2009 Q4/Swiss Banks



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INDEX Facts

  • Completed date:

    21 Dec 2009

  • Total URLs tested:

    161,576

  • Total tests run:

    52,803,660

  • Total number of PDF's:

    11,210

  • URLs failing functional tests:

    2.34%

  • Pages failing code standards:

    83.83%

  • Pages missing a title:

    3.72%

  • Pages failing accessibility level A:

    52.61%

  • Pages failing accessibility level AA:

    98.86%

  • Poorest code quality:

    Swissregiobank (http://www.swissregiobank.ch/) - 54,196 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
Bank aek Genossensch​aft100.0010.40
Banque Baring Brothe​rs Sturdza SA100.002.40
Sparkasse Schwyz100.001.60
Banque Piguet &​ Cie SA100.000.80
AP ANLAGE &​ PRIVATBANK AG100.000.00
BZ Bank Aktiengesell​schaft100.000.00
Bank Frey &​ Co. AG100.000.00
Banque Cantonale Vau​doise100.000.00
Banque Cramer &​ Cie SA100.000.00
Banque Privée BCP (​Suisse) SA100.000.00
Barclays Bank (Suiss​e) SA100.000.00
Burgerliche Ersparni​skasse Bern100.000.00
Centrum Bank AG100.000.00
Credit Suisse100.000.00
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
JPMorgan Chase Bank,​ Zurich100.000.00
La Roche &​ Co Banquiers100.000.00
Luzerner Kantonalban​k AG100.000.00
P&​P Private Bank AG100.000.00
Privatbank IHAG Zür​ich AG100.000.00
Regiobank Solothurn ​AG100.000.00
Rothschild Bank AG100.000.00
Russische Kommerzial​ Bank AG100.000.00
SG Private Banking (​Suisse) SA100.000.00
Schaffhauser Kantona​lbank100.000.00
Schwyzer Kantonalban​k100.000.00
Spar + Leihkasse Steff​isburg100.000.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Wynigen100.000.00
Valiant100.000.00
PostFinance99.2065.60
Commerzbank AG99.200.80
Hyposwiss Private Ba​nk99.200.00
Pictet et Cie99.200.00
VP Bank (Schweiz) AG​99.200.00
MediBank98.680.00
Bank Sal. Oppenheim ​jr. &​ Cie. (Schweiz) AG98.400.00
Bernerland Bank AG98.400.00
Lombard, Odier, Dari​er, Hentsch &​ Cie98.400.00
Private Client Bank98.390.00
Basellandschaftliche​ Kantonalbank97.600.00
Falcon Private Bank97.600.00
LGT Bank (Schweiz) A​G97.600.00
St. Galler Kantonalb​ank97.600.00
BANCA GESFID97.104.35
Bank Morgan Stanley ​AG96.800.80
Goldman Sachs Bank A​G96.800.00
Liechtensteinische L​andesbank (Schweiz) ​AG96.800.00
Clientis AG96.000.00
Anker Bank95.200.00
Bank Thur94.400.00
Bank am Bellevue94.400.00
Banque Cantonale de ​Genève94.400.00
Banque Bauer (Suisse​) SA93.9451.52
Crédit Agricole Fin​ancements (Suisse) S​A93.600.00
Zürcher Kantonalban​k93.600.00
Adler &​ Co. Privatbank AG93.100.00
AEK BANK 182692.860.00
Ersparniskasse Speic​her92.860.00
Basler Kantonalbank92.800.00
Entris Banking AG92.800.00
Saxo Bank (Switzerla​nd) SA92.000.00
Bank Sarasin &​ Cie AG91.200.00
BGG, Banque Genevois​e de Gestion90.910.00
Leihkasse Stammheim90.400.00
Nordea Bank S.A., Lu​xemburg90.000.00
Société Générale​89.602.40
Glarner Kantonalbank​89.600.00
LB (Swiss) Privatban​k AG89.600.00
MeesPierson Private ​Bank88.800.00
Société Générale​, Succursale de Zuri​ch88.800.00
E. Gutzwiller &​ Cie. Banquiers88.240.00
Hottinger &​ Compagnie88.004.80
Deutsche Bank Privat​e Wealth Management ​(Suisse) SA88.000.00
Banque Cantonale Neu​châteloise87.200.00
Bank Zweiplus ag86.400.00
Biene - Bank im Rhei​ntal Genossenschaft86.400.00
Alternative Bank ABS​85.607.20
NZB Neue Zürcher Ba​nk AG84.810.00
Bezirkssparkasse Ust​er84.800.00
Migros Bank84.800.00
UBS84.800.00
Banca Intermobiliare​ di Investimenti84.162.97
Zurich Switzerland83.204.00
Bank Coop AG83.200.80
Valartis Bank AG83.200.80
Bank EEK AG83.200.00
