2009 Q3/Swiss Banks



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    14 Sep 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    164,478

  • Total tests run:

    53,752,530

  • Total number of PDF's:

    11,430

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.07%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    83.88%

  • Pages missing a title:

    4.34%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    55.92%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    99.23%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Union Bancaire Privée, UBP (http://www.ubp.ch/) - 99,818 failures

  • Fastest average response time:

    HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA (http://www.hsbcprivatebank.com/)




Accessibility and Performance rankings Expand / contract icon

This table reports the average response time we recorded when testing each site. A response time above 0.7 seconds can have a negative effect on user experience.

This table reports the percentage of pages on the sites we tested that passed automated WCAG 1.0 A and AA testing (0 means every page had an issue).

Organisation Avg. Response Download (kB/s)
Only available for Qtr 4 2010 onwards
Organisation A AA
Rosbank (Switzerland​) SA100.0073.33
Dominick Company AG100.0030.77
SG Private Banking (​Suisse) SA100.004.00
Commerzbank AG100.001.60
Sparkasse Schwyz100.001.60
Banque Piguet &​ Cie SA100.000.80
AP ANLAGE &​ PRIVATBANK AG100.000.00
AXA Bank100.000.00
Arzi Bank AG100.000.00
BZ Bank Aktiengesell​schaft100.000.00
Bank Frey &​ Co. AG100.000.00
Bank Zweiplus ag100.000.00
Bank aek Genossensch​aft100.000.00
Banque Cantonale Vau​doise100.000.00
Banque Cramer &​ Cie SA100.000.00
Burgerliche Ersparni​skasse Bern100.000.00
Centrum Bank AG100.000.00
Credit Suisse100.000.00
Dresdner Bank (Schwe​iz) AG100.000.00
Dresdner Bank (Schwe​iz) AG100.000.00
Gonet &​ Cie100.000.00
Hinduja Bank (Switze​rland) Ltd100.000.00
ING Bank (Suisse) SA​100.000.00
J&​T Bank Schweiz AG100.000.00
LB (Swiss) Privatban​k AG100.000.00
La Roche &​ Co Banquiers100.000.00
P&​P Private Bank AG100.000.00
PostFinance100.000.00
Privatbank IHAG Zür​ich AG100.000.00
Regiobank Solothurn ​AG100.000.00
Rothschild Bank AG100.000.00
Russische Kommerzial​ Bank AG100.000.00
Schaffhauser Kantona​lbank100.000.00
Schwyzer Kantonalban​k100.000.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Wynigen100.000.00
Valiant100.000.00
Hyposwiss Private Ba​nk99.200.00
Pictet et Cie99.200.00
VP Bank (Schweiz) AG​99.200.00
Bank Sal. Oppenheim ​jr. &​ Cie. (Schweiz) AG98.400.00
Bernerland Bank AG98.400.00
Lombard, Odier, Dari​er, Hentsch &​ Cie98.400.00
St. Galler Kantonalb​ank98.400.00
MediBank98.390.00
Private Client Bank98.390.00
LGT Bank (Schweiz) A​G97.6010.40
Basellandschaftliche​ Kantonalbank97.600.00
Falcon Private Bank97.600.00
Goldman Sachs Bank A​G97.600.00
BANCA GESFID97.104.35
Clientis AG96.000.00
Liechtensteinische L​andesbank (Schweiz) ​AG96.000.00
Anker Bank95.200.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Frutigen95.200.00
Banque Cantonale de ​Genève94.400.00
Banque SCS Alliance ​SA94.000.00
Banque Bauer (Suisse​) SA93.9451.52
Bank Thur93.600.00
Crédit Agricole Fin​ancements (Suisse) S​A93.600.00
Adler &​ Co. Privatbank AG93.100.00
AEK BANK 182692.860.00
Zürcher Kantonalban​k92.800.00
Bank Sarasin &​ Cie AG92.000.00
Ersparniskasse Speic​her91.670.00
BGG, Banque Genevois​e de Gestion90.910.00
Entris Banking AG90.400.00
Glarner Kantonalbank​90.400.00
Basler Kantonalbank89.600.00
Deutsche Bank Privat​e Wealth Management ​(Suisse) SA89.600.00
MeesPierson Private ​Bank88.800.00
E. Gutzwiller &​ Cie. Banquiers88.240.00
Hottinger &​ Compagnie87.206.40
Banque Cantonale Neu​châteloise87.200.00
Leihkasse Stammheim86.400.00
Mitsubishi UFJ Wealt​h Management Bank86.400.00
Nordea Bank S.A., Lu​xemburg86.240.00
Banca Intermobiliare​ di Investimenti85.713.06
Biene - Bank im Rhei​ntal Genossenschaft85.600.00
Migros Bank85.600.00
NZB Neue Zürcher Ba​nk AG84.810.00
Bezirkssparkasse Ust​er84.800.00
Zurich Switzerland84.004.00
Alternative Bank ABS​83.204.80
Banque Franck, Galla​nd &​ Cie SA82.540.00
Société Générale​82.402.40
Valartis Bank AG82.400.80
Bank EEK AG82.400.00
Nomura Bank (Schweiz​) AG81.600.00
Schroder &​ Co Bank AG81.480.00
Bank Coop AG80.800.80
Société Générale​, Succursale de Zuri​ch80.800.00
Deka(Swiss) Privatba​nk AG79.310.00
Bank Leumi (Schweiz)​ AG78.180.00
Banque Safdié SA76.320.00
UBS73.600.00
Standard Chartered B​ank (Switzerland) SA​71.201.60
Bank am Bellevue68.800.00
Baloise Bank SoBa67.200.00
HSBC Private Bank (S​uisse) SA65.600.00
Bantleon Bank AG64.800.00
Banca dello Stato de​l Cantone Ticino64.000.00
Banque Cantonale de ​Fribourg63.200.00
Banca Privata Edmond​ de Rothschild Lugan​o SA62.500.00
GE Money Bank62.400.00
Petercam Private Ban​k57.600.00
Jyske Bank (Schweiz)​52.805.60
Habib Bank AG Zurich​49.600.80
