Payments to closed accounts vanish between banks with neither side taking responsibility
A large payment was routed to a credit card account that had already been closed, and the sending and receiving banks each blame the other for the failed transfer. The customer is unable to recover the funds because neither institution will take ownership of the reconciliation.
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