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{{short description|American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation}} {{short description|American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation}}
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| image_caption = The ] of Citigroup in ] | image_caption = The ] of Citigroup in ]
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| num_employees = 204,000 {{small|(2018)}}
| num_employees = {{circa|239,000}} (2023)
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'''Citigroup Inc.''' or '''Citi''' (] as '''citi''') is an American multinational ]<!-- Its investment banking arm is a separate institution to its financial services. They are separate components that add up to the diversified services of the company. Leave as "investment bank and financial services company".--> and ] corporation headquartered in ]. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate ] in 1998; Travelers was subsequently spun off from the company in 2002.<ref name="IHT">{{cite news | last=Martin | first=Mitchell | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/07/news/07iht-citi.t.html | title=Citicorp and Travelers Plan to Merge in Record $70 billion Deal | work=] | date=April 7, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2001/12/19/ipo/citigroup/ | title=Citigroup to spin Travelers | work=] | date=December 19, 2001}}</ref> Citigroup owns Citicorp, the holding company for ], as well as several international subsidiaries. Citi is incorporated in NY.<ref>* {{cite web | website=10-K | url = https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831001/83100119000027/0000831001-19-000027-index.htm | title = 10-K | date = | access-date = 1 June 2019 | ref = {{harvid|10-K|2018}}}}</ref> '''Citigroup Inc.''' or '''Citi''' (] as '''citi''') is an American multinational ]<!-- Its investment banking arm is a separate institution to its financial services. Leave as "investment bank and financial services company".--> and ] company based in ]. The company was formed in 1998 by the merger of Citicorp, the ] for ], and ]; Travelers was spun off from the company in 2002.<ref name=Merge>{{cite news | last=Martin | first=Mitchell | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/07/news/07iht-citi.t.html | title=Citicorp and Travelers Plan to Merge in Record $70 billion Deal | work=] | date=April 7, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/12/19/ipo/citigroup/ | title=Citigroup to spin Travelers | work=] | date=December 19, 2001}}</ref>


Citigroup is ranked 3rd on the ] and, alongside ], ], and ], it is one of the ] banks of the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thebalance.com/the-big-4-us-banks-315130 |title=The Biggest Banks in the United States | last=ONeil | first=Erin | work=The Balance | date=August 2, 2016 }}</ref> It is a ] and is on the ] that are commonly cited as being ]. It is one of the nine global investment banks in the ]. Citigroup is the ] in the United States by assets; alongside ], ], and ], it is one of the ] banking institutions of the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thebalance.com/the-big-4-us-banks-315130 |title=The Biggest Banks in the United States | last=ONeil | first=Erin | work=The Balance | date=August 2, 2016 }}</ref> It is considered a ] by the ], and is commonly cited as being "]". It is one of the eight global investment banks in the ]. Citigroup is ranked 36th on the ],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fortune.com/company/citigroup/fortune500/ | title=Fortune 500: Citigroup | work=]}}</ref> and was ranked #24 in ] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/?sh=51d599675ac0|title=The Global 2000 2023|website=Forbes|access-date=2024-02-07|archive-date=2024-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129031905/https://www.forbes.com/lists/global2000/?sh=4f5ab07e5ac0}}</ref>


Citigroup operates with two major divisions: Institutional Clients Group (ICG), which offers ] and corporate banking services, as well as treasury and trade solutions (TTS) and securities services such as ]ing; and Personal Banking and Wealth Management (PBWM), which includes ], a retail bank, the third largest issuer of ]s,<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://money.usnews.com/credit-cards/articles/biggest-us-credit-card-companies-this-year | title=8 Biggest U.S. Credit Card Companies This Year | first=Ben | last=Luthi | work=] | date=May 2, 2023}}</ref> as well as its ] business.
Citigroup is ranked 30th on the ] as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://fortune.com/fortune500/citigroup/ | title=Fortune 500: Citigroup | publisher=]}}</ref> Citigroup has over 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries.<ref name=10K/> It has 214,000 employees,<ref name=10K/> although it had 357,000 employees before the ],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=AE3DE187-17A4-0F78-310CD4451B33C489 | title=Citigroup's 52,000 layoffs will impact IT | publisher=news.idg.no | date=November 18, 2008}}</ref> when it was rescued via a massive stimulus package by the U.S. government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/367/0000950123-08-016585.pdf | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=November 26, 2008}}</ref>
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==Current operations==
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Citigroup is the holding company for the following divisions:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/fixedincome/data/corp_struct.pdf | title=Citigroup Material Legal Entities | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
* Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK), and ] - broker dealers, including one of 24 ]s in ] securities.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/primarydealers.html | title=Primary Dealers List | publisher=]}}</ref>
** Citi's Institutional Clients Group (ICG) offers investment and corporate banking services and products for companies, governments, institutions, and ultra high-net-worth investors. ICG consists of the following five main divisions:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://icg.citi.com/icg/about_us/ | title=Citi's Institutional Clients Group: About Us | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/institutional_business.html | title=Citigroup Institutional Businesses | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
*** '''Capital Markets Origination''' is focused on the capital-raising needs such as public offerings, private placements, and ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.citibank.com/mss/products/cap_markets.html | title=Citigroup: Capital Markets Origination | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
*** '''Corporate & Investment Banking''' provides strategic and financing products and advisory services to multinational and local corporations, financial institutions, governments, and privately held businesses in more than 160 countries. It also provides client services such as mergers & acquisitions advice and underwriting of initial public offerings.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://icg.citi.com/icg/corporateandinvestmentbanking/ | title=Citigroup ICG: Corporate and Investment Banking | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
*** '''Markets & Securities Services''' includes investor services and direct custody and clearing, ] and ] servicing, and issuer businesses. It provides financial products through underwriting, sales & trading of a range of investment assets. Products offered include servicing of equities, commodities, credit, futures, ] (FX), emerging markets, G10 rates, municipals, prime finance/brokerage services, and securitized markets, such as ]s and ].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.citibank.com/mss/ | title=Citigroup: Markets & Securities Services | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref> Its Citi Research team provides equity and fixed income research, company, sector, economic and geographic market analysis, and product-specific analysis for Citi's individual and institutional clients. Its flagship research reports include the following: Portfolio Strategist, Bond Market Roundup, U.S. Economics Weekly, International Market Roundup, Global Economic Outlook & Strategy and the Global Equity Strategist.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://icg.citi.com/icg/citi_research/index.jsp | title=Citi Research | publisher=Citigroup | access-date=2012-08-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804084331/http://icg.citi.com/icg/citi_research/index.jsp | archive-date=2012-08-04 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
*** ''']''' advises professional investors, ] and families, and lawyers throughout the world. It uses an open architecture network of more than 800 private bankers and investment professionals across 46 countries and jurisdictions to provide clients access to global investment opportunities. It has over $250 billion in assets under management. The minimum net worth requirement is $25 million in liquid assets and is waived for only law firm groups and other clients under special circumstances.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.privatebank.citibank.com/ | title=Citibank: Private Bank | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
*** '''Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS)'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.citibank.com/tts/ | title=Citigroup: Treasury and Trade Solutions | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref> provides cash management, trade and securities services to companies, governments, and other institutions in the U.S. and more than 140 countries. TTS intermediates more than $3 trillion in global transactions daily. It has over $13 trillion assets under custody, about $377 billion in average liability balances, serves 99% of world's Fortune 100 companies and ~85% of the world's Fortune 500 companies, and has 10 regional processing centers worldwide using global processes. Institutions use TTS to support their treasury operations with global solutions{{buzzword inline|date=November 2018}} for payments, collections, liquidity and investments by working in partnership with export credit agencies and development banks. It also sells supply chain financing products as well as medium- and long-term global financing programs across multiple industries. Clients doing business with Citi in 10 or more countries generate more than 60% of Transaction Services' total revenues.
* ] - the second largest bank in ], purchased by Citigroup in 2001; it serves about 20 million clients.
* ] - the holding company for ] as well as several international banks. Citicorp contains two core businesses, Global Consumer Banking<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/consumer_businesses.html | title= Citigroup: Global Consumer Banking | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref> and Institutional Clients Group.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/institutional_businesses.html | title=Global Financial Institution & Corporate Banking Services | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
** '''Citibank Retail banking''' encompasses Citi's global branch network, branded ]. Citibank has more than 4,600 branches in the world and holds more than $300 billion in deposits. Citibank is the 4th largest retail bank in the United States based on deposits, and it has Citibank branded branches in countries throughout the world, with the exception of Mexico which is under a separate subsidiary called Banamex. Citibank offers checking and savings accounts, small business and commercial banking and personal wealth management among its services. Citibank offers ] services worldwide to ] clients with at least US$200,000 in liquid assets. In certain markets, Citigold Select is available for clients with at least US$500,000 in liquid assets.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/citibank-launches-citigold-select-for-high-net-worth-clients/288701/0/ | title=Citibank Launches Citigold Select for High Net Worth Clients | work=] | date=March 26, 2008}}</ref> Its highest level of service, Citigold Private Client, is for ]s with at least $1–$3 million in liquid assets (depending on the market region) and offers access to investments and ideas from ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citibank.com/citigoldprivateclient/homepage/content/en/index.html | title=Citigold® Private Client | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citibank.com.sg/cpc/index.htm | title=Citigold Private Client Singapore | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citigoldprivateclient.com/cpc/common/images/cpc_brochure.pdf | title=Citigold® Private Client Brochure | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citibank-wealthmanagement-idUSBRE84S0XA20120529 | title=Citi seeks its next act in wealth management | first=Joseph A. | last=Giannone | work=] | date=May 29, 2012}}</ref>
** '''Citi Branded Cards''' is the world's largest credit card issuer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/consumer_businesses.html#section2 | title=Citigroup:Consumer Businesses: Credit Cards | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
** '''Citi Retail Services''' is one of the largest providers of private label and co-branded credit cards, retail consulting services, and retail loyalty products in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.citiretailservices.com/aboutus/ | title=Citi Retail Services | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
** '''Citi Commercial Bank''' serves 100,000 small to medium-size companies in 32 countries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://online.citi.com/JRS/pands/detail.do?ID=CitiCommercialBanking | title=Citibank Online – Commercial Banking | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>
** '''CitiMortgage''' originates real estate mortgages.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.citimortgage.com/Mortgage/Home.do | title=CitiMortgage | publisher=Citigroup}}</ref>