Banque Franck, Galla​nd &​ Cie SA82.860.00
Nomura Bank (Schweiz​) AG82.400.00
Petercam Private Ban​k82.400.00
Bank Leumi (Schweiz)​ AG81.820.00
Schroder &​ Co Bank AG81.480.00
Deka(Swiss) Privatba​nk AG79.310.00
AXA Bank79.200.00
Mitsubishi UFJ Wealt​h Management Bank78.400.00
Standard Chartered B​ank (Switzerland) SA​70.400.80
Baloise Bank SoBa68.800.00
Bantleon Bank AG65.600.00
GE Money Bank65.600.00
Ersparniskasse Rüeg​gisberg64.8019.20
Banca dello Stato de​l Cantone Ticino64.800.00
HSBC Private Bank (S​uisse) SA63.200.00
Banca Privata Edmond​ de Rothschild Lugan​o SA62.500.00
Banque Cantonale de ​Fribourg57.600.00
Jyske Bank (Schweiz)​56.807.20
Urner Kantonalbank56.000.00
BBVA (Suiza) SA55.880.00
Habib Bank AG Zurich​55.200.80
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Frutigen53.600.00
Banque Bénédict He​ntsch50.490.00
Banque Privée Edmon​d de Rothschild SA46.670.00
VZ Depotbank AG45.454.55
Graubündner Kantona​lbank42.400.80
Ersparniskasse Affol​tern i.E. AG42.400.00
Royal Bank of Canada​ (Suisse)36.800.00
Spar + Leihkasse Gürb​etal35.400.00
Mizuho Bank (Schweiz​) AG33.330.00
M. M. Warburg Bank (​Schweiz) AG31.110.00
Svenska Handelsbanke​n SA,27.200.00
InCore Bank AG26.190.00
Raiffeisen Banken Gr​uppe24.000.00
SIX SIS AG23.200.00
Bank Thalwil22.760.00
Baumann &​ Cie.22.400.00
Banque Safdié SA21.600.00
Cornèr Banca SA20.800.00
Banque Thaler SA20.000.00
C.I.M. Banque19.200.00
Banque Du Bois AG18.180.00
Bank Sparhafen Züri​ch AG16.800.00
Neue Aargauer Bank16.800.00
Sella Bank AG16.670.00
Lienhardt &​ Partner Privatbank ​Zürich AG16.0716.07
BHF-BANK (Schweiz) A​G16.000.00
Hypo Landesbank Vora​rlberg16.000.00
Alpha RHEINTAL Bank ​AG15.200.80
Swissquote14.400.00
Israel Discount Bank​ (Switzerland) SA14.290.00
Dexia Privatbank (Sc​hweiz) AG13.3311.11
Bank Julius Bär &​ Co. AG12.800.00
Fortis Banque (Suiss​e) S.A.10.710.00
Maerki Baumann &​ Co AG10.530.00
RBS Coutts Bank AG10.400.00
Merrill Lynch Bank (​Suisse) SA10.000.00
BNP Paribas (Suisse)​ SA8.001.60
Banque Audi (Suisse)​ SA7.580.00
Banque de Commerce e​t de Placements SA6.560.00
Bezirks-Sparkasse Di​elsdorf6.450.00
Banca Popolare di So​ndrio (Suisse) SA6.400.00
Banca del Sempione6.400.00
Union Bancaire PrivÃ​©e, UBP6.400.00
Volksbank Bodensee A​G5.880.00
cashgate AG5.610.00
Bearbull Degroof Ban​que Privée SA5.600.00
Sparkasse Trogen5.260.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Riggisberg5.080.00
Banque de Dépôts e​t de Gestion4.800.00
Berner Kantonalbank ​AG4.000.00
Banque SCS Alliance ​SA3.700.00
Banque Bonhôte &​ Cie SA3.670.00
Bank in Zuzwil3.360.00
Spar- und Leihkasse ​Bucheggberg AG3.330.00
Deutsche Bank (Suiss​e) SA3.200.00
BankMed (Suisse) SA2.500.00
ABN Amro Bank (Schwe​iz)2.400.00
Bank CIC (Schweiz) A​G2.400.00
Thurgauer Kantonalba​nk2.400.00
Credit Europe Bank (​Suisse) SA2.040.00
Freie Gemeinschaftsb​ank1.790.00
BANCA ARNER SA1.601.60
BBO Bank Brienz Ober​hasli AG1.600.00
BSI SA1.600.00
EFG Bank European Fi​nancial Group SA1.600.00
Lloyds TSB Bank plc.​1.600.00
NPB Neue Privat Bank​ AG1.600.00
Unicredit Group1.600.00
Zuger Kantonalbank1.600.00
Caisse d'Epargne Riviera1.450.00
Banca Commerciale Lu​gano1.100.00
FAISAL PRIVATE BANK ​(Switzerland) SA0.940.00
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 Privée Espir​ito Santo SA0.800.00
DZ PRIVATBANK (Schwe​iz) AG0.800.00
Mirabaud &​ Cie0.800.00
Nidwaldner Kantonalb​ank0.800.00
LBBW (Schweiz) AG0.0033.33
Privatbank Bellerive​ AG0.0024.32
Bordier &​ Cie0.000.80
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 HERITAGE0.000.00
BANQUE MORVAL0.000.00
BERENBERG BANK (SCHW​EIZ) AG0.000.00
