"Thin clients -- simplified computer terminals with little or no installed software – are poised for integration into the financial world.

There’s also more consistency throughout the credit union, says Saito. “We can standardize the desktop so that everybody gets the same software releases at the same code level. That’s the biggest advantage from our perspective – the control we have over the environment.” Another plus - employees can’t ‘mess up’ the system or load anything they shouldn’t onto their thin clients."

by Diane Luckow