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title: "The rise of online banking"
description: "The number of Americans doing online banking has shot up 164% since we began to explore online life and it is among the fastest-growing Internet activities that we monitor. To read our findings about the rise of convenience activities online click here."
date: "2002-11-28"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2002/11/28/the-rise-of-online-banking/"
---

# The rise of online banking

The number of Americans doing online banking has shot up 164% since we began to explore online life and it is among the fastest-growing Internet activities that we monitor. To read our findings about the rise of convenience activities online [click here](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/reports/toc.asp?Report=77).