awk
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Post by awk on Mar 30, 2018 11:39:54 GMT
Barclays' system status page mirrors the information (and may provide updates for those mindful of a potential requirement.). I’d forgotten that this is THE weekend ! After years of planning, Saturday night is when they finally separate their Retail systems from those of the Investment bank to satisfy ringfencing requirements. It sounds simple, but this is HUGE - some of these core banking systems are 40+ years old and the people who implemented them are long gone. You stop the patient breathing, perform open heart surgery, replace a few parts, reconnect a few tubes, sew him up and hope he starts breathing again !
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Post by loftankerman on Mar 30, 2018 13:00:05 GMT
I gave up banking with NatWest when they had their several post update massive failures a few years ago. My wife ( a pensioner now) stayed with them because she'd been banking with them since being at university. She has received a similar warning about updates and is now wondering what disasters will befall her this time around.
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