Citigroup Erroneously Credits $81 Trillion To Customer’s Account, Highlighting Years Of Operational Failures
Citigroup’s $81 trillion error highlights ongoing struggles to fix operational issues as regulatory pressure on the bank intensifies.
Citigroup mistakenly credited a customer account with $81 trillion
Citigroup erroneously credited $81 trillion, instead of $280, to a customer’s account and took hours to reverse the transaction, a “near miss” that shows up the bank’s operational issues it has sought to fix,
Bank accidentally credits customer with $81 trillion instead of $280
One of America’s biggest banks accidentally transferred more than $80 trillion (£64 trillion) to a customer’s account after a “fat finger” input error by an employee.
Citi mistakenly credits $81 trillion to customer’s bank account
(CNN) – Citigroup made a costly error before reversing course. The bank accidentally credited a customer’s account with $81 trillion instead of $280. It quickly reversed the transaction within a few hours. CBS News reports this happened last April.
Citigroup Briefly Makes Customer the Richest Person in History With Mistaken $81 Trillion Transfer
Last year, an employee at Citigroup accidentally initiated a fund transfer to a customer’s account that would have made them the wealthiest person in the history of human existence. The incident, which took place last April,
Citi bungle briefly credits client’s account with $81 trillion — instead of $280
Citigroup credited $81 trillion to a customer’s account, instead of just $280, and took hours to reverse the transaction — an embarrassing “near miss” for a bank that has struggled to fix operational issues.
Citi’s $81 trillion mixup underscores the risks of manual accounting
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A $280 transfer turns into $81 trillion because of bank error
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Citigroup Makes (and Then Fixes) an $81 Trillion Mistake
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Citibank makes an $81 trillion error. What we know
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Bank mistakenly transfers you $81 trillion instead of $280, realizes 90 minutes after payment, then cancels it
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Citi's latest blunder: an $81 trillion 'inputting error'
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Citigroup’s $81 trillion mistake is a warning ‘that operational risk is still a ticking time bomb in banking,’ expert says
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Citigroup’s $81 trillion blunder: how a ‘fat finger’ mistake was caught
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