This article reminds us that Banks actually do decent traffic online. I was in a session today where Jim from Craigslist spoke of their 7 Bn page view volume, and here we have HSBC too hitting decent volumes.

Online sales at HSBC increased by 55% in 2006 as more personal and business customers tuned into the benefits of banking on the Web.

The uplift in online sales was divulged by Michael Geoghegan, group chief executive at the bank’s annual general meeting.

In total the bank’s Websites handled 1.8 billion visits in 2006, he said.