BLOM BANK (Switzerla​nd) SA0.000.00
Banca Zarattini &​ Co0.000.00
Bank Linth LLB AG0.000.00
Bankhaus Jungholz0.000.00
Banque Algérienne d​u Commerce Extérieu​r SA0.000.00
Banque Cantonale du ​Jura0.000.00
Banque Pasche SA0.000.00
Banque Syz &​ Co SA0.000.00
Caisse d'Epargne d'Aubonne0.000.00
Caisse d'Epargne de Cosso​nay société coopé​rative0.000.00
Caisse d'épargne de Vuis​ternens-devant- Romo​nt0.000.00
DC Bank0.000.00
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
Neue Bank AG0.000.00
Nordkap Bank AG0.000.00
Obwaldner Kantonalba​nk0.000.00
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
Scobag Privatbank AG​0.000.00
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
  • AXA Bank
  • BANCA GESFID
  • Bank Sparhafen Zürich AG
  • Bantleon Bank AG
  • Banque Bénédict Hentsch
  • BGG, Banque Genevoise de Gestion
  • LBBW (Schweiz) AG
  • cashgate AG
  • Caisse d'Epargne d'Aubonne
  • Banque Pasche SA
  • Ersparniskasse Rüeggisberg
  • Ersparniskasse Speicher
  • FAISAL PRIVATE BANK (Switzerland) SA
  • FIDEURAM Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Finter Bank Zürich
  • Privatbank Von Graffenried AG
  • Hyposwiss Private Bank
  • Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG
  • 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 + Leihkasse Steffisburg
  • Sparkasse Trogen
  • Banque Du Bois AG
  • Banque Syz & Co SA
  • Trafina Privatbank AG
  • Zürcher Kantonalbank
  • ZLB Zürcher Landbank
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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
  • Bankhaus Jungholz
  • Bank Linth LLB AG
  • BLOM BANK (Switzerland) SA
  • Banque Cantonale du Jura
  • BERENBERG BANK (SCHWEIZ) AG
  • Caisse d'Epargne d'Aubonne
  • Caisse d'Epargne de Cossonay société coopérative
  • Caisse d'épargne de Vuisternens-devant- Romont
  • Banque Pasche SA
  • BANCA CREDINVEST SA
  • DC Bank
  • FIDEURAM Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Finter Bank Zürich
  • GRB Glarner Regionalbank
  • Privatbank Von Graffenried AG
  • Hypothekarbank Lenzburg
  • BANQUE HERITAGE
  • Kaiser Ritter Partner Privatbank AG
  • KREDIETBANK (SUISSE) SA
  • Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Merrill Lynch Capital Markets AG
  • BANQUE MORVAL
  • Neue Bank AG
  • Nordkap Bank AG
  • Obwaldner Kantonalbank
  • PKB PRIVATBANK SA
  • RBC Dexia IS Bank SA
  • Reichmuth & Co
  • SB Saanen Bank AG
  • Scobag Privatbank 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
  • Arzi Bank AG
  • Società Bancaria Ticinese
  • Bank-now AG
  • Banque Jacob Safra (Suisse) SA
  • Banque de Crédit et de Dépôts s.a.
  • 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
  • Caisse d'Epargne de Siviriez
  • Citibank (Switzerland)
  • Clariden Leu AG
  • Credito Privato Commerciale SA
  • Dresdner Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Dresdner Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Banca Euromobiliare (Suisse) SA
  • FIBI Bank (Schweiz) AG
  • Bank Hapoalim (Switzerland) Ltd
  • HSBC Guyerzeller Bank AG
  • Bank Hugo Kahn & Co. AG
  • Investec Bank (Switzerland) AG
  • Landolt & Cie, banquiers
  • Mourgue d'Algue & Cie
  • NBAD Private Bank (Suisse) SA
  • NBK Banque Privée (Suisse) SA
  • Obersimmentalische Volksbank
  • Rahn & Bodmer
  • RAS Private Bank (Suisse) SA
  • Rüd, Blass & Cie AG Bankgeschäft
  • Skandifinanz Bank AG
  • State Street Bank GmbH,
  • F. van Lanschot Bankiers (Schweiz) AG
  • WIR Bank
  • American Express Bank (Switzerland) SA
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PDF testing