==History== ==History==
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Citigroup was formed on October 8, 1998, following the merger of Citicorp, the ] for ], and ] to create the world's largest financial services organization.<ref name=Merge/><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lkkGaIr3DQkC&pg=PA39 |title=Business Knowledge for IT in Retail Banking: A Complete Handbook for IT Professionals | date=2007 |publisher=Essvale Corporation Limited |isbn=978-0-9554124-2-4 | language=en}}</ref>
Citigroup was formed on October 8, 1998, following the $140 billion merger of Citicorp and ] to create the world's largest financial services organization.<ref name="IHT" /> The history of the company is, thus, divided into the workings of several firms that over time amalgamated into Citicorp, a multinational banking corporation operating in more than 100 countries; or Travelers Group, whose businesses covered credit services, consumer finance, brokerage, and insurance. As such, the company history dates back to the founding of: the City Bank of New York (later ]) in 1812; Bank Handlowy in 1870; ] in 1873, ] in 1884; ] in 1910.<ref name=citihistory>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/history/index.htm |title=Citigroup: History |access-date=2017-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504093124/http://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/history/index.htm |archive-date=2017-05-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==={{anchor|Citicorp}}Citicorp (1812–1985)=== ===<span class="anchor" id="Citicorp"></span>Citicorp (1812–1985)===
] was chartered by ] on June 16, 1812, with $2&nbsp;million of capital. Serving a group of New York ]s, the bank opened for business on September 14 of that year, and ] was elected as the first President of the company.<ref name=citihistory/> The company's name was changed to The National City Bank of New York in 1865 after it joined the new U.S. national banking system, and it became the largest American bank by 1895.<ref name=citihistory/> It became the first contributor to the ] in 1913, and the following year it inaugurated the first overseas branch of a U.S. bank in ], although the bank had, since the mid-19th century, been active in plantation economies, such as the Cuban sugar industry. The 1918 purchase of U.S. overseas bank International Banking Corporation helped it become the first American bank to surpass $1 billion in assets, and it became the largest commercial bank in the world in 1929.<ref name=citihistory/> As it grew, the bank became a leading innovator in financial services, becoming the first major U.S. bank to offer ] on ]s (1921); ] (1928); customer ] (1936) and the negotiable ] (1961).<ref name=citihistory/><ref name=wsj20121017>{{cite news | title=Pandit Ousted As CEO Of Citi | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443854204578060280201488530 |newspaper=] | date=October 17, 2012 | author=Enrich, David | author2=Kapner, Suzanne | author3=Fitzpatrick, Dan}}</ref><ref name=yahoopandit>{{cite news | url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/citigroup-picks-veteran-replace-pandit-ceo-205441400--finance.html | title=Citigroup picks veteran to replace Pandit as CEO | first=Matthew | last=Craft | agency=] | date=October 16, 2012}}</ref> ], (formerly City Bank of New York) was chartered by the ] on June 16, 1812, with $2&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=2000000|start_year=1812}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) of capital.<ref name=Dramatic>{{Cite news | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/presenting-a-history-of-citi-2012-4 | title=The Dramatic Highlights From Citi's 200-Year History | last=Wile | first=Rob | work=] | date=April 4, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2009/06/16/today-in-fast-money-history-june-16th.html |title=Today In Fast Money History – June 16th | last=Shin | first=Sally | work=] | date=June 16, 2009}}</ref> Serving a group of New York ]s, the bank opened for business on September 14 of that year,{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} and ] was elected as the first President of the company.<ref name=Dramatic/> After the ], ] acquired control of the company.<ref name=encyclopedia/> The company's name was changed to The National City Bank of New York in 1865 after it converted its state charter into a federal charter and joined the new U.S. national banking system.<ref name=Dramatic/> After Taylor died in 1882, ] became president of the bank.<ref name=encyclopedia/> He died nine years later and was replaced by ].<ref name=encyclopedia/> The bank became the largest bank in New York City after the ] and the largest bank in the U.S. by 1895.<ref name=encyclopedia/> It became the first contributor to the ] in 1913, and the following year it inaugurated the first overseas branch of a U.S. bank in ],<ref>{{Cite book | last1=Jones | first1=Geoffrey |author-link=Geoffrey Jones (academic) | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmATDAAAQBAJ&q=1914+citicorp+first+overseas+branch+of+a+U.S.+bank+in+Buenos+Aires&pg=PA114 | title=Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty First Century |date=2005 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-927209-9 |language=en}}</ref> although the bank had been active in plantation economies, such as the Cuban sugar industry, since the mid-19th century.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} The purchase of U.S. overseas bank International Banking Corporation in 1918 helped it become the first American bank to surpass $1&nbsp;billion in assets.<ref name=encyclopedia>{{Cite encyclopedia | url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/citigroup-inc | title=Citigroup Inc. | encyclopedia=]}}</ref> During the ] and the bank's income from Haiti's loan debt related to the ], the bank earned some of its largest gains in the 1920s due to debt payments from Haiti, becoming the largest commercial bank in the world in 1929.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/world/haiti-wall-street-us-banks.html | last1=Gebrekidan |first1=Selam |last2=Apuzzo |first2=Matt |last3=Porter | first3=Catherine |last4=Méheut |first4=Constant | title=Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged. | work=] |date=May 20, 2022 | url-access=limited |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> As it grew, the bank became an innovator in financial services, becoming the first major U.S. bank to offer ] on ]s (1921); ] (1928); customer ] (1936) and the negotiable ] (1961).<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref name=wsj20121017>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390443854204578060280201488530 | title=Pandit Ousted As CEO Of Citi | last1=Enrich | first1=David | last2=Kapner | first2=Suzanne | last3=Fitzpatrick | first3=Dan
| work=] |date=October 17, 2012 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=veteran>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2012/10/16/citigroup-picks-veteran-to-replace-pandit-as-ceo.html | title=Citigroup picks veteran to replace Pandit as CEO | first=Matthew | last=Craft | agency=] | work=] | date=October 16, 2012}}</ref>


The bank changed its name to The First National City Bank of New York in 1955, which was shortened in 1962 to First National City Bank on the 150th anniversary of the company's foundation.<ref name=citihistory/> The company organically entered the leasing and credit card sectors, and its introduction of U.S. dollar–denominated certificates of deposit in ] marked the first new negotiable instrument in market since 1888. The bank introduced its First National City Charge Service credit card—popularly known as the "]" and later to become ]—in 1967.<ref name=citihistory/> Also in 1967, First National City Bank reorganized as a one-bank holding company, First National City Corporation, or "Citicorp" for short. The bank had been nicknamed "Citibank" since the 1860s, when it began using this as an eight-letter wire code address.<ref name="RefBiz"> at Reference for Business</ref> The bank merged with First National Bank of New York in 1955, becoming the First National City Bank of New York in 1955. The "New York" was dropped in 1962 on the 150th anniversary of the company's foundation.<ref name=encyclopedia/> The company organically entered the leasing and credit card sectors, and its introduction of U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit in ] marked the first new negotiable instrument in the market since 1888. The bank introduced its First National City Charge Service credit card—popularly known as the "]" and later to become ]—in 1967.<ref name=encyclopedia/> Also in 1967, First National City Bank was reorganized as a one-bank holding company, First National City Corporation, or "Citicorp" for short. The bank had been nicknamed "Citibank" since the 1860s when it began using this as an eight-letter wire code address.<ref name="RefBiz"> at Reference for Business</ref>


In 1974, under the leadership of CEO ], First National City Corporation changed its formal name to "Citicorp," with First National City Bank being formally renamed Citibank in 1976.<ref name="RefBiz"/> Shortly afterward, the bank launched the Citicard, which pioneered the use of 24-hour ].<ref name=citihistory/> ] was elected CEO in 1984, and Citi became a founding member of the ] clearing house in London. Under his leadership, the next 14 years would see Citibank become the largest bank in the United States and the largest issuer of credit cards and charge cards in the world, and expand its global reach to over 90 countries.<ref name=citihistory/><ref name="wsj20121017"/><ref name=yahoopandit/> In 1974, under the leadership of CEO ], First National City Corporation changed its formal name to "Citicorp", with First National City Bank being formally renamed Citibank in 1976.<ref name="RefBiz"/> Shortly afterwards, the bank launched the Citicard, which pioneered the use of 24-hour ].<ref name=encyclopedia/> ] was elected CEO in 1984, and Citi became a founding member of the ] clearing house in London. Under his leadership, the next 14 years would see Citibank become the largest bank in the United States and the largest issuer of credit cards and charge cards in the world, and expand its global reach to over 90 countries.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref name="wsj20121017"/><ref name=veteran/><ref name=CitiBiggest>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-04-17-9202040445-story.html| title=Citibank Bows to Trend, Cuts Credit Card Rate | first=Mike | last=Dorning |newspaper=] |date=April 17, 1992 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name=NYbagelfalls/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/22/business/citicorp-cuts-credit-card-rate.html | title=Citicorp Cuts Credit Card Rate | first=Robert A. | last=Bennett | newspaper=] |date=November 22, 1986 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


===Travelers Group (1986–2007)=== ===Travelers Group (1986–2007)===
] ]
Travelers Group, at the time of merger, was a diverse group of financial concerns that had been brought together under CEO ]. Its roots came from Commercial Credit, a subsidiary of ] that was taken private by Weill in November 1986 after taking charge of the company earlier that year.<ref name="IHT"/> Two years later, Weill mastered the buyout of ]—a conglomerate that had already bought ] company A L Williams as well as ] ]. The new company took the Primerica name, and employed a "]" strategy such that each of the entities within the parent company aimed to sell each other's services. Its non-financial businesses were ]. Travelers Group, at the time of the merger, was a diverse group of financial concerns that had been brought together under CEO ]. Its roots came from Commercial Credit, a subsidiary of ] that was taken private by Weill in November 1986 after taking charge of the company earlier that year.<ref name=Merge/> Two years later, Weill mastered the buyout of ]—a conglomerate that had already bought ] company A L Williams as well as ] ]. The new company took the Primerica name, and employed a "]" strategy such that each of the entities within the parent company aimed to sell each other's services. Its non-financial businesses were ].


In September 1992, ], which had suffered from poor real estate investments<ref name="IHT"/> and sustained significant losses in the aftermath of ],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,158008,00.html | title=Survival Insurance | work=] | date=June 24, 2001}}</ref> formed a strategic alliance with Primerica that would lead to its amalgamation into a single company in December 1993. With the acquisition, the group became Travelers Inc. Property & casualty and life & annuities ] capabilities were added to the business. Meanwhile, the distinctive Travelers red umbrella logo, which was also acquired in the deal, was applied to all the businesses within the newly named organization. During this period, Travelers acquired ]—a retail brokerage and asset management firm that was headed by Weill until 1985<ref name="IHT"/>—and merged it with Smith Barney. In September 1992, ], which had suffered from poor real estate investments<ref name=Merge/> and sustained significant losses in the aftermath of ],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,158008,00.html | title=Survival Insurance | magazine=] | date=June 24, 2001}}</ref> formed a strategic alliance with Primerica that would lead to its amalgamation into a single company in December 1993. With the acquisition, the group became Travelers Inc. Property & casualty and life & annuities ] capabilities were added to the business. Meanwhile, the distinctive Travelers red umbrella logo, which was also acquired in the deal, was applied to all the businesses within the newly named organization. During this period, Travelers acquired ]—a retail brokerage and asset management firm that was headed by Weill until 1985<ref name=Merge/>—and merged it with Smith Barney.


====Ownership of Salomon Brothers (1997–2003)==== ====Ownership of Salomon Brothers (1997–2003)====
In November 1997, Travelers Group (which had been renamed again in April 1995 when they merged with Aetna Property and Casualty, Inc.), acquired ], a major ] and ] ], in a $9 billion transaction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2439/104746997006335/filing-main.htm | title=Travelers Group, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=November 28, 1997}}</ref> This deal complemented Travelers/] well as Salomon was focused on fixed-income and institutional clients, whereas Smith Barney was strong in equities and retail. Salomon Brothers absorbed Smith Barney into the new securities unit termed Salomon Smith Barney; a year later, the division incorporated Citicorp's former securities operations as well. The Salomon Smith Barney name was abandoned in October 2003 after a series of financial scandals that tarnished the bank's reputation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-slow-death-of-smith-barney-2012-6 | title=Morgan Stanley Is Killing 'Smith Barney' — Here's The Story Of How It Died | first=Ben | last=Duronio | work=] | date=June 12, 2012}}</ref> In November 1997, Travelers Group (which had been renamed again in April 1995 when they merged with Aetna Property and Casualty, Inc.), acquired ], a major ] and ] ], in a $9&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=9000000000|start_year=1997}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) transaction.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2439/104746997006335/filing-main.htm | title=Travelers Group, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=November 28, 1997}}</ref> This deal complemented Travelers/] well as Salomon was focused on fixed-income and institutional clients, whereas Smith Barney was strong in equities and retail. Salomon Brothers absorbed Smith Barney into the new securities unit termed Salomon Smith Barney; a year later, the division incorporated Citicorp's former securities operations as well. The Salomon Smith Barney name was abandoned in October 2003 after a series of financial scandals that tarnished the bank's reputation.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-slow-death-of-smith-barney-2012-6 | title=Morgan Stanley Is Killing 'Smith Barney' — Here's The Story Of How It Died | first=Ben | last=Duronio | work=] | date=June 12, 2012}}</ref>


===Merger of Citicorp and Travelers (1998–2001)=== ===Merger of Citicorp and Travelers (1998–2001)===
On April 6, 1998, the merger between Citicorp and Travelers Group was announced to the world, creating a $140 billion firm with assets of almost $700 billion.<ref name="IHT"/> The deal would enable Travelers to market mutual funds and insurance to Citicorp's retail customers while giving the banking divisions access to an expanded client base of investors and insurance buyers. On April 6, 1998, Citicorp and Travelers announced a merger.<ref name=Merge/> The deal would enable Travelers and Citicorp to access each other's customer base for the marketing of financial products.


In the transaction, Travelers Group acquired all Citicorp shares for $70 billion in stock, issuing 2.5 new Citigroup shares for each Citicorp share. Existing shareholders of each company owned about half of the new firm.<ref name="IHT"/> While the new company maintained Citicorp's "Citi" brand in its name, it adopted Travelers' distinctive "red umbrella" as the new corporate logo, which was used until 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/13/news/companies/citigroup/ | title=Travelers buys back its red umbrella | first=Keisha | last=Lamothe | work=] | date=February 13, 2007}}</ref> In the transaction, Travelers Group acquired all Citicorp shares; existing shareholders of each company owned about half of the new firm.<ref name=Merge/> While the new company maintained Citicorp's "Citi" brand in its name, it adopted Travelers' distinctive "red umbrella" as the new corporate logo, which was used until 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/02/13/news/companies/citigroup/ | title=Travelers buys back its red umbrella | first=Keisha | last=Lamothe | work=] | date=February 13, 2007}}</ref>


The chairmen of both parent companies, ] and ] respectively, were announced as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of the new company, Citigroup, Inc., although the vast difference in management styles between the two immediately presented question marks over the wisdom of such a setup. The chairmen of both parent companies, ] and ] respectively, were announced as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of the new company, Citigroup, Inc., although the vast difference in management styles between the two immediately presented question marks over the wisdom of such a setup.


