Abstract: An web browser-based system and method providing an intranet environment communicably linked to a system containing legacy applications. The web browser-based system comprises a plurality of remotely located client personal computers that are equipped with web browser applications that are communicably linked to centralized web server farms and data servers which are equipped to communicate with a mainframe system having a plurality of legacy applications. The system is specifically adapted to service a plurality of branches of a commercial Financial Institution, specifically a bank. The system provides the ability to service a customer at a client personal computer equipped with a web browser application.