A real nightmare for many account holders who have seen charges of up to 290 billion euros reported. Here’s what happened.
Starting from the bills up to the various daily needs, there are so many times in which we find ourselves having to put our hands in the wallet to pay for the various goods and services of our interest. A clear demonstration of how i moneywhile not a guarantee of happiness, they help solve a lot of problems. It is therefore not surprising that many decide to leaving more and more money in the checking account, so that you always have money that you can draw on in case of need.
But what would you think if one day, opening your account, instead of your money you found a minus sign, with down payment one figure followed by many zeros? Unfortunately, this has happened to many customers of the banca ING, which found themselves having to deal with charges of up to 290 billion euros. Here’s what happened.
Ing, nightmare for many account holders: maxi charges up to 290 billion euros due to a technical error
After the decision of Ing Italia which, since July, has closed all ATMs and automatic pay stations present in our territory, the well-known banking group has recently come to the center of attention due to a technical error that has certainly not gone unnoticed. In fact, many customers have found themselves having to contend with monstrous charges, for amounts ranging from 230 to 290 billion euros.
Sums that are not overall, but that have affected each individual user. Apparently the error involved those who activated the SMS alert service. Many users who have complained on social networks about what happened. In addition to the fear of suddenly finding oneself with monstrous charges, in fact, this situation caused the blocking of accounts affected, inevitably causing inconvenience.
The problem, however, was solved, with the bank wishing to reassure customers by writing: “Per a technical error, the charge of the sms alert service that you may have seen yesterday had a few zeroes too many and your balance was consequently negative. We apologize for the inconvenience. The anomaly was solved by our technicians in a few hours and everything was back in place!“.
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