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amlutolast Saturday at 11:04 PM1 replyview on HN

In certain areas of the institutional finance world, everyone seems to accept that everyone's math is allowed to differ by a few cents, and they tally up the errors and move on with their lives.

I would, however, by quite surprised if my personal bank account did this.


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SJC_Hackerlast Sunday at 6:15 AM

When the bank owes you money, they round down.

When you owe the bank money, they round up.

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