.4%

27.6%

37.9%

39.8%

39.2%

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