Bank tells customers to disable updates and not upgrade to iOS 16

Post by qzw » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 3:09 PM UTC

mytailorisrich wrote: post #90

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #48

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> figure on the website now is £1M OP’s point still stands. That’s middle of ground for a private bank. Far from “most exclusive.”

I don't think this is the sort of bank where you can just show up with 1m and the staff will bend over backwards to open your account. For instance, if the Royal family banks there it means they think the bank will never ever make headlines for the wrong reasons or at all.

Post by qzw » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 3:10 PM UTC

RC_ITR wrote: post #95

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #48

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> figure on the website now is £1M OP’s point still stands. That’s middle of ground for a private bank. Far from “most exclusive.”

In practice, if you’re over 40, the limit is closer to $5-10m USD at anywhere good, but the idea of banks being “exclusive” is sort of out of date. Anyone will take your cash if there’s enough of it.

Post by makeitdouble » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

YPPH wrote: post #62

gregoriol wrote: post #53

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So it seems that you have never worked in a real company, where it can't easily be done to make a major technical rework of some components in a 3 months timeframe. With debugging, conception of a fix, implementation and testing, it is not often possible. Teams are also not standing by to be available anytime for such works, often those apps are being worked on with contractors.

Most companies (and banks) seem to manage alright, without their apps breaking, or their customers being given inane advice. Or is this not your experience?

Post by sweetheart » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

rco8786 wrote: post #157

thr0wawayf00 wrote: post #10

This is one of the most exclusive banks in the world, counting the British Royal Family among their notable clients, and they can't even be bothered to keep their mobile app up to date. Pretty much sums up what rich people think about technology: make it sexy and powerful but I don't want to hear about ongoing maintenance costs. According to Wikipedia, new clients needed £500k in disposable funds to set up an account…

That’s quite a jump there. One bank is bad at maintaining their app all the way to a blanket statement about rich people and technology.

Post by makeitdouble » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 3:13 PM UTC

m-p-3 wrote: post #61

gregoriol wrote: post #53

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So it seems that you have never worked in a real company, where it can't easily be done to make a major technical rework of some components in a 3 months timeframe. With debugging, conception of a fix, implementation and testing, it is not often possible. Teams are also not standing by to be available anytime for such works, often those apps are being worked on with contractors.

It's fairly reasonable to assume a new major iOS version will come out around September or October every year, with multiple betas before the final release.