The remaining provisions of the ]—enacted following the Great Depression—forbade banks to merge with insurance underwriters, and meant Citigroup had between two and five years to divest any prohibited assets. However, Weill stated at the time of the merger that they believed "that over that time the legislation will change...we have had enough discussions to believe this will not be a problem".<ref name="IHT"/> Indeed, the passing of the ] in November 1999 vindicated Reed and Weill's views, opening the door to financial services conglomerates offering a mix of commercial banking, investment banking, insurance underwriting and brokerage.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp | title=What Was The Glass–Steagall Act? | first=Reem | last=Heakal | publisher=] | date=July 16, 2003}}</ref> The remaining provisions of the ]—enacted following the Great Depression—forbade banks to merge with insurance underwriters, and meant Citigroup had between two and five years to divest any prohibited assets. Weill stated at the time of the merger that they believed "that over that time the legislation will change&nbsp;... we have had enough discussions to believe this will not be a problem".<ref name=Merge/> Indeed, the passing of the ] in November 1999 vindicated Reed and Weill's views, opening the door to financial services conglomerates offering a mix of commercial banking, investment banking, insurance underwriting, and brokerage.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp | title=What Was The Glass–Steagall Act? | first=Reem | last=Heakal | publisher=] | date=July 16, 2003}}</ref>


] worked on the post-merger integration of the two companies and was appointed CEO of Citibank North America by Weill and Reed. He oversaw its network of 450 ].<ref name=plumeriwsj>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB944183809998441272 | title=Joseph Plumeri to Leave Citigroup For Top Job at Nonfinancial Firm | work=] | date=December 3, 1999}}{{subscription required}}</ref> J. Paul Newsome, an analyst with ], said: "He's not the spit-and-polish executive many people expected. He's rough on the edges. But Citibank knows the bank as an institution is in trouble—it can't get away anymore with passive selling—and Plumeri has all the passion to throw a glass of cold water on the bank."<ref>{{cite news | last=Nash | first=Jeff | url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/19990419/SUB/904190722 | title=The Chief Preacher: Joe Plumeri – Citibank Finds Sales Religion | work=Investment News | date=April 19, 1999}}</ref> Plumeri boosted the unit's earnings from $108 million to $415 million in one year, an increase of nearly 300%.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2003/11/17/daily17.html | title=Commerce adds Plumeri to Board of Directors | work=] | date=November 19, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.willis.com/Documents/Media_Room/Press_Releases/2004/4-1-04%20Risk%20Transfer.pdf | title=Breaking with Tradition: Willis Re-energized | publisher=Risk Transfer Magazine | date=April 1, 2004}}</ref> He unexpectedly retired from Citibank, however, in January 2000.<ref name=plumeriwsj/> ] worked on the post-merger integration of the two companies and was appointed CEO of Citibank North America by Weill and Reed. He oversaw its network of 450 ].<ref name=plumeriwsj>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB944183809998441272 | title=Joseph Plumeri to Leave Citigroup For Top Job at Nonfinancial Firm | work=] | date=December 3, 1999 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> J. Paul Newsome, an analyst with ], said: "He's not the spit-and-polish executive many people expected. He's rough on the edges. But Citibank knows the bank as an institution is in trouble—it can't get away anymore with passive selling—and Plumeri has all the passion to throw a glass of cold water on the bank."<ref>{{cite news | last=Nash | first=Jeff | url=http://www.investmentnews.com/article/19990419/SUB/904190722 | title=The Chief Preacher: Joe Plumeri – Citibank Finds Sales Religion | work=Investment News | date=April 19, 1999}}</ref> Plumeri boosted the unit's earnings from $108&nbsp;million to $415&nbsp;million in one year, an increase of nearly 300%.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2003/11/17/daily17.html | title=Commerce adds Plumeri to Board of Directors | work=] | date=November 19, 2003 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.willis.com/Documents/Media_Room/Press_Releases/2004/4-1-04%20Risk%20Transfer.pdf | title=Breaking with Tradition: Willis Re-energized | work=Risk Transfer Magazine | date=April 1, 2004}}</ref> He unexpectedly retired from Citibank in January 2000.<ref name=plumeriwsj/>


{{anchor|Associates First Capital Corporation|Associates Corporation of North America|Associates National Bank|The Associates}} {{anchor|Associates First Capital Corporation|Associates Corporation of North America|Associates National Bank|The Associates}}
In 2000, Citigroup acquired Associates First Capital Corporation for $31.1 billion in stock,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/business/citigroup-to-buy-associates-first-for-31-billion.html | title=Citigroup to Buy Associates First for $31 Billion | first=Patrick | last=Mcgeehan | work=] | date=September 7, 2000}}</ref> which, until 1989, had been owned by ] (now part of ]),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1533/95017200001546/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=September 6, 2000}}</ref> and later by ].<ref name="ct-1989aug13">{{cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-08-13/business/8901040282_1_ford-credit-ford-financial-services-group-first-nationwide-financial |title=Associates Widens Ford's Road |newspaper=] |date=August 13, 1989 |first=Joe |last=Simnacher}}</ref> The Associates was widely criticized for predatory lending practices and Citi eventually settled with the Federal Trade Commission by agreeing to pay $240&nbsp;million to customers who had been victims of a variety of predatory practices, including "flipping" mortgages, "packing" mortgages with optional credit insurance, and deceptive marketing practices.<ref name="Citigroup-Oct-2002-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1820/91205702038795/filing-main.htm |title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Oct 16, 2002 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/09/citigroup-settles-ftc-charges-against-associates-record-setting | title=Citigroup Settles FTC Charges Against the Associates Record-Setting $215&nbsp;million for Subprime Lending Victims | publisher=] | date=September 19, 2002}}</ref> In 2000, Citigroup acquired Associates First Capital Corporation for $31.1&nbsp;billion in stock,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/business/citigroup-to-buy-associates-first-for-31-billion.html | title=Citigroup to Buy Associates First for $31 Billion | first=Patrick | last=Mcgeehan | work=] | date=September 7, 2000 | url-access=limited}}</ref> which, until 1989, had been owned by ] (now part of ]),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1533/95017200001546/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=September 6, 2000}}</ref> and later by ].<ref name="ct-1989aug13">{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-08-13-8901040282-story.html | title=Associates Widens Ford's Road | first=Joe | last=Simnacher | work=] | date=August 13, 1989 | url-access=limited}}</ref> The Associates was widely criticized for predatory lending practices and Citi eventually settled with the Federal Trade Commission by agreeing to pay $240&nbsp;million to customers who had been victims of a variety of predatory practices, including "flipping" mortgages, "packing" mortgages with optional credit insurance, and deceptive marketing practices.<ref name="Citigroup-Oct-2002-8-K">{{cite web |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1820/91205702038795/filing-main.htm |title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Oct 16, 2002 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 26, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2002/09/citigroup-settles-ftc-charges-against-associates-record-setting | title=Citigroup Settles FTC Charges Against the Associates Record-Setting $215&nbsp;million for Subprime Lending Victims | publisher=] | date=September 19, 2002}}</ref>


In 2001, Citigroup made additional acquisitions: ], in July, for $1.9 billion,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/13/business/eab-purchase-lets-citibank-expand-long-island-presence.html | title=E.A.B. Purchase Lets Citibank Expand Long Island Presence | first=KENNETH N. | last=GILPIN | work=] | date=February 13, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://nypost.com/2001/02/13/citi-swallows-eab-sandy-takes-on-j-p-morgan-chase-in-ny/ | title=CITI SWALLOWS EAB – SANDY TAKES ON J.P. MORGAN CHASE IN NY | first=Paul | last=Tharp | work=] | date=February 13, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2001/02/12/deals/citibank/index.htm | title=Citibank to buy EAB | work=] | date=February 12, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/13/business/fi-24719 | title=Citigroup to Buy European American Bank in Bid to Increase N.Y. Market Share | work=] | date=February 13, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1031/91205701528176/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report | publisher=] | date=August 13, 2001}}</ref> and ] in August, for $12.5 billion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1685/95010301500965/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=May 17, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/business/citigroup-to-buy-mexican-bank-in-a-deal-valued-at-12.5-billion.html | title=Citigroup to Buy Mexican Bank In a Deal Valued at $12.5 Billion | first1=RIVA D. | last1=ATLAS | first2=TIM | last2=WEINER | work=] | date=May 18, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2001/05/18/citigroup-to-buy-mexicos-banamex/7f5a6951-7dae-42fd-91dd-ad14a0767b95/ | title=Citigroup to Buy Mexico's Banamex | first=Kathleen | last=Day | work=] | date=May 18, 2001}}</ref> In 2001, Citigroup made additional acquisitions: ], in July, for $1.9&nbsp;billion,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/13/business/eab-purchase-lets-citibank-expand-long-island-presence.html | title=E.A.B. Purchase Lets Citibank Expand Long Island Presence | first=Kenneth N. | last=Gilpin | work=] | date=February 13, 2001 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/02/12/deals/citibank/index.htm | title=Citibank to buy EAB | work=] | date=February 12, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-13-fi-24719-story.html | title=Citigroup to Buy European American Bank in Bid to Increase N.Y. Market Share | work=] | date=February 13, 2001 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1031/91205701528176/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report | publisher=] | date=August 13, 2001}}</ref> and ] in August, for $12.5&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1685/95010301500965/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=May 17, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/18/business/citigroup-to-buy-mexican-bank-in-a-deal-valued-at-12.5-billion.html | title=Citigroup to Buy Mexican Bank In a Deal Valued at $12.5 Billion | first1=Riva D. | last1=Atlas | first2=Tim | last2=Weiner | work=] | date=May 18, 2001 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/2001/05/18/citigroup-to-buy-mexicos-banamex/7f5a6951-7dae-42fd-91dd-ad14a0767b95/ | title=Citigroup to Buy Mexico's Banamex | first=Kathleen | last=Day | newspaper=] | date=May 18, 2001}}</ref>


===Spin-off of Travelers (2002)=== ===Spin-off of Travelers (2002)===
] ]
The company spun off its Travelers Property and Casualty insurance underwriting business in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2826/91205702027805/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=July 18, 2002}}</ref> The spin off was prompted by the insurance unit's drag on Citigroup stock price because Travelers earnings were more seasonal and vulnerable to large disasters and events such as the ]. It was also difficult to sell insurance directly to its customers since most customers were accustomed to purchasing insurance through a broker.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2001/12/19/ipo/citigroup/index.htm | title=Citigroup to spin Travelers | work=] | date=December 19, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/20/business/fi-16570 | title=Citigroup to Spin Off Travelers Insurance | work=] | date=December 20, 2001}}</ref> The company spun off its Travelers Property and Casualty insurance underwriting business in 2002.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2826/91205702027805/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=July 18, 2002}}</ref> The spin-off was prompted by the insurance unit's drag on Citigroup stock price because Travelers earnings were more seasonal and vulnerable to large disasters and events such as the ]. It was also difficult to sell insurance directly to its customers since most customers were accustomed to purchasing insurance through a broker.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2001/12/19/ipo/citigroup/index.htm | title=Citigroup to spin Travelers | work=] | date=December 19, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-20-fi-16570-story.html | title=Citigroup to Spin Off Travelers Insurance | work=] | date=December 20, 2001 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


Travelers merged with The St. Paul Companies Inc. in 2004 forming The St. Paul Travelers Companies.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040401005410/en/St.-Paul-Travelers-Merger-Complete | title=St. Paul Travelers Merger Complete | publisher=] | date=April 1, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2809/0001104659-04-011724.pdf | title=Travelers Group, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date | publisher=] | date=April 29, 2004}}</ref> Citigroup retained the life insurance and annuities underwriting business; however, it sold those businesses to ] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1668/95012305000892/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=January 31, 2005}}</ref> Citigroup still sells life insurance through Citibank, but it no longer underwrites insurance.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://online.citi.com/US/JRS/pands/detail.do?ID=Insurance | title= Citibank: Insurance | publisher=Citibank}}</ref> Travelers merged with The St. Paul Companies Inc. in 2004 forming The St. Paul Travelers Companies.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://investor.travelers.com/newsroom/press-releases/news-details/2004/St-Paul-Travelers-Merger-Complete/default.aspx | title=St. Paul Travelers Merger Complete | publisher=] | date=April 1, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2809/0001104659-04-011724.pdf | title=Travelers Group, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date | publisher=] | date=April 29, 2004}}</ref> Citigroup retained the life insurance and annuities underwriting businesses until it sold them to ] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1668/95012305000892/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=January 31, 2005}}</ref>


In spite of divesting Travelers Insurance, Citigroup retained Travelers' signature red umbrella logo as its own until February 2007, when Citigroup agreed to sell the logo back to St. Paul Travelers,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2935/0001047469-08-011506.pdf | title=Citigroup, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report | publisher=] | date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> which renamed itself ]. Citigroup also decided to adopt the corporate brand "Citi" for itself and virtually all its subsidiaries, except Primerica and Banamex. In spite of divesting Travelers Insurance, Citigroup retained Travelers' signature red umbrella logo as its own until February 2007, when Citigroup agreed to sell the logo back to St. Paul Travelers,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2935/0001047469-08-011506.pdf | title=Citigroup, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report | publisher=] | date=October 31, 2008}}</ref> which renamed itself ]. Citigroup also decided to adopt the corporate brand "Citi" for itself and virtually all its subsidiaries, except Primerica and Banamex.


