Banking sites and their infinite hoops...

When you try and access a banking site in India, do you ever get the feeling that you are being made to jump through hoops before you are allowed to reach a screen, where you can finally log in?

It's almost as if they don't want you to login to their site but watch ads...

For eg.

HDFC Bank - 3 Steps to get to the login Page...









ICICI Bank - 3 Steps...








Bah! what a waste of time... Anyway, I didn't realise this till I went to my parents place for a vacation. My usual shortcuts weren't available on their computer, so I was jumping through hoops...

So is there a solution? Yes! use the following links to jump to the login page directly. (Unless you have a morbid fascination to see some atrocious ads on the various pages they force you to see)

HDFC Bank
https://netbanking.hdfcbank.com/netbanking/

ICICI Bank
https://infinity.icicibank.co.in/Login.jsp

Deutsche Bank
https://login.deutschebank.co.in/

HDFC Securities
https://trade.hdfcsec.com/

Citibank
https://www.citibank.co.in/ibank/login/guesthpin1.jsp