* Swedes biggest online bankers
* Poles search most on web for jobs
* Shopping on Internet popular in Germany, Britain
By Patricia Reaney
NEW YORK, April 3 (Reuters) – Banking and keeping track of
finances, shopping and searching for jobs are the main tasks of
Internet users around the globe, according to a new
international survey.
Nearly 60 percent of people in 24 countries used the web to
check their bank account and other financial assets in the past
90 days, making it the most popular use of the Internet.
Shopping was not far behind at 48 percent, the Ipsos poll
for Reuters showed, and 41 percent went online in search of a
job.
“It is easy. You can do it any time of the day and most of
the transactions don’t have fees,” said Keren Gottfried,
research manager for Ipsos Global Public Affairs, about banking
online.
Swedes were the biggest online bankers with almost 90
percent of adults using e-banking. But it has also caught on in
a big way in France, Canada, Australia, Poland, South Africa and
Belgium, where about 75 percent of people bank online.
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