===Subprime mortgage crisis (2007)=== ===Subprime mortgage crisis (2007)===
Heavy exposure to troubled mortgages in the form of ] (CDOs), compounded by poor risk management, led Citigroup into trouble as the ] worsened in 2007. The company had used elaborate mathematical risk models which looked at mortgages in particular geographical areas, but never included the possibility of a national housing downturn, or the prospect that millions of mortgage holders would default on their mortgages. Trading head ] was close friends with senior risk officer David Bushnell, which undermined risk oversight.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/business/yourmoney/27kim.html | title=What's $34 billion on Wall Street? | first=Landon Jr. | last=Thomas | work=] | date=January 27, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23citi.html | title=Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as It Made Bolder Bets | first=Eric | last=Dash | first2=Julie | last2=Creswell | work=] |date=November 23, 2008}}</ref> As Treasury Secretary, ] was said to be influential in lifting the ] that allowed Travelers and Citicorp to merge in 1998. Then on the board of directors of Citigroup, Rubin and Charles Prince were said to be influential in pushing the company towards ] and CDOs in the subprime mortgage market. Heavy exposure to troubled mortgages in the form of ] (CDOs), compounded by poor risk management, led Citigroup into trouble as the ] worsened in 2007. The company had used elaborate mathematical risk models which looked at mortgages in particular geographical areas, but never included the possibility of a national housing downturn or the prospect that millions of mortgage holders would default on their mortgages. Trading head ] was close friends with senior risk officer David Bushnell, which undermined risk oversight.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/business/yourmoney/27kim.html | title=What's $34 billion on Wall Street? | first=Landon Jr. | last=Thomas | work=] | date=January 27, 2008 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23citi.html | title=Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as It Made Bolder Bets | first1=Eric | last1=Dash | first2=Julie | last2=Creswell | work=] |date=November 23, 2008 | url-access=limited}}</ref> As Treasury Secretary, ] was said to be influential in lifting the ] that allowed Travelers and Citicorp to merge in 1998. Then on the board of directors of Citigroup, Rubin and Charles Prince were said to be influential in pushing the company towards ] and CDOs in the subprime mortgage market.


Starting in June 2006, Senior Vice President ], the chief underwriter of Citigroup's Consumer Lending Group, began warning the board of directors about the extreme risks being taken on by the mortgage operation that could potentially result in massive losses. The group bought and sold $90 billion of residential mortgages annually. Bowen's responsibility was essentially to serve as the quality control supervisor ensuring the unit's creditworthiness. When Bowen first became a ] in 2006, 60% of the mortgages were defective. The amount of bad mortgages began increasing throughout 2007 and eventually exceeded 80% of the volume. Many of the mortgages were not only defective, but were a result of ]. Bowen attempted to rouse the board via weekly reports and other communications. On November 3, 2007, Bowen emailed Citigroup Chairman ] and the bank's ], head auditor and the chief risk management officer to again expose the risk and potential losses, claiming that the group's internal controls had broken down and requesting an outside investigation of his business unit. The subsequent investigation revealed that at the Consumer Lending Group had suffered a breakdown of internal controls since 2005. Despite the findings of the investigation, Bowen's charges were ignored, even though withholding such information from shareholders violated the ] (SOX), which he had pointed out. Citigroup CEO ] signed a certification that the bank was in compliance with SOX despite Bowen revealing this wasn't so. Citigroup eventually stripped Bowen of most of his responsibilities and informed him that his physical presence was no longer required at the bank. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission asked him to testify about Citigroup's role in the mortgage crisis, and he did so, appearing as one of the first witnesses before the Commission in April 2010.<ref name="Prosecuting Wall Street">{{cite news|title=Prosecuting Wall Street|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57336042/prosecuting-wall-street/|publisher=CBS News: 60 Minutes|accessdate=September 23, 2013|date=December 5, 2011}}</ref> Starting in June 2006, Senior Vice President ], the chief underwriter of Citigroup's Consumer Lending Group, began warning the board of directors about the extreme risks being taken on by the mortgage operation that could potentially result in massive losses. The group bought and sold $90&nbsp;billion of residential mortgages annually. Bowen's responsibility was essential to serve as the quality control supervisor ensuring the unit's creditworthiness. When Bowen first became a ] in 2006, 60% of the mortgages were defective. The number of bad mortgages began increasing throughout 2007 and eventually exceeded 80% of the volume. Many of the mortgages were not only defective but were a result of ]. Bowen attempted to rouse the board via weekly reports and other communications. On November 3, 2007, Bowen emailed Citigroup chairman ] and the bank's ], head auditor, and the chief risk management officer to again expose the risk and potential losses, claiming that the group's internal controls had broken down and requesting an outside investigation of his business unit. The subsequent investigation revealed that the Consumer Lending Group had suffered a breakdown of internal controls since 2005. Despite the findings of the investigation, Bowen's charges were ignored, even though withholding such information from shareholders violated the ] (SOX), which he had pointed out. Citigroup CEO ] signed a certification that the bank was in compliance with SOX despite Bowen revealing this wasn't so. Citigroup eventually stripped Bowen of most of his responsibilities and informed him that his physical presence was no longer required at the bank. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission asked him to testify about Citigroup's role in the mortgage crisis, and he did so, appearing as one of the first witnesses before the Commission in April 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prosecuting-wall-street/ | title=60 Minutes: Prosecuting Wall Street | work=] | date=December 5, 2011}}</ref>


As the crisis began to unfold, Citigroup announced on April 11, 2007, that it would eliminate 17,000 jobs, or about 5 percent of its workforce, in a broad restructuring designed to cut costs and bolster its long underperforming stock.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1759/110465907027668/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=April 11, 2007}}</ref> Even after ] and ] firm ] ran into serious trouble in summer 2007, Citigroup decided the possibility of trouble with its CDOs was so tiny (less than 1/100 of 1%) that they excluded them from their risk analysis. With the crisis worsening, Citigroup announced on January 7, 2008 that it was considering cutting another 5 percent to 10 percent of its 327,000 member-workforce.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN0738522020080107 |title=Citi mulls cutting work force by 5 to 10 percent: report |last=Plumb|first=Christian|date=January 1, 2008|agency=Reuters|accessdate=August 7, 2008}}</ref><ref name="jobcuts1">{{cite news|url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/2007/04/11/businesspro-citigroup-dc-idUKWEN630720070412 |title=Citigroup to slash 17,000 jobs|last=Stempel|first=Jonathan|first2=Dan|last2=Wilchins|date=April 12, 2007|agency=Reuters|accessdate=February 16, 2011}}</ref> As the crisis began to unfold, Citigroup announced on April 11, 2007, that it would eliminate 17,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, in a broad restructuring designed to cut costs and bolster its long underperforming stock.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1759/110465907027668/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=April 11, 2007}}</ref> Even after ] and ] firm ] ran into serious trouble in summer 2007, Citigroup decided the possibility of trouble with its CDOs was so tiny (less than 1/100 of 1%) that they excluded them from their risk analysis. With the crisis worsening, Citigroup announced on January 7, 2008, that it was considering cutting another 5 percent to 10 percent of its 327,000 member-workforce.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN0738522020080107 | title=Citi mulls cutting work force by 5 to 10 percent: report |last=Plumb | first=Christian | work=] |date=January 1, 2008}}</ref>

=== Failed takeover of Nikko Asset Management ===
In 2007, Citigroup acquired 61% of ] for $7.7 billion to take majority control in what was then the largest foreign buyout ever of a Japanese company.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2007-04-27 |title=Citigroup Acquires Nikko |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/business/27nikko.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |agency=Reuters}}</ref> Citigroup attempted to buy out the remaining shares of Nikko later that year at a cost of $4.6 billion to take full control of the company.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dolan |first=David |date=2007-10-03 |title=Citigroup to buy rest of Nikko in $4.6 bln deal |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUST146777/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Reuters}}</ref> Two years later, Citigroup sold its stake to Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co, a subsidiary of ], for $795 million as it retreated from Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernard |first=Stephen |date=2009-07-30 |title=Citigroup sells stake in Japanese asset manager |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-citigroup-nikko-asset-management-073009-2009jul30-story.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US |agency=AP}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hodo |first=Chikafumi |date=2009-07-30 |title=Citi sells Japan asset manager in $1.2 billion deal |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE56S11N/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |work=Reuters}}</ref>


===Collapse and US government intervention (2008)=== ===Collapse and US government intervention (2008)===
By July 2008 Citigroup was described as struggling,<ref name=IW2008>{{cite magazine |magazine=]
By November 2008, Citigroup was insolvent, despite its receipt of $25 billion in taxpayer-funded federal ] funds. On November 17, 2008, Citigroup announced plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made during 2008 in a huge job cull resulting from four quarters of consecutive losses and reports that it was unlikely to be in profit again before 2010. The same day on ] markets responded, with shares falling and dropping the company's market capitalization to $6 billion, down from $300 billion two years prior.<ref name=stockcollapse/> Eventually staff cuts totaled over 100,000 employees.<ref name=jobcuts2>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7733575.stm|title=Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=November 17, 2008|date=November 17, 2008}}</ref> Its stock market value dropped to $20.5 billion, down from $244&nbsp;billion two years earlier.<ref name=stockcollapse>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23citi.html|title=Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as It Made Bolder Bets |last=Dash |first=Eric |last2=Creswell|first2=Julie|date=November 22, 2008 |accessdate=November 23, 2008 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Shares of Citigroup common stock traded well below $1.00 on the ].
|title=Tomorrow's CIO: Citi Piles It On |author=John Soat |date=July 14, 2008 |page=24}}</ref> and by November they were insolvent, despite their receipt of $25&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=25000000000|start_year=2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in taxpayer-funded federal ] funds. On November 17, 2008, Citigroup announced plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made during 2008 in a huge job cull resulting from four-quarters of consecutive losses and reports that it was unlikely to be in profit again before 2010. The same day on ] markets responded, with shares falling and dropping the company's market capitalization to $6&nbsp;billion, down from $300&nbsp;billion two years prior.<ref name=stockcollapse/> Eventually staff cuts totaled over 100,000 employees.<ref name=jobcuts2>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7733575.stm |title=Citigroup job cull to hit 75,000 |publisher=BBC News
|access-date=November 17, 2008 |date=November 17, 2008}}</ref> Its stock market value dropped to $20.5&nbsp;billion, down from $244&nbsp;billion two years earlier.<ref name=stockcollapse>
{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/business/23citi.html
| title=Citigroup Saw No Red Flags Even as It Made Bolder Bets |last1=Dash | first1=Eric |last2=Creswell |first2=Julie
|work=The New York Times | date=November 22, 2008 | url-access=limited}}</ref> Shares of Citigroup common stock traded well below $1.00 on the ].

As a result, late in the evening on November 23, 2008, Citigroup and Federal regulators approved a plan to stabilize the company and forestall a further deterioration in the company's value. On November 24, 2008, the U.S. government announced a massive bailout for Citigroup designed to rescue the company from bankruptcy while giving the government a major say in its operations. A joint statement by the ], the ] and the ] (FDIC) announced: "With these transactions, the U.S. government is taking the actions necessary to strengthen the financial system and protect U.S. taxpayers and the U.S. economy."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122747680752551447 | title=U.S. Agrees to Rescue Struggling Citigroup | first1=David | last1=Enrich | first2=Carrick | last2=Mollenkamp | first3=Matthias |last3=Rieker | first4=Damian | last4=Paletta | first5=Jon | last5=Hilsenrath | work=] | date=November 24, 2008 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20081123a.htm | title=FRB: Press Release-Joint statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC on Citigroup | publisher=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2008/11/23/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm | title=Citi dodges bullet | work=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup/citigroup-gets-massive-government-bailout-idUSTRE4AJ45G20081124 | title=Citigroup gets massive government bailout | first1=Dan | last1=Wilchins | first2=Jonathan | last2=Stempel | work=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/367/0000950123-08-016585.pdf | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=November 26, 2008}}</ref>

====TARP funding====
Citi received the largest amount of ] funding, "a larger bailout than any other U.S. bank."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-26/citi-s-corbat-has-parting-words-banking-is-quickly-changing | title=Citi's Corbat Has Parting Words: 'Banking Is Quickly Changing' | first=Jennifer | last=Surane | work=] | date=February 26, 2021 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> The bailout called for the government to back about $306&nbsp;billion in loans and securities and directly invest about $20&nbsp;billion in the company. The Treasury provided $20&nbsp;billion in ] (TARP) funds in addition to $25&nbsp;billion given in October. The Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC agreed to cover 90% of the losses on Citigroup's $335&nbsp;billion portfolio after Citigroup absorbed the first $29&nbsp;billion in losses. The Treasury would assume the first $5&nbsp;billion in losses; the FDIC would absorb the next $10&nbsp;billion; then the Federal Reserve would assume the rest of the risk. The assets remained on Citigroup's balance sheet; the technical term for this arrangement is ].

In return, the bank gave the U.S. Treasury $27&nbsp;billion of preferred shares and warrants to acquire ]. The government obtained wide powers over banking operations. Citigroup agreed to try to modify mortgages, using standards set up by the FDIC after the collapse of ], with the goal of keeping as many homeowners as possible in their houses. Executive salaries would be capped.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/business/24citibank.html |title=U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses | last=Dash | first=Eric | work=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref> As a condition of the federal assistance, Citigroup's dividend payment was reduced to $0.01 per share.


