Thousands of people received a surprise gift on Christmas Day this year when European bank Santander accidentally deposited £130m ($176m) across 75,000 transactions. The mistake happened when payments from 2,000 business accounts in the U.K. were processed twice, meaning some employees saw their wages double, while suppliers also got more than they were expecting.
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Bank accidentally deposits $176m into people’s accounts on Christmas Day
“We’re sorry that due to a technical issue, some payments from our corporate clients were incorrectly duplicated on the recipients’ accounts,” a Santander spokesperson told CNBC.
