Citigroup's Copy-Paste Error Almost Resulted In $6 Billion Transfer; Here's What Happened
Executives were already in talks with higher-ups and regulators about how to address the incident when news of the much larger mistake surfaced
Citi narrowly avoids $6bn copy-paste error
US bank Citigroup almost credited about $6 billion to a customer's account in its wealth-management business by accident, after a staff member handling the transfer copied and pasted the account numbe
Citigroup nearly transferred $6 billion to a customer by mistake, all thanks to copy-paste
Citigroup Inc. came close to accidentally transferring nearly $6 billion to a customer's account when an employee mistakenly copied and pasted the account number into the field meant for the dollar amount.
Citibank’s Copy-Paste Blunder: How a Simple Error Almost Transferred $6 Billion To Wealth Account
This week has seen a peculiar case in the banking sector where a clerical error almost transferred $6 billion to wealth account.
Citigroup almost sent $6 billion to wealth account in copy-paste error, Bloomberg reports
The near-error occurred after a staffer handling the transfer copied and pasted the account number into a field for the dollar figure, the report added.
Citigroup nearly shifted $6 billion to wealth account, Bloomberg reports
Citigroup nearly transferred about $6 billion to a customer's account in its wealth-management business by accident, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The near-error occurred after a staffer handling the transfer copied and pasted the account number into a field for the dollar figure,
Citi Copy-Paste Error Almost Sent $6 Billion to Wealth Account
Citigroup Inc. almost shifted about $6 billion to a customer’s account by accident after a staffer handling the transfer copied and pasted the account number into a field for the dollar figure.
Citigroup almost shifted $6 billion to customer’s account after copy-paste error
Citigroup nearly credited about $6 billion to a customer’s account in its wealth-management business by accident, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The near-error occurred after a staffer handling the transfer copied and pasted the account number into a field for the dollar figure,
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