In a '']'' op-ed, Michael Lewis and David Einhorn described the November 2008 $306&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=306000000000|start_year=2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) guarantee as "an undisguised gift" without any real crisis motivating it.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04lewiseinhornb.html | title=How to Repair a Broken Financial World | author-link1=Michael Lewis | author-link2=David Einhorn (hedge fund manager) | first1=Michael | last1=Lewis | first2=David | last2=Einhorn | work=] | date=January 4, 2009 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
As a result, late in the evening on November 23, 2008, Citigroup and Federal regulators approved a plan to stabilize the company and forestall a further deterioration in the company's value. On November 24, 2008, the U.S. government announced a massive bailout for Citigroup designed to rescue the company from bankruptcy while giving the government a major say in its operations. A joint statement by the ], the ] and the ] announced: "With these transactions, the U.S. government is taking the actions necessary to strengthen the financial system and protect U.S. taxpayers and the U.S. economy."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122747680752551447 | title=U.S. Agrees to Rescue Struggling Citigroup | first1=David | last1=Enrich | first2=Carrick | last2=Mollenkamp | first3=Matthias |last3=Rieker | first4=Damian | last4=Paletta | first5=Jon | last5=Hilsenrath | work=] | date=November 24, 2008}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20081123a.htm | title=FRB: Press Release-Joint statement by Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC on Citigroup | publisher=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/23/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm | title=Citi dodges bullet | work=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup/citigroup-gets-massive-government-bailout-idUSTRE4AJ45G20081124 | title=Citigroup gets massive government bailout | first1=Dan | last1=Wilchins | first2=Jonathan | last2=Stempel | work=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref> The bailout called for the government to back about $306 billion in loans and securities and directly invest about $20 billion in the company. The Treasury provided $20 billion in ] (TARP) funds in addition to $25 billion given in October. The Treasury Department, the ] and the ] (FDIC) agreed to cover 90% of the losses on Citigroup's $335 billion portfolio after Citigroup absorbed the first $29 billion in losses. The Treasury would assume the first $5 billion in losses; the FDIC would absorb the next $10&nbsp;billion; then the Federal Reserve would assume the rest of the risk. The assets remained on Citigroup's balance sheet; the technical term for this arrangement is ].


According to '']'', the government aid provided to Citi in 2008/2009 was provided to prevent a worldwide chaos and panic by the potential collapse of its Global Transactions Services (now TTS) division. According to the article, former CEO ] said if Citigroup was allowed to unravel into bankruptcy, "100 governments around the world would be trying to figure out how to pay their employees".<ref>{{cite news | last=Enrich | first=David | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126317001431624045 | title=Citi Unit Grows – With Feds' Help | work=] | date=January 12, 2010 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Ovide | first=Shira | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DLB-29290 | title=The Overlooked Gem Inside Citigroup | publisher=] | date=November 29, 2010 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In return the bank gave the U.S. Treasury $27 billion of preferred shares and warrants to acquire ]. The government obtained wide powers over banking operations. Citigroup agreed to try to modify mortgages, using standards set up by the FDIC after the collapse of ], with the goal of keeping as many homeowners as possible in their houses. Executive salaries would be capped.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/business/24citibank.html |title=U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses | last=Dash | first=Eric | work=] | date=November 23, 2008}}</ref> As a condition of the federal assistance, Citigroup's dividend payment was reduced to $0.01 per share.


According to New York Attorney General ], Citigroup paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to more than 1,038 of its employees after it had received its $45&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=45000000000|start_year=2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) TARP funds in late 2008. This included 738 employees each receiving $1&nbsp;million in bonuses, 176 employees each receiving $2&nbsp;million bonuses, 124 each receiving $3&nbsp;million in bonuses, and 143 each receiving bonuses of $4&nbsp;million to more than $10&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DLB-12285 | title=Wall Street Compensation–'No Clear Rhyme or Reason | first=Stephen | last=Grocer | work=] | date=July 30, 2009 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a result of the criticism and the U.S. Government's majority holding of Citigroup's ], compensation and bonuses were restricted from February 2009 until December 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_ExecComp_Audit.pdf | title=The Special Master's Determinations for Executive Compensation of Companies Receiving Exceptional Assistance Under TARP | publisher=] | date=January 23, 2012 | access-date=December 19, 2016 | archive-date=November 8, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108133730/https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_ExecComp_Audit.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
According to '']'', the government aid provided to Citi in 2008/2009 was provided to prevent a worldwide chaos and panic by the potential collapse of its Global Transactions Services (now TTS) division. According to the article, former CEO Pandit said if Citigroup was allowed to unravel into bankruptcy, "100 governments around the world would be trying to figure out how to pay their employees".<ref>{{cite news | last=Enrich | first=David | url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB126317001431624045 | title=Citi Unit Grows -- With Feds' Help | work=] | date=January 12, 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Ovide | first=Shira | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/11/29/the-overlooked-gem-inside-citigroup/ | title=The Overlooked Gem Inside Citigroup | publisher=] | date=November 29, 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2008/11/25/the-true-lessons-of-citis-collapse/|title=The True Lessons Of Citi's Collapse|last=Gelinas|first=Nicole|date=November 25, 2008|work=]|access-date=March 20, 2018}}</ref>


In 2009, ], the CEO of Citi Private Bank, stopped paying its bankers with commission for selling investment products, in a move to bolster Citi Private Bank's reputation as an independent wealth management adviser, as opposed to a product pusher.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/citi-private-bank-targets-doubled-growth-2010-11-18 | title=Citi private bank targets doubled growth | first=Katharina | last=Bart | work=] | date=November 18, 2010}}</ref> In 2009, ], the CEO of Citi Private Bank, stopped paying its bankers with a commission for selling investment products, in a move to bolster Citi Private Bank's reputation as an independent wealth management adviser, as opposed to a product pusher.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/citi-private-bank-targets-doubled-growth-2010-11-18 | title=Citi private bank targets doubled growth | first=Katharina | last=Bart | work=] | date=November 18, 2010}}</ref>


===Creation of Citi Holdings (2009)=== ===Creation of Citi Holdings (2009)===
On January 16, 2009, Citigroup announced its intention to reorganize itself into two operating units: Citicorp for its retail and institutional client business, and Citi Holdings for its brokerage and asset management.<ref name=prsplit>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2009/090116b.htm | title=Citi to Reorganize into Two Operating Units to Maximize Value of Core Franchise | publisher=Citigroup | date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> Citigroup will continue to operate as a single company for the time being, but Citi Holdings managers will be tasked to "take advantage of value-enhancing disposition and combination opportunities as they emerge",<ref name=prsplit/> and eventual spin-offs or mergers involving either operating unit were not ruled out.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/business/17citi.html | title=Citigroup Reports Big Loss and a Breakup Plan | first=Eric | last=Dash | work=] | date=January 17, 2009}}</ref> Citi Holdings consists of Citi businesses that Citi wants to sell and are not considered part of Citi's core businesses. The majority of its assets are U.S. mortgages. It was created in the wake of the financial crisis as part of Citi's restructuring plan. It consists of several business entities including remaining interests in local consumer lending such as OneMain Financial, divestitures such as Smith Barney, and a special asset pool. Citi Holdings represents $156 billion of GAAP assets, or ~8% of Citigroup; 59% represents North American mortgages, 18% operating businesses, 13% special asset pool, and 10% categorized as other. Operating businesses include OneMain Financial ($10B), PrimeRe ($7B), MSSB JV ($8B) and Spain / Greece retail ($4B), less associated loan loss reserves. While Citi Holdings is a mixed bag, its primary objective is to wind down some non-core businesses and reduce assets, and strategically "breaking even" in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citi: Focus on Execution|url= http://www.citigroup.com/citi/investor/data/p130305a.pdf|accessdate=June 21, 2013}}</ref> On January 16, 2009, Citigroup announced its intention to reorganize itself into two operating units: Citicorp for its retail and institutional client business, and Citi Holdings for its brokerage and asset management.<ref name=prsplit>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2009/090116b.htm | title=Citi to Reorganize into Two Operating Units to Maximize Value of Core Franchise | publisher=Citigroup | date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> Citigroup will continue to operate as a single company for the time being, but Citi Holdings managers will be tasked to "take advantage of value-enhancing disposition and combination opportunities as they emerge",<ref name=prsplit/> and eventual spin-offs or mergers involving either operating unit were not ruled out.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/business/17citi.html | title=Citigroup Reports Big Loss and a Breakup Plan | first=Eric | last=Dash | work=The New York Times | date=January 17, 2009}}</ref> Citi Holdings consists of Citi businesses that Citi wants to sell and are not considered part of Citi's core businesses. The majority of its assets are U.S. mortgages. It was created in the wake of the financial crisis as part of Citi's restructuring plan. It consists of several business entities including remaining interests in local consumer lending such as OneMain Financial, divestitures such as Smith Barney, and a special asset pool. Citi Holdings represents $156&nbsp;billion of GAAP assets, or ~8% of Citigroup; 59% represents North American mortgages, 18% operating businesses, 13% special asset pool, and 10% categorized as other. Operating businesses include OneMain Financial ($10B), PrimeRe ($7B), MSSB JV ($8B) and Spain / Greece retail ($4B), less associated loan loss reserves. While Citi Holdings is a mixed bag, its primary objective is to wind down some non-core businesses and reduce assets, and strategically "breaking even" in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citi: Focus on Execution|url= http://www.citigroup.com/citi/investor/data/p130305a.pdf|access-date=June 21, 2013}}</ref>


On February 27, 2009, Citigroup announced that the U.S. government would take a 36% ] stake in the company by converting US$25 billion in emergency aid into ] with a ] credit line of $45 billion to prevent the bankruptcy of the company.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/642/95010309000421/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=February 27, 2009}}</ref> The government guaranteed losses on more than $300 billion of troubled assets and injected $20 billion immediately into the company. The salary of the CEO was set at $1 per year and the highest salary of employees was restricted to $500,000. Any compensation amount above $500,000 had to be paid with ] that could not be sold by the employee until the emergency government aid was repaid in full.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/business/04pay.html | title=U.S. Plans $500,000 Cap on Executive Pay in Bailouts | first1=Edmund L. | last1=Andrews | first2=Vikas | last2=Bajaj | work=] | date=February 4, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB123375514020647787 | title=Obama Lays Out Limits on Executive Pay | first1=Jonathan | last1=Weisman | first2=Joann S. | last2=Lublin | publisher=] | date=February 4, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The U.S. government also gained control of half the seats in the Board of Directors, and the senior management was subjected to removal by the US government if there were poor performance. By December 2009, the U.S. government stake was reduced from a 36% stake to a 27% stake, after Citigroup sold $21 billion of common shares and equity in the largest single share sale in U.S. history, surpassing Bank of America's $19 billion share sale 1 month prior. By December 2010, Citigroup repaid the emergency aid in full and the U.S. government had made a $12 billion profit on its investment in the company.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-treasury-offering-idUSTRE6B55KP20101207 | title=U.S. exits Citigroup stake and earns $12 billion profit | first=David | last=Lawder | work=] | date=December 7, 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Government restrictions on pay and oversight of the senior management were removed after the U.S. government sold its remaining 27% stake in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-pandit/citi-ceo-pandits-salary-soars-to-1-75-million-from-1-idUSTRE70K6YC20110121 | title=Citi CEO Pandit's salary soars to $1.75 million from $1 | first=Maria | last=Aspan | work=] | date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> On February 27, 2009, Citigroup announced that the U.S. government would take a 36% ] stake in the company by converting US$25&nbsp;billion in emergency aid into ] with a ] credit line of $45&nbsp;billion to prevent the bankruptcy of the company.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/642/95010309000421/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=February 27, 2009}}</ref> The government guaranteed losses on more than $300&nbsp;billion of troubled assets and injected $20&nbsp;billion immediately into the company. The salary of the CEO was set at $1 per year and the highest salary of employees was restricted to $500,000. Any compensation amount above $500,000 had to be paid with ] that could not be sold by the employee until the emergency government aid was repaid in full.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/04/business/04pay.html | title=U.S. Plans $500,000 Cap on Executive Pay in Bailouts | first1=Edmund L. | last1=Andrews | first2=Vikas | last2=Bajaj | work=] | date=February 4, 2009 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123375514020647787 | title=Obama Lays Out Limits on Executive Pay | first1=Jonathan | last1=Weisman | first2=Joann S. | last2=Lublin | publisher=] | date=February 4, 2009 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> The U.S. government also gained control of half the seats in the board of directors, and the senior management was subjected to removal by the US government if there were poor performance. By December 2009, the U.S. government stake was reduced from a 36% stake to a 27% stake, after Citigroup sold $21&nbsp;billion of common shares and equity in the largest single share sale in U.S. history, surpassing Bank of America's $19&nbsp;billion share sale 1 month prior. By December 2010, Citigroup repaid the emergency aid in full and the U.S. government had made a $12&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=12000000000|start_year=2010}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) profit on its investment in the company.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-treasury-offering-idUSTRE6B55KP20101207 | title=U.S. exits Citigroup stake and earns $12 billion profit | first=David | last=Lawder | work=] | date=December 7, 2010 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> Government restrictions on pay and oversight of the senior management were removed after the U.S. government sold its remaining 27% stake in December 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-pandit/citi-ceo-pandits-salary-soars-to-1-75-million-from-1-idUSTRE70K6YC20110121 | title=Citi CEO Pandit's salary soars to $1.75 million from $1 | first=Maria | last=Aspan | work=] | date=January 21, 2011}}</ref>


On June 1, 2009, it was announced that Citigroup would be removed from the ] effective June 8, 2009, due to significant government ownership. Citigroup was replaced by Travelers Co.<ref>{{cite news | first=E.S. | last=Browning | title=Travelers, Cisco Replace Citi, GM in Dow | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124386244318072033 | work=] | date=June 1, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/01/news/companies/dow_jones/index.htm?postversion=2009060117 | title=Dow kicks out GM and Citigroup | work=] | date=June 1, 2009}}</ref> On June 1, 2009, it was announced that Citigroup would be removed from the ] effective June 8, 2009, due to significant government ownership. Citigroup was replaced by Travelers Co.<ref>{{cite news | first=E.S. | last=Browning | title=Travelers, Cisco Replace Citi, GM in Dow | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124386244318072033 | work=] | date=June 1, 2009 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2009/06/01/news/companies/dow_jones/index.htm?postversion=2009060117 | title=Dow kicks out GM and Citigroup | work=] | date=June 1, 2009}}</ref>


====Sale of Smith Barney (2009)==== ====Sale of Smith Barney (2009)====
Smith Barney, Citi's global private wealth management unit, provided brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. With over 800 offices worldwide, Smith Barney held 9.6 million domestic client accounts, representing $1.562 trillion in client assets worldwide. Smith Barney, Citi's global private wealth management unit, provided brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. With over 800 offices worldwide, Smith Barney held 9.6&nbsp;million domestic client accounts, representing $1.562&nbsp;trillion in client assets worldwide.


