I never thought those "Banker on the phone tells you the wire has been received" scenes from James Bond films happened in real life but it turns out that a Japanese real estate closing is pretty much exactly like that, including "This person's job is being more visible than a PC"
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Two parties to the transaction, one banker from the branch and a second to check data entry, one from HQ and a second to check data entry, one at the receiving bank to ack receipt and a second to check the number matched expectations, one at seller to confirm receipt via phone.
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And while that's a characteristic level of overkill because computers are not more likely to flub larger-than-ordinary-but-very-small-relative-to-everything-a-bank-does transaction than they are to flub me buying a sandwich for lunch via a debit card, I appreciate social purpose.
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(Part of the magic of standard operating procedures is that, even though all parties know that it is extraordinarily unlikely that there are any defects by the time it gets to them, "Hang on those digits look transposed" from secondary at receiving bank fires a state machine.
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That's why the junior banker isn't asked "Should we blow up a real estate closing or not?", they're handed a piece of paper with a number on it from Data Source B and said "I am going to read you the amount from the incoming wire. Are you ready to be read the amount?"
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