Banque Bénédict He​ntsch49.510.00
Union Bancaire PrivÃ​©e, UBP46.400.00
VZ Depotbank AG45.454.55
Banque Privée Edmon​d de Rothschild SA45.450.00
Spar + Leihkasse Gürb​etal35.400.00
Ersparniskasse Affol​tern i.E. AG35.200.00
Royal Bank of Canada​ (Suisse)35.200.00
Mizuho Bank (Schweiz​) AG33.330.00
American Express Ban​k (Switzerland) SA32.000.00
M. M. Warburg Bank (​Schweiz) AG31.110.00
Raiffeisen Banken Gr​uppe26.400.00
InCore Bank AG25.640.00
Bank Thalwil25.600.00
SIX SIS AG25.600.00
BBVA (Suiza) SA25.000.00
Svenska Handelsbanke​n SA,22.030.85
Neue Bank AG20.800.00
Banque Thaler SA20.000.00
Urner Kantonalbank19.200.00
Banque Du Bois AG18.180.00
Bank Sparhafen Züri​ch AG16.800.00
Hypo Landesbank Vora​rlberg16.800.00
Lienhardt &​ Partner Privatbank ​Zürich AG16.0716.07
BHF-BANK (Schweiz) A​G16.000.00
JPMorgan Chase Bank,​ Zurich16.000.00
Baumann &​ Cie.14.400.00
Alpha RHEINTAL Bank ​AG13.600.80
Cornèr Banca SA13.600.00
Dexia Privatbank (Sc​hweiz) AG13.3311.11
Banque Audi (Suisse)​ SA11.590.00
Neue Aargauer Bank11.200.00
Vorarlberger Landes11.200.00
Fortis Banque (Suiss​e) S.A.10.710.00
Maerki Baumann &​ Co AG10.530.00
RBS Coutts Bank AG10.400.00
cashgate AG10.170.00
Merrill Lynch Bank (​Suisse) SA10.000.00
Bank Linth LLB AG8.800.00
BANCA ARNER SA8.000.00
Banca Popolare di So​ndrio (Suisse) SA8.000.00
BNP Paribas (Suisse)​ SA7.201.60
C.I.M. Banque7.200.00
Banque de Commerce e​t de Placements SA6.780.00
Bezirks-Sparkasse Di​elsdorf6.450.00
Banca del Sempione6.400.00
Volksbank Bodensee A​G6.250.00
Bank Morgan Stanley ​AG5.600.80
Sparkasse Trogen5.260.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Riggisberg5.080.00
Ersparniskasse Rüeg​gisberg4.8016.80
Spar + Leihkasse Steff​isburg4.800.80
Banque de Dépôts e​t de Gestion4.800.00
Bearbull Degroof Ban​que Privée SA4.800.00
Berner Kantonalbank ​AG4.800.00
Graubündner Kantona​lbank4.000.80
Deutsche Bank (Suiss​e) SA4.000.00
Banque Bonhôte &​ Cie SA3.770.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Bucheggberg AG3.330.00
Bank in Zuzwil3.230.00
Nidwaldner Kantonalb​ank3.200.00
Swissquote3.200.00
BankMed (Suisse) SA2.440.00
ABN Amro Bank (Schwe​iz)2.400.00
BSI SA2.400.00
Bank CIC (Schweiz) A​G2.400.00
Bankhaus Jungholz2.400.00
Thurgauer Kantonalba​nk2.400.00
Credit Europe Bank (​Suisse) SA2.040.00
Bank Hugo Kahn &​ Co. AG2.000.00
Freie Gemeinschaftsb​ank1.790.00
BBO Bank Brienz Ober​hasli AG1.600.00
Bank Julius Bär &​ Co. AG1.600.00
Israel Discount Bank​ (Switzerland) SA1.600.00
Luzerner Kantonalban​k AG1.600.00
NPB Neue Privat Bank​ AG1.600.00
Unicredit Group1.600.00
Zuger Kantonalbank1.600.00
Caisse d'Epargne Riviera1.450.00
Skandifinanz Bank AG​1.300.00
Banca Commerciale Lu​gano1.100.00
FAISAL PRIVATE BANK ​(Switzerland) SA0.940.00
BANQUE HERITAGE0.930.00
Bank CA St. Gallen A​G0.800.80
Aabar Investments PJ​SC0.800.00
Bank EKI Genossensch​aft0.800.00
Bank Vontobel AG0.800.00
Banque Cantonale du ​Valais0.800.00
Banque Privée Espir​ito Santo SA0.800.00
DZ PRIVATBANK (Schwe​iz) AG0.800.00
Lloyds TSB Bank plc.​0.800.00
Mirabaud &​ Cie0.800.00
Obwaldner Kantonalba​nk0.800.00
LBBW (Schweiz) AG0.0033.33
Privatbank Bellerive​ AG0.0025.00
AAM Privatbank AG0.000.00
AKB Privatbank Züri​ch AG0.000.00
ARVEST Privatbank AG​0.000.00
Aargauische Kantonal​bank0.000.00
Appenzeller Kantonal​bank0.000.00
Arab Bank (Switzerla​nd)0.000.00
Atlantic Vermögensv​erwaltungsbank0.000.00
BANCA CREDINVEST SA0.000.00
BANQUE MORVAL0.000.00
BERENBERG BANK (SCHW​EIZ) AG0.000.00
BLOM BANK (Switzerla​nd) SA0.000.00
Banca Zarattini &​ Co0.000.00
Banque Algérienne d​u Commerce Extérieu​r SA0.000.00
Banque Cantonale du ​Jura0.000.00
Banque Jacob Safra (​Suisse) SA0.000.00
Banque Pasche SA0.000.00
Banque Syz &​ Co SA0.000.00
Bordier &​ Cie0.000.00
Caisse d'Epargne d'Aubonne0.000.00
Caisse d'Epargne de Cosso​nay société coopé​rative0.000.00
Caisse d'Epargne de Sivir​iez0.000.00
Caisse d'épargne de Vuis​ternens-devant- Romo​nt0.000.00
DC Bank0.000.00
EFG Bank European Fi​nancial Group SA0.000.00
FIDEURAM Bank (Suiss​e) SA0.000.00
Finter Bank Zürich0.000.00
GRB Glarner Regional​bank0.000.00
Hypothekarbank Lenzb​urg0.000.00
KREDIETBANK (SUISSE)​ SA0.000.00
Kaiser Ritter Partne​r Privatbank AG0.000.00
Mercantil Bank (Schw​eiz) AG0.000.00
Merrill Lynch Capita​l Markets AG0.000.00
Nordkap Bank AG0.000.00
PKB PRIVATBANK SA0.000.00
Privatbank Von Graff​enried AG0.000.00
RBC Dexia IS Bank SA​0.000.00
Reichmuth &​ Co0.000.00
SB Saanen Bank AG0.000.00
Saxo Bank (Switzerla​nd) SA0.000.00
Scobag Privatbank AG​0.000.00
Sella Bank AG0.000.00
Spar + Leihkasse Müns​ingen AG0.000.00
Sparkasse Engelberg0.000.00
Swissregiobank0.000.00
Sydbank (Schweiz) AG​0.000.00
Trafina Privatbank A​G0.000.00
UNITED MIZRAHI BANK ​(Schweiz) AG0.000.00
Vadian Bank AG0.000.00
Wegelin &​ Co. Privatbankiers0.000.00
ZLB Zürcher Landban​k0.000.00
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Error free sites