16.6% 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
56.22%
url/fetch/badcookie
Web server attempted to set invalid cookie
14.66%
url/fetch/unknownstatus
Unknown status code received from web server
10.20%
url/fetch/noaddr
Host not found in DNS
4.39%
url/fetch/redirectloop
Redirect points back to the original page
2.56%
url/fetch/accessdenied
Access is denied
2.43%
url/fetch/noeoh
No end-of-headers found in HTTP response
1.81%
url/fetch/badstatus
Bad HTTP status returned by server
1.60%
url/fetch/badport
Server port in URL must be numerical
1.55%
url/fetch/badscheme
URL scheme was unrecognised
1.39%
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Top ten code quality failures

The most common categories of code quality failure.

file/html/badentity
Invalid character in entity
29.97%
file/html/unknownentity
Unknown entity name
28.43%
file/html/tagnotallowed
A start tag has been found in a position in which that element may not appear
10.76%
file/html/badvalue
Invalid attribute value
9.50%
file/html/badattr
Invalid attribute name
6.25%
file/html/closingunopened
A redundant close tag was found
4.85%
file/html/missingclose
An element is missing the required close tag
2.67%
file/html/repeatedattr
A tag has been assigned the same attribute more than once
2.35%
file/html/unknowntag
A start or end tag was found which was unrecognised
1.08%
file/html/unnecessaryclose
An end tag was found for an element which does not require one
0.98%