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Citigroup Slovakia introduces direct custody and clearing services

Citigroup's Global Transaction Services (GTS) unit, which forms part of Citigroup's Corporate and Investment Bank, today announced that its office in Bratislava, Slovakia is to provide corporate clients with Direct Custody and Clearing (DCC) services for the first time.

30 November 2005

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Winterthur Life transfers fund and custody administration to Citigroup

Global Transaction Services, a business unit of Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking today announced it has been appointed to be the preferred service provider for fund administration, custody and related services, with leading pensions and investments provider, Winterthur Life UK Ltd, part of Winterthur Group, which is part of Credit Suisse Group.

16 November 2005

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SunGard delivers Citigroup algorithmic trading strategies over Decalog

SunGard today announced that customers of its Decalog order management system (OMS) can now access proprietary algorithmic trading strategies from Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking.

03 November 2005

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Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking launches TreasuryVision product

Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking, a global leader in the field today announces that it is launching TreasuryVision - a unique web-based cash management tool for corporate treasurers to achieve visibility of their cash position, enabling management of global liquidity and risk across the enterprise.

17 October 2005

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Malaysia's CLSA appoints Citigroup as securities clearing agent

Citigroup has been appointed Securities Clearing Agent by CLSA in Malaysia.

14 October 2005

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Citicorp Investment Services deploys AdviceAmerica's financial planning platform

AdviceAmerica, Inc., a leading provider of innovative planning and relationship management solutions, announced today that Citibank has licensed and deployed its AdvisorVision platform as the next generation of Citipro for use by Citibank and its broker dealer affiliate, Citicorp Investment Services.

11 October 2005

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Merchants file anti-trust lawsuit against Visa, MasterCard and major US banks

Four major merchant associations filed an antitrust, class-action lawsuit alleging that Visa, MasterCard, Bank of America, Citibank, Bank One, Chase Manhattan Bank, J.P. Morgan, Chase, Fleet Bank, Capital One, and other banks are engaging in collusive practices by setting credit card interchange fees at supracompetitive levels.

27 September 2005

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Reuters adds former Citigroup chairman Deryck Maughan to board

The Board of Reuters Group has appointed Sir Deryck Maughan, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup International, as a non-executive director with immediate effect.

23 September 2005

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Clearstream teams with Citigroup and UBS for new securities lending service

Clearstream announced today the launch of ASLplus, a new service developed with Citigroup Corporate and Investment Banking and UBS that enables lenders of securities to increase the revenues they receive from their portfolios by introducing Clearstream as the principal and single borrower.

22 September 2005

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Citi Cards UK introduces ID theft recovery service

Victims of identity theft now have access to a free personal caseworker service to take the strain of recovering their good name and credit rating as part of the Citi Identity Theft Solutions service from Citi Cards UK.

07 September 2005

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Citigroup GTS links to Lloyds TSB UK payments network

Citigroup Global Transaction Services (GTS) and Lloyds TSB Bank plc today announced a deal to join forces in providing payments and cash management services in the United Kingdom.

30 August 2005

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CheckFree signs Citigroup Asset Manager Solutions

CheckFree Investment Services, a division of CheckFree Corporation (Nasdaq: CKFR), announced today that it has reached an agreement with Citigroup Asset Manager Solutions, a division of Global Transaction Services, to provide operations services for investment managers.

20 July 2005

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