Seeing how the banking industry runs on the inside. I work in ATM rigging. Banks operate in a state of complete chaos if you were wondering. I’ve never seen an industry where money wasted/lost just doesnt matter to them. Join a credit union. Seriously.
I used to be a senior system analyst at a major financial institution. You are so right.
The wiring money system is so rickety it’s amazing it functions at all. Zero accountability.
Can you elaborate? Any links you can point to that explains more? I’ve always wondered how that all worked. Seems like there way more human involvement than there probably should be for something which seems like it should be as simple as sending an RPC…
At least at our institution, the code to track and manage incoming and outgoing wires was so old that it ran on at least 4 layers of emulation. Of course, not a single person knew how to maintain it (and this is a billion dollar financial institution).
But after a wire is sent, especially to smaller, non-us banks, it can literally be received via teletype or fax with relevant account information and recorded by hand at the receiving bank.
If you send to the wrong route or account in that instance, it basically disappears for you and you need to contact the receiving bank, which sometimes uses and intermediary bank,. If that’s the case, you need to find the intermediary bank and find the exact person who wrote it down, who then can find, hopefully, what account the money went to and fix the problem. This does not work 100% of the time.
It’s ludicrously analog and prone to errors and it’s amazing it works at all.
Do I need one or two of my ADD pills to make this shit bearable
I get to invoke and tease people about one of thier biggest fears that terrify them and they pay me to do it.
I’ve only had two people back out on me. After they make it through they are always so happy they conquered it, it’s awesome watching the process from start to finish.
I also sometimes remember that my job feels routine to me and I do it without thinking most it the time but it’s a crippling fear for most people and I do it 5 to 15 times a day on a tropical island without a second thought.
