The near-miss in Citigroup’s wealth-management business magnified the intended amount by more than a thousand times and was detected on the next business day, according to people familiar with ...

Citi (C)group nearly credited about $6B to a customer’s account in its wealth-management business by accident, Bloomberg’s Todd Gillespie reports, citing people familiar with the matter.

Citigroup nearly credited about $6 billion to a customer’s account in its wealth-management business by accident, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Citigroup Inc. almost shifted about $6 billion to a customer’s account by accident after a staffer handling the transfer copied and pasted the account number into a field for the dollar figure.

Citigroup C.N nearly credited about $6 billion to a customer's account in its wealth-management business by accident, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.