Group 1 - The article discusses a series of trading errors, particularly highlighting Citigroup's repeated incidents of "fat finger" mistakes that have impacted financial markets significantly [1] - On August 6, 2023, a trading error led to a surge in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield from 4.225% to 4.282%, attributed to a trader mistakenly entering an order for 80,000 contracts instead of 8,000, resulting in a sell-off of $8 billion to $10 billion [1] - Citigroup's history of trading errors includes a 2022 incident where a mistake caused a temporary loss of $322 billion in European stock market value, leading to a $78 million fine from UK regulators two years later [1] Group 2 - In July 2023, a stock price of Oriental Electric surged over 700% to HKD 119.9 before quickly retracting, raising speculation of a trading error [1] - A trading error on July 15, 2023, involved a 6.5 million yuan order that caused an ETF to hit its limit before returning to a normal increase of 0.59% [1] - In April 2024, a Citigroup employee mistakenly processed a $280 transfer as $81 trillion, which was only corrected after 90 minutes [1] Group 3 - In 2020, Citigroup mistakenly used its own funds to repay a $9 billion loan for the bankrupt Revlon, leading to a $400 million fine and the resignation of its CEO after a two-year legal battle to recover $5 billion from creditors [1]
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