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A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:50 pm
by mlawson71
Now imagine if they had transferred them to a single unsuspecting person and that person checked their account before the error was discovered. If it were me I'd probably faint.

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:55 pm
by LazarR
Wow that is….huge amount
If that was me mlawson71 I probably will transfer them to another account

Saying it now but if happen, probably I will be shocked and will block my mind

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 2:51 am
by mladen
That could cause a heart attack :)

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:40 pm
by mlawson71
Joking aside, if it really happened the best thing to do is just to notify the receiving bank to deal with it.

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:49 pm
by mladen
mlawson71 wrote:Joking aside, if it really happened the best thing to do is just to notify the receiving bank to deal with it.
And request the interest rate deduction for the time the money spent on our account (since they, like in some German banks, are charging us with interest rates instead of giving it to us)

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:27 pm
by bonifaas_abe
It is hard to call this a mistake when it comes to this amount of money…

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:51 pm
by FrancoisT
Greetings,
It was heart attach for someone and reason to celebration for another :D

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:04 pm
by Krelian99
Credit Suisse can that, too.
https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/29 ... blogs&_r=2&

“Don’t panic over there, I’m dealing with this,” Mr. Galbraith said in a Feb. 5 email.

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:38 pm
by mlawson71
How on earth did Credit Suisse manage to make 3 (three) wire transfers to pass all these money to him and never noticed they were in error? How does that happen?

Re: A German Bank Accidentally Transferred $5.4 Billion to Four Other Banks

Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:24 pm
by FrancoisT
Greetings,Only super human can do it