The US bank Citigroup accidentally credited a client’s account with $81 trillion when it intended to send just $280 – a “fat finger” error that was caught in time.
The mistake was missed by two employees and detected by a third employee 90 minutes after it was posted.
No funds left the bank, and it was disclosed as a “near miss” to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, according to the Financial Times.