{"id":6752,"date":"2014-05-12T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T08:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=6752"},"modified":"2014-05-12T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T08:59:01","slug":"hsbc-installs-free-wi-fi-bank-branches-across-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/05\/hsbc-installs-free-wi-fi-bank-branches-across-united-kingdom.html","title":{"rendered":"HSBC Installs Free Wi-Fi in Bank Branches Across the United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Banking giant HSBC has put out a short announcement today to confirm that over 650 of its branches across the UK are now able to offer customers free wireless Internet (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">wifi<\/a>) access, which is thanks to the installation of a premium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> Wi-fi network.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The development follows research by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> and Avaya, which found that 49% of UK banking customers felt that free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> would greatly improve their in-branch experience. Customers will now be able to test out the HSBC app before they download it themselves and will be guided through the features by staff.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Carl Howard, Head of Digital for HSBC UK, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>We\u2019ve been listening to our customers about how we can make banking easier for them, and they tell us they like the idea of mobile banking, but in some cases would value being shown how it works. 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