Citi Accidentally Credits Client's Account With $81 Trillion Instead of $280: FT

Major overpay: Citigroup almost gave $6B to wealth account, more than 1,000 times what was owed

In April, Citigroup made two very costly near-miss overpays that were subsequently reversed, accidentally transferring $6 billion to a wealth account and $81 trillion to another client.

Bank accidentally credits $81 trillion instead of $280

In the latest embarrassing mistake, Citi credited an account with $81 trillion instead of $280. The company acknowledged to Business Insider that an "inputting error" had been made but would…

Citi copy-paste error sends $9.6b to customer

The bank said it “promptly identified and corrected this inputting error” but it came the same month as $US81 billion was accidently sent to a different client.

Citi mistakenly credits $81 trillion to customer’s bank account

Citigroup made a costly error before reversing course.

Citi's $81 trillion mixup underscores the risks of manual accounting

"Human error is inevitable," says an accounting expert.

Bank customer has $80TRILLION transferred into account instead of $280

TRILLONS of dollars were accidentally transferred into an account after a “fat finger” gaffe which was supposed to only send $280.A colossal sum o