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by kul_ 854 days ago
I cannot tell if this is a serious comment.
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It isn't, but it's not that far from being a serious comment.

The old man has an ancient PC choking on dust under his desk that runs a QWS3270 terminal that updates the mainframe directly. If it's a big bank, the bank owns the mainframe. If it's a small bank, a vendor (probably Fiserv) does.

Source: I've consulted for a lot of banks.