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by morder 838 days ago
Would an error code protect against it if both accounts exist? if the account doesn't exist then the transfer wouldn't go through.
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Yes it would, since adding a check digit means there are 10x as many numbers as possible accounts, and any single digit typo or transposition can't map to a valid account number with a valid check digit.

Even if a transfer doesn't go through, that transfer might be stuck pending for hours or days before being reverted, if we're talking about bank transfers.