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Do you remember the fears about the Millennium Bug in the late 1990s? There were dire warnings of potential catastrophe as the clocked ticked round to 1 January 2000. How would computers cope when they encountered 01-01-00 as the new date? But the new century arrived – and society continued to function smoothly – making it very tempting to now look back with complacency. However, the concerns had been real. There had undoubtedly been a critical problem underpinning computer-based systems around the world. Crisis was only averted thanks to the ingenuity and hard work of IT professionals during the 1990s. Find out how Midland Bank (now HSBC UK) prepared its banking systems and supported customers in those critical years.
