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Citigroup He intricately assigns the customer's account from $ 81 trillion last year, when it was to send only USD 280.
The payment, which took place in April last year, was omitted by two employees, but 90 minutes after its publication, the Financial Times First reported Friday evening. He was reversed a few hours later and reported to the federal reserve and the currency controller office as “almost miss”.
The event is the latest error revealed by Wall Street Bank, which has been trying to overcome a number of operational errors in recent years.
“Despite the fact that the payment of this size could not be carried out, our detective controls immediately identified the error of entering between two Citi Ledger accounts and we reversed the entry,” Citi said in a statement for NBC News. “Our preventive inspections would also stop all funds leaving the bank. Although it did not affect the bank or our client, the episode emphasizes our further efforts to continue the elimination of manual processes and automation of control through our transformation. “
Citi neither confirmed nor conveyed the number of close deficiencies he experienced.
A close missing impressions occur when the bank processes the wrong amount, but is able to recover funds. The bank suffered 10 near $ 1 billion or more last year and 13 in the previous year, in accordance with the report.
The bank has been working on the reputation of its reputation since he has sent $ 900 million to creditors involved in the controversial battle for the Długa Cosmetics Group Revlon five years ago – which led to the overthrow of the former general director Michael Corbat, as well as large fines and orders of regulatory consent requiring Citi to solve problems.
The successor of Corbat, Jane Fraser, said that improving risk and control is the highest priority. Last year, the bank was fined in the amount of $ 136 million for not making enough progress in the field of improvements.