The following sites scored full marks for Function.

  • Adler & Co. Privatbank AG
  • AKB Privatbank Zürich AG
  • Anker Bank
  • Arzi Bank AG
  • BANCA GESFID
  • Banca dello Stato del Cantone Ticino
  • Bank Sparhafen Zürich AG
  • Bantleon Bank AG
  • Banque Cantonale de Genève
  • BGG, Banque Genevoise de Gestion
  • LBBW (Schweiz) AG
  • cashgate AG
  • Caisse d'Epargne d'Aubonne
  • Banque Pasche SA
  • Ersparniskasse Affoltern i.E. AG
  • Ersparniskasse Speicher
  • FAISAL PRIVATE BANK (Switzerland) SA
  • FIDEURAM Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Privatbank Von Graffenried AG
  • Hyposwiss Private Bank
  • Lienhardt & Partner Privatbank Zürich AG
  • Mizuho Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • M. M. Warburg Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Neue Bank AG
  • Petercam Private Bank
  • Banca Privata Edmond de Rothschild Lugano SA
  • Private Client Bank
  • Rothschild Bank AG
  • Scobag Privatbank AG
  • Spar- und Leihkasse Wynigen
  • Sparkasse Trogen
  • Banque Du Bois AG
  • Banque Syz & Co SA
  • Trafina Privatbank AG
  • Zürcher Kantonalbank
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Failing A & AA on every page

The following sites failed high priority tests on every page.

