9210: The Zip Code of Another IT-Soap

Issue Title: Based on Selected Papers from SCAM 2003 (Workshop on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation) Nine-to-ten (9210) refers to the problem that the Dutch banks are running out of 9-digit bank account numbers and need to convert to 10-digit numbers. At the same time, the Dutch government wants...

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Published inSoftware quality journal Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. 297 - 309
Main Authors Klusener, A.S., Verhoef, C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2004
Subjects
Automation
Bank accounts
Benchmarks
Computer science
Cost control
Cost estimates
Pasteurization
Postal codes
Software upgrading
Transfer of funds
Year 2000
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Summary:Issue Title: Based on Selected Papers from SCAM 2003 (Workshop on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation) Nine-to-ten (9210) refers to the problem that the Dutch banks are running out of 9-digit bank account numbers and need to convert to 10-digit numbers. At the same time, the Dutch government wants bank account numbers to be portable to encourage competition; this may become European policy. A recent European standard for cross-border money transfers proposes totally nonportable bank account numbers. These orthogonal policies have such a high IT-soap caliber that we sometimes refer to it as 9210 Policy Nils. Whatever the plot of "nine-two-one-o," major challenges are at stake for European banks and other "number crunchers" like tax authorities, mail-order firms, etc. This paper gives insight in cost aspects, the possibilities, and impossibilities of 9210 and related problems.
ISSN:0963-9314
1573-1367
DOI:10.1023/B:SQJO.0000039790.04885.13