Citigroup

Citigroup, or Citi, is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group in 1998. It owns Citicorp, the holding company for Citibank.

In 2018, policy research and development entity Financial Stability Board named Citigroup amongst the list of 29 banks worldwide that they considered "systemically important financial institutions", that is, financial organisations whose size and role meant that any failure could cause serious systemic problems. 

OCBC taps Citi alt chief executive to lead Hong Kong consumer and wealth businesses

Josephine Lee had served as wealth head for retail banking in Citi Hong Kong.

Citigroup’s profitability set to grow by 2025: Moody’s

Thanks to continued robust liquidity and strong capital levels.Citigroup and Citibank are expected to have a stable outlook, reflecting confidence in Citigroup’s transformation toward a simpler and safer business model, a core focus for the board, management, and regulators, according to Moody’s Ratings.

Citi launches Citi Digital Bill to speed up monetization of receivables

CDB enables parties to sign, accept, endorse, and finance a digital bill.

Citi sees higher markets-related business in Asia from global investors

Client activity with the bank’s international corporate clients to the Asia market is up 12% in the first three quarters of 2024.

Citi names Hooi Wan Ng as head of markets for Malaysia

Ng joins from JP Morgan, where she had led the local markets and private side sales since 2011.

Citi poaches JPMorgan banker to lead FX institutional sales in 4 APAC regions

Anand Goyal will begin in December, and will be based in Singapore.

Citi launches Token Services for Cash for institutional clients

It is expected to facilitate multi-million dollar cross-border liquidity and payments.

Citi partners with Apollo to form $25b private credit

The program will launch in North America; may expand to other markets in the future.

EFG Bank clinches three Citi bankers to bolster Hong Kong operations

Seamus Yin, Miao Miao, and Lianghan Chen all previously worked at Citi Private Bank.

Citi names Tokiya Kishie as head of markets for Japan

He is tasked with driving growth and leading the markets franchise in Japan.

Citi Trust to be acquired by JTC

Citi Trust handles $70b of assets owned by UHNW clients.

Citi nabs J.P. Morgan banker to head investment banking financing

Achintya Mangla is now in charge of financing duties for Citi’s global DCM, ECM, syndicate and private capital markets.

Citi nabs BofA, ex-Goldman Sachs’ bankers to boost ANZ markets business

The new senior hires also come from Perennial Partners and MST Financial.

Citi’s wealth unit selling its trust business: report

The bank has been on a selling spree since 2022.

Citi names Yeo Wenxian as wealth head for South Asia

Yeo will also take over as CEO of Citibank Singapore Limited.