On January 13, 2009, Citi announced the merger of Smith Barney with ]. Citi received $2.7 billion and a 49% interest in the joint venture.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/310/95010309000089/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=January 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/28642133 | title=Citigroup, Morgan Stanley Agree to Merge Brokerages | work=] | date=January 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm | title=Citi and Morgan to merge brokerages | work=] | date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> On January 13, 2009, Citi announced the merger of Smith Barney with ]. Citi received $2.7&nbsp;billion and a 49% interest in the joint venture.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/310/95010309000089/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=January 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2009/01/13/citigroup-morgan-stanley-agree-to-merge-brokerages.html | title=Citigroup, Morgan Stanley Agree to Merge Brokerages | work=] | date=January 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2009/01/13/news/companies/citigroup/index.htm | title=Citi and Morgan to merge brokerages | work=] | date=January 13, 2009}}</ref>


In June 2013, Citi sold its remaining 49% stake in Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management for $13.5 billion following an appraisal by Perella Weinberg.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-28/morgan-stanley-completes-purchase-of-brokerage-venture | title=Morgan Stanley Completes Purchase of Smith Barney Venture | first=Michael J. | last=Moore | work=] | date=June 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/10/16/pandit-missed-out-on-a-sweeter-smith-barney-deal/ | title=Pandit Missed Out on a Sweeter Smith Barney Deal | last=Lucchetti | first=Aaron | work=] | date=October 16, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In June 2013, Citi sold its remaining 49% stake in Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management for $13.5&nbsp;billion following an appraisal by Perella Weinberg.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-06-28/morgan-stanley-completes-purchase-of-brokerage-venture | title=Morgan Stanley Completes Purchase of Smith Barney Venture | first=Michael J. | last=Moore | work=] | date=June 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DLB-40237 | title=Pandit Missed Out on a Sweeter Smith Barney Deal | last=Lucchetti | first=Aaron | work=] | date=October 16, 2012 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>


===Return to profitability, denationalization (2010)=== ===Return to profitability, denationalization (2010)===
In 2010, Citigroup achieved its first profitable year since 2007. It reported $10.6 billion in net profit, compared with a $1.6 billion loss in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e1f5e74-233f-11e0-b6a3-00144feab49a.html | title=Results mute celebrations at Citigroup | first=Francesco | last=Guererra | work=] | date=January 18, 2011}}</ref> Late in 2010, the government sold its remaining stock holding in the company, yielding an overall net profit to taxpayers of $12 billion.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120700091.html | title=Government sells remaining shares in Citigroup; investment to net $12 billion total profit for taxpayers | last=Dennis | first=Brady | work=] | date=December 7, 2010}}</ref> A special IRS tax exception given to Citi allowed the US Treasury to sell its shares at a profit, while it still owned Citigroup shares, which eventually netted $12 billion. According to Treasury spokeswoman Nayyera Haq, "This (IRS tax) rule was designed to stop corporate raiders from using loss corporations to evade taxes, and was never intended to address the unprecedented situation where the government owned shares in banks. And it was certainly not written to prevent the government from selling its shares for a profit."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121504534_2.html | title=U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup's bailout repayment | last=Appelbaum | first=Binyamin | work=] | date=December 15, 2009}}</ref> In 2010, Citigroup achieved its first profitable year since 2007. It reported $10.6&nbsp;billion in net profit, compared with a $1.6&nbsp;billion loss in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e1f5e74-233f-11e0-b6a3-00144feab49a.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2e1f5e74-233f-11e0-b6a3-00144feab49a.html |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Results mute celebrations at Citigroup | first=Francesco | last=Guererra | work=] | date=January 18, 2011}}</ref> Late in 2010, the government sold its remaining stock holding in the company, yielding an overall net profit to taxpayers of $12&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=12000000000|start_year=2010}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120700091.html | title=Government sells remaining shares in Citigroup; investment to net $12 billion total profit for taxpayers | last=Dennis | first=Brady | newspaper=] | date=December 7, 2010}}</ref> A special IRS tax exception given to Citi allowed the US Treasury to sell its shares at a profit, while it still owned Citigroup shares, which eventually netted $12&nbsp;billion. According to Treasury spokeswoman Nayyera Haq, "This (IRS tax) rule was designed to stop corporate raiders from using loss corporations to evade taxes and was never intended to address the unprecedented situation where the government owned shares in banks. And it was certainly not written to prevent the government from selling its shares for a profit."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/15/AR2009121504534_2.html | title=U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup's bailout repayment | last=Appelbaum | first=Binyamin | newspaper=] | date=December 15, 2009}}</ref>


===Expansion of retail banking operations (2011)=== ===Expansion of retail banking operations (2011)===
In 2011, Citi was the first bank to introduce digitized Smart Banking branches in Washington, D.C., New York, Tokyo and Busan (South Korea) while it continued renovating its entire branch network.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2011/110331a.htm | title=Citibank Opens Full-Service, Smart Banking Consumer Outlet at Chongqing Airport | publisher=Citigroup | date=March 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2010/100413a.htm|title=Citibank Japan Ltd. Announces Opening of First Smart Banking Branches in Citi's Global Network | publisher=Citigroup | date=April 9, 2010}}</ref> New sales and service centers were also opened in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Citi Express modules, 24-hour service units, were introduced in Colombia. Citi opened additional branches in China, expanding its branch presence to 13 cities in China.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1936181/why-citi-closing-branches-china | title=Why is Citi closing branches in China? | first=Liz | last=Mak | work=] | date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> In 2011, Citi was the first bank to introduce digitized Smart Banking branches in Washington, D.C., New York, Tokyo and Busan (South Korea) while it continued renovating its entire branch network.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2011/110331a.htm | title=Citibank Opens Full-Service, Smart Banking Consumer Outlet at Chongqing Airport | publisher=Citigroup | date=March 31, 2011 | access-date=April 25, 2012 | archive-date=July 3, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703033413/http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2011/110331a.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release| url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2010/100413a.htm| title=Citibank Japan Ltd. Announces Opening of First Smart Banking Branches in Citi's Global Network| publisher=Citigroup| date=April 9, 2010| access-date=April 25, 2012| archive-date=March 4, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051905/http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2010/100413a.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> New sales and service centers were also opened in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Citi Express modules, 24-hour service units, were introduced in Colombia. Citi opened additional branches in China, expanding its branch presence to 13 cities in China.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1936181/why-citi-closing-branches-china | title=Why is Citi closing branches in China? | first=Liz | last=Mak | work=] | date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>


===Expansion of credit card operations (2011)=== ===Expansion of credit card operations (2011)===
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===Chinese investment banking joint venture (2012)=== ===Chinese investment banking joint venture (2012)===
In 2012, the Global Markets division and Orient Securities formed form ], a Shanghai-based equity and debt brokerage operating in the Chinese market.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.financemagnates.com/institutional-forex/technology/citi-ties-up-with-chinese-stock-brokerage-to-form-china-orient-securities/ | title=Citi Ties up With Chinese Stock Brokerage to Form Citi Orient Securities | first=Adil | last=Siddiqui | work=] | date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, the Global Markets division and Orient Securities formed Citi Orient Securities, a Shanghai-based equity and debt brokerage operating in the Chinese market.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.financemagnates.com/institutional-forex/technology/citi-ties-up-with-chinese-stock-brokerage-to-form-china-orient-securities/ | title=Citi Ties up With Chinese Stock Brokerage to Form Citi Orient Securities | first=Adil | last=Siddiqui | work=Finance Magnates | date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> In January 2019, Citigroup announced that it sold its stake in the business to its Chinese partner.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 8, 2019 |title=Citigroup to end Chinese securities JV to set up majority-owned venture |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-china-jointventure-idUSKCN1P210O |access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref>


===Federal Reserve stress tests (2012–2016)=== ===Federal Reserve stress tests (2012–2016)===
On March 13, 2012, the Federal Reserve reported Citigroup is one of the four financial institutions, out of 19 major banks, that failed its ]s, designed to measure bank capital during a financial crisis. The 2012 stress tests determined whether banks could withstand a financial crisis that has unemployment at 13%, stock prices to be cut in half, and home prices decreased by 21%.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500395_162-57396559/fed-4-big-us-banks-failed-stress-tests/ | work=] | title= Citigroup, other big US banks flunk 'stress tests' | date=November 15, 2012}}</ref> Citi failed the Fed stress tests due to Citi's high capital return plan and its international loans, which were rated by the Fed to be at higher risk than its domestic American loans.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/13/stress-tests-citibank_n_1342928.html | title=These Guys Just Can't Cut It | work=] | first=Mark | last=Gongloff | date=March 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/03/13/stress-tests-official-statements-from-banks/ |title=Stress Tests: Official Statements From Banks | work=] | first=David | last=Benoit | date=March 13, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/citi-among-banks-that-fail-fed-stress-test-2012-03-13 | title=Citi among banks that fail Fed stress test | first=Ronald D. | last=Orol | work=] | date=March 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/03/28/the-feds-stress-test-summary-results-and-implications/ | title=The Feds Stress Test Summary Results and Implications | work=] | date=March 28, 2012}}</ref> Citi received half of its revenues from its international businesses. In comparison, ], which passed the stress test and did not ask for a capital return to investors, received 78% of its revenue in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/business/taking-the-measure-of-citigroup-and-bank-of-america.html | title=Taking the Measure of Citigroup and Bank of America | first=Nelson D. | last=Schwartz | work=] | date=April 8, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The company failed the ] ]s in 2012 due to Citi's high capital return plan and its international loans, which were rated by the Fed to be at higher risk than its domestic American loans.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/citigroup-other-big-us-banks-flunk-stress-tests/ | work=] | title= Citigroup, other big US banks flunk 'stress tests' | date=November 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stress-tests-citibank_n_1342928| title=These Guys Just Can't Cut It | work=] | first=Mark | last=Gongloff | date=March 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/03/13/stress-tests-official-statements-from-banks/ |title=Stress Tests: Official Statements From Banks | work=] | first=David | last=Benoit | date=March 13, 2012 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/citi-among-banks-that-fail-fed-stress-test-2012-03-13 | title=Citi among banks that fail Fed stress test | first=Ronald D. | last=Orol | work=] | date=March 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2012/03/28/the-feds-stress-test-summary-results-and-implications/ | title=The Feds Stress Test Summary Results and Implications | work=] | date=March 28, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/business/taking-the-measure-of-citigroup-and-bank-of-america.html | title=Taking the Measure of Citigroup and Bank of America | first=Nelson D. | last=Schwartz | work=] | date=April 8, 2012 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


In 2013, Sanjiv Das was replaced as head of CitiMortgage with ], former head of Citi Private Bank.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citi-replaces-das-with-fraser-in-possible-sign-of-mortgage-push | title=Citi Replaces Das with Fraser in Possible Sign of Mortgage Push | first=Maria | last=Aspan | work=] | date=May 20, 2013 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
By June 2012, the year of Citi's 200th anniversary, Citigroup had built up $420 billion in surplus ]s and government securities.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2012/120621a.htm | title=Citi Statement on Moody's | publisher=Citigroup | date=June 21, 2012}}</ref> As of March 31, 2012, Citi had a ] ratio of 12.4%.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2012/120416a.htm | title=Citigroup Reports First Quarter 2012 Earnings per Share of $0.95 – $1.11 Excluding the Impact of Negative CVA/DVA and a Net Gain on Minority Investments | publisher=Citigroup | date=April 16, 2012}}</ref> This was a result of selling more than $500 billion of its special assets placed in Citi Holdings, which were guaranteed from losses by the US Treasury while under federal majority ownership.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.citigroup.com/citi/press/2011/110921a.htm | title=Citi Statement on Moody's Announcement | publisher=Citigroup | date=September 21, 2011}}</ref>


