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by samarthr1 1116 days ago
You will be happy to know that in India at least, the big CBS (finacle) is in poorly written Java instead.

Made on least cost basis, protected by a moat a central bank wide, and maintained by 10k /year engineers, it is truly a marvel that our country's banks even run.

The company i intern at has built its entire business off moving as much functionality outside finacle. A small modification of changing a label's font, can cost a full 100-150 usd.

Never mind adding in custom features and the like, which costs a pretty penny if you use infy.