[personZ]

http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-it-spending-2012-12

The banking system functions largely on the choice, application and integration of technology, and banking is more of a technology business than just about any other. And let's be fair here - Schwab is not a bank, and even among investment firms is an outlier with the noted bad practices.

[michaelfeathers]

> banking is more of a technology business than just about any other.

They don't behave like Google or Facebook. Their DNA is not technical.

[personZ]

Yet they behave like Microsoft, or IBM, or HP. And those are unquestionably technology businesses.

[ladelfa]

How about the part of Schwab that's literally called "Charles Schwab Bank"?