The company failed the stress tests again in 2014, this time due to qualitative concerns.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/ccar_20140326.pdf | title=Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review 2014: Assessment Framework and Results | publisher=] | date=March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/failing-stress-test-is-another-stumble-for-citigroup/ | title=Failing Stress Test Is Another Stumble for Citigroup | first1=Michael | last1=Corkery | first2=Jessica |last2=Silver-Greenberg | work=The New York Times | date=March 27, 2014 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citis-corbat-rushed-home-from-asian-trip-after-stress-test-failure-1395962880 | first1=Suzanne | last1=Kapner | first2=Stephanie | last2=Armour | first3=Julie | last3=Steinberg | title='Stress Test' Failure Sparked Scramble at Citigroup | work=] | date=March 27, 2014 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In 2013, ] was replaced as head of CitiMortgage with ], former head of Citi Private Bank.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.americanbanker.com/news/citi-replaces-das-with-fraser-in-possible-sign-of-mortgage-push | title=Citi Replaces Das with Fraser in Possible Sign of Mortgage Push | first=Maria | last=Aspan | work=] | date=May 20, 2013}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


On March 26, 2014, the ] reported that Citigroup was one of the 5 financial institutions that failed its stress tests. Unlike in the failed stress test in 2012, Citigroup failed on qualitative concerns that were unresolved despite regulatory warnings. The report specifically stated that Citigroup failed "to project revenues and losses under a stressful scenario for material parts of the firm's global operations and its ability to develop scenarios for its internal stress testing that adequately reflects its full range business activities and exposures."<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/ccar_20140326.pdf | title=Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review 2014: Assessment Framework and Results | publisher=] | date=March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url= https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/03/27/failing-stress-test-is-another-stumble-for-citigroup/ | title=Failing Stress Test Is Another Stumble for Citigroup | first1=Michael | last1=Corkery | first2=Jessica |last2=Silver-Greenberg | work=] | date=March 27, 2014}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citis-corbat-rushed-home-from-asian-trip-after-stress-test-failure-1395962880 | first=Suzanne | last=Kapner | first2=Stephanie | last2=Armour | first3=Julie | last3=Steinberg | title='Stress Test' Failure Sparked Scramble at Citigroup | work=] | date=March 27, 2014}}{{subscription required}}</ref> However, it passed the stress tests in 2015<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20150311a.htm| title=Federal Reserve releases results of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) | publisher=] | date=March 11, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/03/11/investing/fed-stress-tests-citigroup-pass/index.html | title=Citi passes Fed stress test but BofA gets an incomplete | last=Monica | first=Paul R. La | work=] | date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> and in 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-approves-citigroups-capital-plan-1467232215 | title=Citigroup More Than Triples Its Dividend After Passing Stress Test | last=Rexrode | first=Christina | work=] | issn=0099-9660 | date=June 29, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref>


In February 2016, the company was subject to a $1.1&nbsp;billion fraud lawsuit filed by lender ] and other investors as a result of the bankruptcy of Oceanografia SA, a Mexican oil services firm. The plaintiffs claimed that Citigroup conspired with Oceanografia to accept falsified work estimates.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-27/citigroup-faces-fraud-suit-claiming-1-1-billion-in-losses | title=Citigroup Faces Fraud Suit Claiming $1.1 Billion in Losses | first1=David | last1=Voreacos | first2=Dakin | last2=Campbell | work=] | date=February 27, 2016 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> The courts found in favor of Citigroup.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://casetext.com/case/osuna-v-citigroup-inc | title=Osuna v. Citigroup Inc. | via=casetext}}</ref>
On March 11, 2015, Citi has passed its first CCAR test,<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/bcreg/20150311a.htm| title=Federal Reserve releases results of Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) | publisher=] | date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> allowing it to raise its dividend to 5 cent a share and unveiling a plan for a $7.8 billion ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/11/investing/fed-stress-tests-citigroup-pass/index.html | title=Citi passes Fed stress test but BofA gets an incomplete | last=Monica | first=Paul R. La | work=] | date=March 11, 2015}}</ref>

In February 2016, the company was subject to a lawsuit as a result of the bankruptcy of a Mexican oil services firm.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-27/citigroup-faces-fraud-suit-claiming-1-1-billion-in-losses | title=Citigroup Faces Fraud Suit Claiming $1.1 Billion in Losses | first1=David | last1=Voreacos | first2=Dakin | last2=Campbell | work=] | date=February 27, 2016 }}</ref>


In April 2016, Citigroup announced that it would eliminate its ], Citi Holdings.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-15/citigroup-plans-to-eliminate-shrinking-citi-holdings-unit-chart | title=Citigroup Plans to Eliminate Shrinking Citi Holdings Unit | first=Dakin | last=Campbell | work=] | date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, Citigroup announced that it would eliminate its ], Citi Holdings.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-15/citigroup-plans-to-eliminate-shrinking-citi-holdings-unit-chart | title=Citigroup Plans to Eliminate Shrinking Citi Holdings Unit | first=Dakin | last=Campbell | work=] | date=April 15, 2016}}</ref>

On June 23, 2016, Federal Reserve handed Citi a passing grade on its stress test the second time in a row, giving permission to triple its dividend to 16 cent a share and approving an $8.6 billion stock repurchase program,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fed-approves-citigroups-capital-plan-1467232215 | title=Citigroup More Than Triples Its Dividend After Passing Stress Test | last=Rexrode | first=Christina | work=] | issn=0099-9660 | date=June 29, 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


====Spin-off of Napier Park Global Capital (2013)==== ====Spin-off of Napier Park Global Capital (2013)====
Citi Capital Advisors (CCA), formerly Citi Alternative Investments, was a ] that offered various investment strategies across multiple asset classes. To comply with the ], which limits bank ownership in hedge funds to no more than 3%, Citi spun off its hedge fund unit in 2013 and gave a majority of the company to its managers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-21/citigroup-said-to-give-cca-managers-75-stake-in-funds-for-free | title=Citigroup Said to Give CCA Managers 75% Fund Stake for Free | first=Donal | last=Griffin | work=] | date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> The spin-off of CCA created Napier Park Global Capital, a $6.8 billion hedge fund with more than 100 employees in New York and London and managed by Jim O’Brien and Jonathan Dorfman.<ref>{{cite news | title=A Citi Hedge Fund Business Prepares for Life on Its Own | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/a-citi-hedge-fund-business-prepares-for-life-on-its-own/| work=] | date=February 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hedgeweek.com/2013/03/04/180971/napier-park-global-capital-completes-spinout-citigroup | title=Napier Park Global Capital completes spinout from Citigroup | work=Hedgeweek | date=March 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.efinancialnews.com/digest/2013-03-03/citigroup-spins-off-alternative-asset-management-arm | title=Citigroup spins off alternative asset management arm | work=Efinancialnews.com | date=March 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.napierparkglobal.com/documents/FG/napierpark/news/18351_Napier_Park_Release_FINAL.pdf | title=Napier Park Global Capital Completes Spinout from Citigroup | publisher=Napier Park Global Capital | date=March 1, 2013}}</ref> Under the leadership of CEO Michael Corbat, Citi Capital Advisors (CCA), formerly Citi Alternative Investments, was a ] that offered various investment strategies across multiple asset classes. To comply with the ], which limits bank ownership in hedge funds to no more than 3%, Citi spun off its hedge fund unit in 2013 and gave a majority of the company to its managers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-21/citigroup-said-to-give-cca-managers-75-stake-in-funds-for-free | title=Citigroup Said to Give CCA Managers 75% Fund Stake for Free | first=Donal | last=Griffin | work=] | date=February 28, 2012}}</ref> The spin-off of CCA created Napier Park Global Capital, a $6.8&nbsp;billion hedge fund with more than 100 employees in New York and London and managed by Jim O'Brien and Jonathan Dorfman.<ref>{{cite news | title=A Citi Hedge Fund Business Prepares for Life on Its Own | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/a-citi-hedge-fund-business-prepares-for-life-on-its-own/| work=The New York Times | date=February 28, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hedgeweek.com/2013/03/04/180971/napier-park-global-capital-completes-spinout-citigroup | title=Napier Park Global Capital completes spinout from Citigroup | work=Hedgeweek | date=March 4, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.efinancialnews.com/digest/2013-03-03/citigroup-spins-off-alternative-asset-management-arm | title=Citigroup spins off alternative asset management arm | work=Efinancialnews.com | date=March 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.napierparkglobal.com/documents/FG/napierpark/news/18351_Napier_Park_Release_FINAL.pdf | title=Napier Park Global Capital Completes Spinout from Citigroup | publisher=Napier Park Global Capital | date=March 1, 2013}}</ref>


====Downsizing of consumer banking unit (2014)==== ====Downsizing of consumer banking unit (2014)====
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===2015 onwards=== ===2015 onwards===
In May 2015, the bank announced the sale of its margin foreign exchange business, including ] and TradeStream, to ] and ] of ]. Despite this deal, industry surveys pegged Citi as the biggest banking player in the forex market. The company's remaining foreign exchange sales & trading businesses continued operating in the wake of this deal under the leadership of James Bindler, who succeeded Jeff Feig as the firm's global head of foreign exchange in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-forex-citifxpro-sale/citigroup-selling-retail-online-fx-trading-platform-to-fxcm-saxo-bank-idUSKBN0O724N20150522 | title=Citigroup selling retail online FX trading platform to FXCM, Saxo Bank |first=Patrick | last=Graham | work=] |date=May 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Anna | last=Prior | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citigroup-names-james-bindler-currencies-chief-1403281752 |title=Citigroup Names James Bindler Currencies Chief | work=] | date=June 20, 2014}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In May 2015, the bank announced the sale of its margin foreign exchange business, including ] and TradeStream, to ] and ] of ]. Despite this deal, industry surveys pegged Citi as the biggest banking player in the forex market. The company's remaining foreign exchange sales & trading businesses continued operating in the wake of this deal under the leadership of James Bindler, who succeeded Jeff Feig as the firm's global head of foreign exchange in 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-forex-citifxpro-sale/citigroup-selling-retail-online-fx-trading-platform-to-fxcm-saxo-bank-idUSKBN0O724N20150522 | title=Citigroup selling retail online FX trading platform to FXCM, Saxo Bank |first=Patrick | last=Graham | work=] |date=May 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Anna | last=Prior | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citigroup-names-james-bindler-currencies-chief-1403281752 |title=Citigroup Names James Bindler Currencies Chief | work=] | date=June 20, 2014 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In February 2016, Citi sold its retail and commercial banking operations in Panama and Costa Rica to the ] (Scotiabank) for $360 million. The operations sold include 27 branches serving approximately 250,000 clients. Citi continues to offer corporate and institutional banking and wealth management in Panama and Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/scotiabank-closes-deal-acquire-citigroups-retail-commercial-banking-operations-panama-tsx-bns-2092680.htm | title=Scotiabank Closes Deal to Acquire Citigroup's Retail and Commercial Banking Operations in Panama and Costa Rica |publisher=] | date=February 1, 2016}}</ref>


In November 2015, ] acquired ] from Citigroup.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150303005359/en/Springleaf-Financial-Acquire-OneMain-Financial | title=Springleaf Financial to Acquire OneMain Financial | publisher=] | date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151116006545/en/Springleaf-Holdings-Announces-Closing-OneMain-Acquisition-Ticker | title=Springleaf Holdings Announces Closing of OneMain Acquisition and Ticker Symbol Change | publisher=] | date=November 16, 2015}}</ref> In November 2015, ] acquired ] from Citigroup.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150303005359/en/Springleaf-Financial-Acquire-OneMain-Financial | title=Springleaf Financial to Acquire OneMain Financial | publisher=] | date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151116006545/en/Springleaf-Holdings-Announces-Closing-OneMain-Acquisition-Ticker | title=Springleaf Holdings Announces Closing of OneMain Acquisition and Ticker Symbol Change | publisher=] | date=November 16, 2015}}</ref>


In February 2016, Citi sold its retail and commercial banking operations in Panama and Costa Rica to the ] (Scotiabank) for $360&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=360000000|start_year=2016}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}). The operations sold include 27 branches serving approximately 250,000 clients. Citi continues to offer corporate and institutional banking and wealth management in Panama and Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/scotiabank-closes-deal-acquire-citigroups-retail-commercial-banking-operations-panama-tsx-bns-2092680.htm | title=Scotiabank Closes Deal to Acquire Citigroup's Retail and Commercial Banking Operations in Panama and Costa Rica |publisher=] | date=February 1, 2016}}</ref> On April 1, Citigroup became the exclusive issuer of Costco-branded credit cards.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-costco-visa-20150302-story.html | title=Costco names Citi, Visa as new credit card partners after AmEx deal ends | first=Javier | last=Panzar | work=] | date=March 2, 2015 | url-access=limited}}</ref> In April 2016, Citi was given regulatory approval for its "living will", its plans to shut down operations in the event of another financial crisis.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/dealbook/citigroups-living-will-passes-muster-but-offers-few-insights.html | title=Citigroup's 'Living Will' Passes Muster but Offers Few Insights | first=Steven J. | last=Lubben | work=] | date=April 13, 2016 | url-access=limited}}</ref>
On April 1, 2016, Citigroup became the exclusive issuer of Costco-branded credit cards.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-costco-visa-20150302-story.html | title=Costco names Citi, Visa as new credit card partners after AmEx deal ends | first=JAVIER | last=PANZAR | work=] | date=March 2, 2015}}</ref>