  • AAM Privatbank AG
  • Appenzeller Kantonalbank
  • Aargauische Kantonalbank
  • AKB Privatbank Zürich AG
  • Arab Bank (Switzerland)
  • ARVEST Privatbank AG
  • Atlantic Vermögensverwaltungsbank
  • Banque Algérienne du Commerce Extérieur SA
  • Banca Zarattini & Co
  • Banque Jacob Safra (Suisse) SA
  • BLOM BANK (Switzerland) SA
  • Bordier & Cie
  • Banque Cantonale du Jura
  • BERENBERG BANK (SCHWEIZ) AG
  • Caisse d'Epargne d'Aubonne
  • Caisse d'Epargne de Cossonay société coopérative
  • Caisse d'Epargne de Siviriez
  • Caisse d'épargne de Vuisternens-devant- Romont
  • Banque Pasche SA
  • BANCA CREDINVEST SA
  • DC Bank
  • EFG Bank European Financial Group SA
  • FIDEURAM Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Finter Bank Zürich
  • GRB Glarner Regionalbank
  • Privatbank Von Graffenried AG
  • Hypothekarbank Lenzburg
  • Kaiser Ritter Partner Privatbank AG
  • KREDIETBANK (SUISSE) SA
  • Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Merrill Lynch Capital Markets AG
  • BANQUE MORVAL
  • Nordkap Bank AG
  • PKB PRIVATBANK SA
  • RBC Dexia IS Bank SA
  • Reichmuth & Co
  • SB Saanen Bank AG
  • Saxo Bank (Switzerland) SA
  • Scobag Privatbank AG
  • Sella Bank AG
  • Spar + Leihkasse Münsingen AG
  • Sparkasse Engelberg
  • Swissregiobank
  • Sydbank (Schweiz) AG
  • Banque Syz & Co SA
  • Trafina Privatbank AG
  • UNITED MIZRAHI BANK (Schweiz) AG
  • Vadian Bank AG
  • Wegelin & Co. Privatbankiers
  • ZLB Zürcher Landbank
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Excluded from INDEX

The following sites were excluded from the INDEX.

  • Banca Aletti & C. (Suisse) SA
  • Società Bancaria Ticinese
  • Bank-now AG
  • Banque de Crédit et de Dépôts s.a.
  • Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Banque Baring Brothers Sturdza SA
  • BIPIELLE Bank (Suisse)
  • Banque de Patrimoines Privés Genève BPG SA
  • Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg Aktiengesellschaft
  • Crédit Agricole (Suisse) SA
  • Caisse d'Epargne de Nyon société coopérative
  • Citibank (Switzerland)
  • Clariden Leu AG
  • Credito Privato Commerciale SA
  • Banca Euromobiliare (Suisse) SA
  • FIBI Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd
  • HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG
  • Investec Bank (Switzerland) AG
  • Landolt & Cie, banquiers
  • Mourgue d'Algue & Cie
  • Banque Privée BCP (Suisse) SA
  • NBAD Private Bank (Suisse) SA
  • NBK Banque Privée (Suisse) SA
  • Obersimmentalische Volksbank
  • Rahn & Bodmer
  • RAS Private Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Rüd, Blass & Cie AG Bankgeschäft
  • State Street Bank GmbH,
  • F. van Lanschot Bankiers (Schweiz) AG
  • WIR Bank
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PDF testing

16.5% of checked PDFs were not tagged for accessibility.

Sitemorse performs twenty eight checks on PDF documents as part of our website benchmarking to ensure users do not experience problems such as broken links, or failing email addresses - we are also the first to test the accessibility compliance of PDF's.

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Top ten functional failures

The most common categories of functional failure.

url/fetch/notfound
File not found
55.33%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
15.61%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
8.36%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
4.56%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
3.04%
url/fetch/timeout
Timeout downloading file
2.40%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
2.34%
file/html/noframes
A <frameset> tag was found, but no <noframes>
1.86%
url/fetch/badport
Server port in URL must be numerical
1.68%
url/fetch/badstatus
Bad HTTP status returned by server
1.62%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
29.48%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
27.03%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
8.24%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
6.77%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
6.53%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.52%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
5.76%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
3.79%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.50%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.80%