AI companies race to rescue COBOL systems powering ATM and card payments
alexvoica · x · 2026-11-04
Ancient COBOL still powers huge chunks of the world's ATM transactions and credit card payments, but the industry is running out of developers who can maintain it. Several AI companies, including OpenAI and FlowX.ai, are racing to help banks modernize and maintain these legacy systems.
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