This will depend on the architecture of the bank and what systems it needs to or doesn't need to support and if the benefit outweighs the cost to upgrade. This is sometimes easier for larger banks with modular branch systems across the world than it is for smaller, more regionalised banks though the final aim would be a standardized, modern platform. Also, the other thing to realise is that banks, like hospitals is a very conservative industry player and will generally tend to upgrade much later in the software maturity curve. A necessary balance is required to maintain concurrence of software between the operational backend and the customer facing frontend. Are you looking for any specific information or is it a general discussion? Ping me directly for specifics though I can't reveal much. ;-)
On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Marjan Jeffry <[email protected]> wrote: > if it ain't broken don't fix it!! ;) but seriously I doubt banks use crap > technology for their back-end systems. Or is it the systems that you saw was > only to served as a front-end client or dumb terminal? > > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 7:44 PM, CL Chow <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Anyone been or is working for a bank. I only know 3 banks currently and >> from my information, most of the local bank's system sucks. >> Some still using legacy operating system like Windows 98, 2000, computers >> with old school processor like Pentium 3, still using diskett as storage >> system. So, what do you guys think and I am very curious what are you guys >> who work in a bank as IT person thinks and want to do about it. And what are >> the restrictions that allow such environment to appear and processing >> sensitive data we have to rely on? >> For one, I do impressed how Scope International(Subsidiary of Standard >> Chartered Bank) been updating their system, >> Sorry, it's not related to FOSS XD >> Thank you. >> Regards, >> CL Chow >> "Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send >> OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/"; >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> general mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general >> > > > > -- > And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it. > > _______________________________________________ > general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general > > _______________________________________________ general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.foss.org.my/mailman/listinfo/general
