justinclift 10 hours ago

Would have been super funny (!) if Citi lets people directly purchase BitCoin from their accounts, and the person had then decided to purchase all of the BitCoin in existence (so far) before the transaction was reversed. :D

Argentina could have fixed its economy overnight. ;)

x______________ 14 hours ago

No money left the accounts of Citigroup, occurred in April 2024 and was considered one of 10 $1b+ "near miss" incidents during last year, down from 13 during 2023.

sfmike 8 hours ago

if it has a apy of a few percent wouldn't they make millions in interest in a day off the mistake and be able to keep it/

ratg13 13 hours ago

The old accidentally putting the account number in the amount field.

The fact that this was overlooked by multiple people looking at the transaction is the scary part.

  • disgruntledphd2 13 hours ago

    Apparently not, the article notes that the amount field cam prepopulated with 15 zeros.

fennecfoxy 10 hours ago

I mean the 1% only have skill in government lobbying and increasing the wealth that they hoard; they're otherwise quite inept. So makes sense I suppose.