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The death of Windows XP will impact 95 percent of the world’s ATMs
Microsoft’s 12-year-old Windows XP operating system powers 95 percent of the world’s automated teller machines, according to NCR, the largest ATM supplier in the US. While the idea of Windows powering ATMs may surprise consumers, XP runs in the background powering the software that bank customers interact with to withdraw money. An upcoming Windows XP support change from Microsoft means ATMs will need to be upgraded and modified throughout 2014.
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Typical. The financial sector is always the last to adopt new technology. It's a good thing Microsoft extended the support and sales date for Win 7 or these guys would be fucked. Can you imagine an ATM OS on Win 8?
The mentality here is "If it works, why fix it". In this case, its a flawed approach.
Banks are so behind on everything. A lot of countries don't even have debit cards anymore.