Morning Scan: Ancient IT Hobbles Banks; Saving Hamilton

06/19/15

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Brushing the Dust Off IT: Banks around the world use IT systems are basically antiques, and recent tech glitches at Royal Bank of Scotland and Commonwealth Bank of Australia are making that problem increasingly difficult to ignore. The Financial Times reports that part of the issue is that three-quarters of banks' tech spending has to go toward the cost of keeping the old, complex systems running, leaving them with just a fractionÂ...

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