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by assface 1812 days ago
If this is shocking wait until you find out that a lot of banks still use IBM IMS. That's IBM's first database that they built for the government to track rocket parts for the Apollo moon mission.
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IIRC at least one bank recompiles the database before running batch transactions.
Not shocking at all.

IMS has been continuously developed and evolved to do one job well.

What banks run IBM IMS?
In 2005, nearly all of them.

most ATMs used to be backed by a mainframe.

I saw some newer ATMs using Windows Embedded so I guess they changed at some point.

In Europe ATMs that I saw used to run Windows NT.
Tangential, but I watched a video about maintenance on the Russian high speed train, Сапсан (sapsan), and when they started the train for a test the unmistakable sound of Windows XP starting was heard. It could have been for any number of systems on the train, but I found it funny. Admittedly it was US documentary, and they really butchered the translation for dramatic effect, so I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't fabricated also.
Lots. And not just retail banks.