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To: John Mansfield who wrote (5488)	4/12/1999 10:40:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

GLITCH CAUSES 4 BILLION EURO OVERDRAFT April 12, 1999 MUNICH (IDG) -- Although the January switch to the single European currency was smooth at most European banks, a prominent German discount bank and its customers this week were acutely aware that not all possible euro-caused glitches have been found... Customers of Bank 24, a discount bank owned by Deutsche Bank AG, were astonished Tuesday evening to find that their securities accounts appeared to be overdrawn to the tune of 4 billion euro ($4.32 billion). An oversight connected to the change to the euro was responsible for an error this week, which affected 55,000 customers... cnn.com Cheryl