Delayed Refund for Erroneous Duplicate Bank Transfer
A bank customer experienced a duplicate $500 transfer due to a bank-side technical error, and despite the bank acknowledging the mistake, faced a prolonged dispute process without refund. This reflects a broader pattern where banks' error-correction and dispute resolution processes are slow and opaque, leaving customers out of pocket for extended periods.
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