RBS 'Computer Glitch'

[Basil Fawlty]

Barclays - pan/fire. Why not go somewhere decent (and non-Indian) like First Direct.

Aren't First Direct owned by HSBC ?

[TimberWolf]

Aren't First Direct owned by HSBC ?

Yeah, but their call centres are manned by UK folk and First Direct have a good reputation nevertheless. Don't know who does their IT.

[alreadypacked]

Good thinking!

Although I see a sudden rush to employ UK IT staff on the horizon.

I'm planning to return to the UK next year when the rates go up

[TimberWolf]

The Daily Mail's most highly rated comments condemn outsourcing, while Guardian reader comments ignore the Indian aspect and concentrate on general IT incompetence, and I can't see any Telegraph comments.

Does the Telegraph not do reader comments?

Guardian readers were a bit slow on the uptake but are now condemning outsourcing, and the Telegraph article is showing comments now also, similarly condemning it. A good day for UK IT and the UK in general, even if it did require people feeling it in their pockets before they could be arsed.

[Mich the Tester]

Yeah, but their call centres are manned by UK folk and First Direct have a good reputation nevertheless. Don't know who does their IT.

All in the hands of the MTT-Wilmslow Interplanetary Software Services Alliance. Much reassurings, plenty cleverings.

[cojak]

I had a negative balance on my RBS business account until today. They have apparently managed to fix my account - I think on this occasion I will forgive and stick with them since I have been with them for 12 years. If it happens again then I will have no choice but to switch banks.

I've been with them over 20 years.

I'm moving next week when it's all calmed down.

T0ssers.

[cojak]

My accounts seem fine now. But I do think once I move house this weekend, and udpate the company details, I will be moving banks. This is a really piss take!!

What confused me at weekend was that online, it wouldnt let me transfer money, internal or external, yet on the Android app I paid a bill and moved some money... WTF??

They're all the same - I had to use Barclays Online mobile when they died.

[EternalOptimist]

I believe that Santander were due to take over RBS later this year

is that still a goer ?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I believe that Santander were due to take over RBS later this year

is that still a goer ?

The word Contagion will take on a whole new meaning if that happens....

You can see how easy it would be to bring down the whole banking system with a simple software bug. Maybe it is time to get into OLTP Banking Systems..... Crazy rates perhaps?

[darmstadt]

The word Contagion will take on a whole new meaning if that happens....

You can see how easy it would be to bring down the whole banking system with a simple software bug. Maybe it is time to get into OLTP Banking Systems..... Crazy rates perhaps?

The most widely used OLTP for banks is CICS which just happens to be a mainframe application although where I am we're converting it to IMS, also mainframe and one of the fastest and most widely used OLTPs. Mainframes: the future and bollocking good rates, so keep away.