What almost every community bank has--a Website.

• Position: Figuratively Speaking - Brief Article

Percentage of community banks that will have websites by the end of 2002, according to a report by Grant Thornton: 88

Percentage who had a website five years ago: 20

Percentage who say that offering Internet banking is key to their continued success: 68

Percentage who said the same last year: 77

Percentage who view Internet-only banks as a major concern: 19

Percentage who said the same last year: 30

Source: Grant Thornton. Contact Linda Garvelink at (202) 861-4103 or (703) 819-9497 or John Vita at (312) 602-8955.

Percentage decline in monthly ATM transactions, per machine, since the 1996 introduction of surcharges, according to the Tower Group: 43

Source: Tower Group. Contact Anne Green. Tel: (212) 455-8017.

Percentage of Generation-X professionals who say the Internet is the primary medium with which they choose to interact with financial services providers: 85

Percentage who list e-mail as their second choice: 65

Percentage who list the phone as their third choice: 62

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