I would rephrase the question.
We know the 95 of top 100 banks are using mainframes. The same for
airlines, retailers, etc.
Numbers presented may differ slightly, but it doesn't matter.
The question is: WHAT ABOUT THE REST???
I would like to know in details the remaining 5 cases.
BTW: In Poland, due to historical reasons like communism and COCOM
(export limitations) we were not using advanced technologies.
In fact, before the 1989 IT in banking almost did not existed. Then we
started from scratch, due to still existing limitations we started from
PCs, LAN and Netware. And ICL DRS 300 (very poor). Then Unix systems
arrived.
In fact the first mainframe-based core banking system was launched in
2000. I know it well, because I was the person who launched it.
Yes, it was pure-Internet (no branch offices) bank, called mBank.
Today we have 3 largest banks on mainframes and some foreign banks (like
Citi or DB) having their mainframes somewhere "in the cloud", means abroad.
More, we have huge HSBC IT division in Cracow, despite HSBC banking
business is not present in Poland. It it the largest IT employer in
Cracow. With mainframe division.
We also support Nordea, which is also not present in Poland (the were,
but they sold the business and now hire 4000+ employees).
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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