On a recent M&A transaction, a buyer made a mistake on the day of completion by sending through the final payment of billions of pounds from an account that didn’t have enough money in it. They quickly rectified the error but then the deal was delayed because of a bank administrative fee from the first payment, which meant the amounts did not add up.
A multi-billion-pound deal ground to a halt over a £110 admin fee.
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