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Banks are usually following the currently "supported" versions. At least the big ones that are all compliance based nowadays.

Windows XP and IE6 have been out of support for quite a while. They've long been dropped in favor of windows 7 (LTS support until 2023) and 10 more recently, which comes with internet explorer 10 or 11.

SSL would be quite easier to keep up-to-date if Microsoft actually upgraded their operating system and applications to support TLS 1.2 by default, which they don't for retro compatibility reasons.

For reference, working at JP Morgan, I can tell you that the company has dropped support for Internet Explorer entirely. Half of the existing internal apps don't even load on IE. Would be nice of vendors to stop wasting their time praising IE support as a feature.




> They've long been dropped in favor of windows 7 (LTS support until 2023)

Windows 8.1 has support until 2023. Windows 7 support is over since January 14, 2020. https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/help/13853/windows-lifec...


There’s extended support to 2023 through a paid support program.




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