Banks are behind the times
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 12:18 pm
Banks are still running XP on their ATM machines even though support has run out.
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Lloyds bank, it seems, have an internal system that records in £ s d (pounds, shillings and pence) and then uses software to convert to decimal.
James Ashton: High street banks need a tech boost to face the future - Comment - London Evening Standard
There are other glimpses of how our lenders have struggled to keep up with the times. When quizzing former Co-op boss Peter Marks in a Treasury Select Committee hearing, Mark Garnier MP let slip that he had heard that the computer systems behind the 632 branches that Lloyds was trying to sell contained software to convert pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency.
Banks pay Microsoft big for securing Windows XP ATMs | Microsoft | Geek.com
Lloyds bank, it seems, have an internal system that records in £ s d (pounds, shillings and pence) and then uses software to convert to decimal.
James Ashton: High street banks need a tech boost to face the future - Comment - London Evening Standard
There are other glimpses of how our lenders have struggled to keep up with the times. When quizzing former Co-op boss Peter Marks in a Treasury Select Committee hearing, Mark Garnier MP let slip that he had heard that the computer systems behind the 632 branches that Lloyds was trying to sell contained software to convert pounds, shillings and pence to decimal currency.