A customer of Citigroup was given a big surprise after it had mistakenly transferred $81 trillion dollars into the customer's

Citigroup credited $81 trillion to a customer’s account, instead of just $280, and took hours to reverse the transaction — an embarrassing “near miss” for a bank that has struggled to fix operational issues.

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Last year, an employee at Citigroup accidentally initiated a fund transfer to a customer’s account that would have made them the wealthiest person in the history of human existence. The incident, which took place last April,

Citigroup (C) mistakenly credited $81 trillion to a customer’s account last year and took hours to reverse the transaction, The Financial Times reports. The bank was supposed to credit just $280.

Citigroup erroneously credited $81 trillion, instead of $280, to a customer's account and took hours to reverse the transaction, a "near miss" that shows up the bank's operational issues it has sought to fix,

The error went unnoticed by two employees and was flagged by a third employee 90 minutes after posting. No funds left the bank, and the incident was reported as a "near miss" to the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Citigroup Inc. erroneously credited $81 trillion to a customer’s account instead of $280 last April before reversing the transaction hours later, according to the Financial Times.

Citigroup (NYSE:C) erroneously credited a client's account with $81T in what should have been a $280 transaction, a mistake that could extend regulators' scrutiny as the bank attempts to convince them that it has fixed operational issues,