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Third-Largest US Bank Adds $81,000,000,000,000 To Customer's Account Balance in Massive Payment Error (dailyhodl.com)
submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Bank error in your favor, collect several trillion dollars

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

No process is perfect, doesnt mean you dont put it in place in these context. The cost is trivially low given the volume and doesnt make you look like a moron.

[–] Album 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's my point. It's in place and probably still failed. It happens.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

yes and my point was the automated flagged probably wasnt in place ;). That or the UI fucked up and truncated the value in a manner that lead to it looking much smaller =p

[–] Album 1 points 1 hour ago

Yeah I've seen both of those as well