Citi - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Citibank Thailand launches mobile locator service

Citibank Thailand today announced the launch of an innovative mobile service called "Citi Locator," which allows its customers to search for Citibank World Privileges (CWP) offers, available in 27 countries, through their iPhones.

27 August 2010

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Citi Meeting Card unveiled

Citi today announced the launch of the Citi Meeting Card solution designed to provide organizations with the ability to simplify meeting and event expense management processes.

09 August 2010

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SEC slaps $75 million subprime penalty on Citi and two executives

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Citigroup Inc. with misleading investors about the company's exposure to subprime mortgage-related assets. The SEC also charged one current and one former executive for their roles in causing Citigroup to make the misleading statements in an SEC filing.

30 July 2010

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Citi launches local currency commercial card programme in South Africa

Citigroup today announced that its Global Transaction Services business has further extended its local commercial card issuance capabilities to South Africa.

29 July 2010

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Former Citi MD Graham to lead Fico Scores business

FICO (NYSE: FICO), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today announced the appointment of Jordan W. Graham as Executive Vice President for Scores and President of FICO Consumer Services. Graham will report to CEO Mark Greene and direct the growth of the company's FICO® scores and myFICO® businesses

29 July 2010

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MasterCard appoints Carlos Menendez group executive, global debit

MasterCard Worldwide today announced that Carlos Menendez is joining the company as Group Executive, Global Debit, effective September 1, 2010.

13 July 2010

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Morgan Stanley and Barclays Capital buy in to Trade Ideas consortium

Trade Ideas Limited ("TIL"), a participant-owned platform, is pleased to announce that Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley have become strategic shareholders in the company.

08 July 2010

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Citi hires Gregg Sisco

Citi today announced that Gregg Sisco has been appointed Network Management Head for the Americas and Global Market Information Head for the Securities and Fund Services (SFS) unit within Global Transaction Services.

24 June 2010

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Citi launches text banking service

Citibank (NYSE:C) announces Citi Text Banking, a service that delivers account updates on demand to bank and credit card customers in the United States.

22 June 2010

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Citi, Bloomberg and Euroclear FundSettle link to streamline fund transactions

Citigroup Global Transaction Services and Euroclear Bank have today announced an agreement with Bloomberg's Asset and Investment Manager (AIM) system and Euroclear Bank's cross-border fund processing platform - FundSettle - to fully automate front-to-back-end fund-transaction processing for institutional clients.

14 June 2010

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Citi unveils Securities Finance Reporting platform

Citigroup today announced that it has launched Securities Finance Reporting (SFR), the next-generation reporting platform that delivers to clients a degree of transparency, flexibility and accessibility to business data previously unavailable.

09 June 2010

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Citi offers cash back rewards for signature debit

Signing on the dotted line has never been quite as rewarding as it is now with the launch of Citibank's new checking account promotion. Customers who open a new, qualifying checking account are eligible to receive 5 percent cash back on signature debit card purchases through November 30. Now, your everyday activities such as buying groceries, filling up your gas tank, or shopping at your favorite store can earn money back when you sign for those purchases using your Citibank Debit MasterCard®.

02 June 2010

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