The Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is still under fire for the recent glitch their clients are experiencing on their accounts. This glitch has caused a netizen from Baguio to become a billionaire for a day. She shares her experience with us as read below. Meanwhile, BPI has shut down its electronic channels on Thursday to repair these inconsistencies.
On Wednesday, BPI has announced that its system was currently experiencing an internal data processing error. This has caused clients to reflect either a negative balance or amount that shows more than what they originally have. The bank has then released a situation update via social media saying it has de-activated its electronic channels to further fix the mis-posted transactions and incorrect balances.
BPI glitch makes Baguio netizen Billionaire for a day
The BPI glitch made a netizen in Baguio a billionaire at least for a day. This netizen shares her experience with us and requested she be unnamed. For this purpose, we shall name her Lucy.
Lucy checked her account via online banking Wednesday morning and found P 12.4 billion in her account. She mentioned that she already knew there was something wrong with BPI’s system since she was already reading about it on social media. When asked what she immediately felt when she saw the overwhelming amount, she said she couldn’t believe her eyes but was not really happy since she knew it was a mistake.
She was thinking about going to BPI to complain or let management know. But reading more about it on the news, she knew that BPI was on it and decided to just let it be.
Lucy said she’s not able to access her account since then and did not make any withdrawals whatsoever. But then, being such a quirky person, Lucy wanted to feel at least for a day that she was actually a billionaire. She started to imagine the what ifs. What if she actually had that amount?
This Baguio-based professional then posted the screenshot on Facebook since she knew it was a mistake and there’s no way it could be real. She decided to have a bit of fun telling friends she would give them 1M each. Lucy cracked jokes saying that with the amount she “had,” she and her family already have plans laid out. Some of her friends joined in on the fun asking her for just 7 billion. Some also said they should head out and buy a car, condo, and house and lot for each of themselves. She even shared that if she did give all of it away to her friends and family, she would only be left with 5 billion. Way to go Lucy! We love your attitude!
Back to reality though, Lucy did not have that amount. Her BPI account was a payroll account for work and she knows that when she wakes up, none of it is hers. We asked Lucy, though, if the amount was indeed hers in real life, what should she do with it? Lucy said first, she would think of putting some of her money in other banks. Then, she would get into business and buy a franchise of big fast food chains. She would then put up her own gym and buy herself properties. Some of it would go to charity and would leave a special amount to help her sick niece and bring her to the US to be treated. And yes, she would still choose to give 1M each to her friends and family.