In response to the ], Citi provided support to cardholders including waiving late fees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/select/citi-coronavirus-assistance/|title=Here's what Citi is doing for coronavirus assistance|last=White|first=Alexandria|date=March 20, 2020|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> It also announced that some lower paid employees would receive a one-off payment of US$1,000 to help them through the crisis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/citigroup-is-giving-some-employees-a-1000-bonus-amid-coronavirus.html|title=Citigroup is giving some employees a $1,000 bonus for working through the coronavirus pandemic|last=Son|first=Hugh|date=March 23, 2020 |website=CNBC| language=en |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref> This was not just limited to the US. In Singapore where Citi had a large operation, low paid staff would receive S$1,200.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/citi-singapore-employees-to-receive-1200-cash-in-april-as-covid-19-aid|title=Citi Singapore employees to receive $1,200 cash in April as Covid-19 aid |date=April 9, 2020|website=]|language=en|access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref>
In April 2016, Citi was given regulatory approval for its 'living will,' its plans to shut down operations in the event of another financial crisis.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/business/dealbook/citigroups-living-will-passes-muster-but-offers-few-insights.html | title=Citigroup's 'Living Will' Passes Muster but Offers Few Insights | first=Steven J. | last=Lubben | work=] | date=April 13, 2016}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


In August 2020, Citi mistakenly wired $900&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=900000000|start_year=2020}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to the creditors of one of its clients, the American cosmetics corporation ]. Citi sued to get most of the money back but as of June 2022 had been unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-16/citi-s-900-million-revlon-gaffe-risks-getting-even-more-painful |title=Citi's $900 Million Revlon Gaffe Risks Getting Even More Painful |first1=Jeremy |last1=Hill |first2=Eliza |last2=Ronalds-Hannon |work=Bloomberg |date=June 16, 2022 |access-date=July 22, 2022}}</ref> In October, the same year, Citigroup was fined $400&nbsp;million by the US bank regulators as a result of their risk in control systems and was ordered to update their technology. The company will have four months to make a new plan and submit it to the Federal Reserve.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/84c831fb-5088-41cd-bcb6-0f0daf968c43 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/84c831fb-5088-41cd-bcb6-0f0daf968c43 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Citigroup fined $400m over internal controls 'deficiencies' |work=] |date=October 9, 2020 |author=Robert Armstrong|access-date=October 8, 2020}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=November 2021}}
According to data compiled by ], Citigroup is ranked No. 10 in advising on mergers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the year 2018, while in America is ranked No.3.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-12/citigroup-is-said-to-back-key-deutsche-bank-investor-after-rout|title= Citigroup Backs Key Deutsche Bank Investor After Rout|author1= R. David|author2= D. Nair|date= Jun 12, 2018|website= bloomberg.com|quotation= Shares of German lender have plunged 39 percent this year; Bank of America withdrew from loan amid higher risk aversion|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180806204814/http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/citigroup/citigroup-backs-key-deutsche-bank-investor-after-rout-bloomberg/|archive-date= August 6, 2018|url-status= live}}.</ref>

In November 2023, Citigroup began initiating layoffs as part of a corporate overhaul. The layoffs were part of a restructuring plan announced by CEO Jane Fraser, which includes the formation of five new divisions and the departure of several senior executives. The move was in response to Citigroup's stock performance and increased expenses. The full extent of the job cuts, referred to internally as "Project Bora Bora," were reported to involve a reduction of at least 10% or 20 000 of the workforce in several departments.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Son |first=Hugh |date=November 15, 2023 |title=Citigroup begins layoffs as part of CEO Jane Fraser's corporate overhaul |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/15/citigroup-layoffs-begin-in-jane-fraser-overhaul.html |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Son |first=Hugh |date=2024-01-12 |title=Citigroup is cutting 10% of its workforce in CEO Jane Fraser's corporate overhaul |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/12/citigroup-cutting-10percent-of-workforce.html |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref>

====Combination of Markets and Securities Services (2019)====
In 2019, Citi combined its Global Markets and Securities Services business into Markets & Securities Services, which includes broad trading and execution capabilities in addition to ], clearing, financing and hedging services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-markets-idUSKCN1UO22D|title=Citi combines its stock trading and prime brokerage business|last=Moise|first=Imani|date=July 30, 2019|website=Reuters|language=en|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>

====Shrinking of consumer banking unit (2021–2024)====
In February 2021, ], became CEO of the company, the first female CEO of a Big Four bank.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citigroup-ceo-michael-corbat-to-retire-in-february-jane-fraser-named-successor-11599742205 |title=Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat to Retire in February, Jane Fraser Named Successor |last=Sebastian |first=Dave |work=] |date=September 10, 2020 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In April 2021, Citi announced it would exit its consumer banking operations in 13 markets, including Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In January 2022, it was announced that ] would purchase Citi's consumer banking business in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam for approximately $4.9bn.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sreenivasan |first1=Ven |last2=Chern |first2=Kang Wan |date=January 14, 2022 |title=UOB to acquire Citi's consumer business in 4 Asean markets for almost $5b |language=en |work=The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/uob-to-buy-citis-consumer-business-in-4-asean-countries-for-about-49-billion |access-date=October 9, 2023 |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> In August 2023, it was announced ] had acquired Citi's consumer banking business in Taiwan, Citi Consumer Taiwan, for a total consideration of $706m.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Li |first=Selena |date=August 14, 2023 |title=US bank Citi completes sale of Taiwan consumer unit to Singapore's DBS |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-bank-citi-completes-sale-taiwan-consumer-unit-singapores-dbs-2023-08-14/ |access-date=August 14, 2023}}</ref> Citi will continue to operate its consumer banking businesses in the US, Canada, Europe and in only 4 other markets: Hong Kong, Singapore, London and the UAE across the entire APAC and EMEA regions.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=]
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56755610 |title=Citigroup is closing its consumer banking operations in 13 markets across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. |date=April 16, 2021}}</ref>

In January 2022, Citi further announced its plan to exit consumer banking in ], as well as small-business and middle-market banking operations.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/citi-exit-mexican-consumer-banking-business-strategy-revamp-2022-01-11/|title= Citi to exit Mexican consumer business as part of strategy revamp
|work=] |date=January 12, 2022 |author=David Henry |access-date=January 12, 2022}}</ref> On March 1, 2022, Citi disclosed an exposure of over $10bn in Russian assets, which may be materially affected by Russia's expulsion from the ] banking system.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Henry |first1=David |last2=Nishant |first2=Niket |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Citigroup says total Russian exposure nearly $10 billion |language=en |work=Reuters
|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-flags-54-bln-exposure-russian-assets-2022-02-28/ |access-date=March 1, 2022}}</ref>

In September 2022, Citi was planning to shutter its retail bank business in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=]
| url=https://www.ft.com/content/176f3bd4-a953-43ba-ab5b-14ca1ec9b93d | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/176f3bd4-a953-43ba-ab5b-14ca1ec9b93d |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Citigroup to wind down UK retail bank |date=September 22, 2022}}</ref> In January 2024, Citi announced that it would be cutting 20,000 jobs from the company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fort |first=Hugh |date=2024-01-15 |title=Citigroup to cut 20,000 jobs |url=https://www.whatjobs.com/news/usa/us-business-news/citigroup-to-cut-20000-jobs/ |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Employment & Business News |language=en-US}}</ref> In June 2024, at its biennial Investor Day, Jane focused the conversation on Citi's Securities Services business, the most profitable of its five business units.

In October 2024, it was reported that the company would move significant portions of its financial infrastructure to ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Castillo |first=Michael del |date=2024-10-29 |title=Citi moves infrastructure to Google Cloud as part of broader AI push |url=https://fortune.com/2024/10/28/citi-moves-vital-infrastructure-to-google-cloud-as-part-of-broader-ai-push/ |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=Fortune |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2024, Citigroup along with Bank of America announced that they are exiting the  Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 1, 2025 |title=Citigroup, BofA join US lenders in exiting Net-Zero Banking Alliance |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/citigroup-joins-us-lenders-exiting-net-zero-banking-alliance-2024-12-31/}}</ref>

====Involvement in controlling the sale of guns====
In 2018, '']'' reported about Citi's actions, under the direction of CEO ], to intervene in the matter of gun control. In particular, their credit card policies were set to restrict the sale of guns below age 21.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/business/citigroup-guns.html |title=Citigroup Acted. Now, Two New Ideas on How Banks Can Limit Gun Sales. |first=Andrew Ross |last=Sorkin |work=The New York Times |date=March 26, 2018}}</ref>


==Offices== ==Offices==
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===New York City=== ===New York City===
The company operates offices in the following buildings:
], a diagonal-roof skyscraper located in ], New York City, is Citigroup's most famous office building, which despite popular belief is not the company's headquarters building. Citigroup has its headquarters located in downtown Tribeca (388 Greenwich).<ref>{{cite web | title=In $1B deal, Citi moves HQ downtown | url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20131219/REAL_ESTATE/131219836/in-1b-deal-citi-moves-hq-downtown | first=Daniel | last=Geiger | work=] | date=December 19, 2013}}</ref> Citigroup also owns a building in ] at ] that serves as headquarters for its Investment and Corporate Banking operations and was the former headquarters of the Travelers Group.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/13/citigroup-closes-on-1-8b-repurchase-of-tribeca-hq-from-sl-green/ | title=Citigroup closes on $1.8B buy of Tribeca HQ from SL Green | first=Konrad | last=Putzier | work=] | date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>
* ] (Manhattan), its global headquarters<ref>{{cite news | title=In $1B deal, Citi moves HQ downtown | url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20131219/REAL_ESTATE/131219836/in-1b-deal-citi-moves-hq-downtown | first=Daniel | last=Geiger | work=] | date=December 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://therealdeal.com/2016/06/13/citigroup-closes-on-1-8b-repurchase-of-tribeca-hq-from-sl-green/ | title=Citigroup closes on $1.8B buy of Tribeca HQ from SL Green | first=Konrad | last=Putzier | work=] | date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>
* ], a diagonal-roof skyscraper in ]
* ] (Manhattan)
* ] (Manhattan)
* ] (Manhattan)
* 485 ] (Manhattan)
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===Citigroup EMEA===
All of Citigroup's New York City real estate, excluding the company's Smith Barney division and Wall Street trading division, lies along the ]'s ], served by the {{NYCS trains|Queens 53rd}}. Consequently, the company's Midtown buildings—including 787 Seventh Avenue, 666 Fifth Avenue, 399 Park Avenue, 485 Lexington, 153 East 53rd Street (Citigroup Center) in Manhattan, and ] in ], ], are all on the short four-stop corridor of the Queens Boulevard Line between ] and ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://web.mta.info/maps/submap.html |title=mta.info &#124; MTA Subway Map | publisher=]}}</ref>
], ], London


===Naming rights to Citi Field=== === Citibank Vietnam ===
{{Main|Citibank Vietnam}}
Citigroup owns the naming rights to ], the home ballpark of the ] ] team, via a $400 million, 20-year deal that commenced with the stadium opening in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/13/mets.ballpark/ | title=Mets and the Citi: $400 million for stadium-naming rights irks some | first=Evan | last=Buxbaum | work=] | date=April 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/07/citi-mets-marketing-business-sports_0209_naming_rights.html | title=Why The Mets Deal Is Right For Citi | first=Tom | last=Van Riper | work=] | date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>
Citibank first opened a branch in Vietnam prior to 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ân |first=Tuyết |date=2022-01-14 |title=Citi bán khối ngân hàng cá nhân tại Việt Nam cho tập đoàn UOB |url=https://forbes.vn/citi-ban-khoi-ngan-hang-ca-nhan-tai-viet-nam-cho-tap-doan-uob/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Forbes Việt Nam |language=vi}}</ref> In 1993, Citi returned to Vietnam and established a representative office in ].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015-07-08 |title=Việt Nam chấp thuận thành lập ngân hàng 100% vốn Mỹ |url=https://tuoitre.vn/viet-nam-chap-thuan-thanh-lap-ngan-hang-100-von-my-774360.htm |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=TUOI TRE ONLINE |language=vi}}</ref> Citi established the first fully operational U.S. bank branch in Hanoi in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-08 |title=Citi bank sẽ thành lập ngân hàng 100% vốn tại Việt Nam |url=https://tienphong.vn/post-794774.tpo |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Báo điện tử Tiền Phong |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=P.V |date=2015-07-08 |title=Citi xin thành lập ngân hàng 100% vốn nước ngoài tại Việt Nam |url=https://vneconomy.vn/citi-xin-thanh-lap-ngan-hang-100-von-nuoc-ngoai-tai-viet-nam.htm |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Nhịp sống kinh tế Việt Nam & Thế giới |language=vi}}</ref> Following the branch opening in Ho Chi Minh City in 1998, <ref>{{Cite web |last=Ân |first=Tuyết |date=2021-12-26 |title=Citi bổ nhiệm tân tổng giám đốc tại Việt Nam |url=https://forbes.vn/citi-bo-nhiem-tan-tong-giam-doc-tai-viet-nam/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=Forbes Việt Nam |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ngoc Nu |first=Dang |date=2023-03-01 |title=secure spend |url=https://secure-spend.org/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |language=vi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-12-29 |title=Giờ làm việc ngân hàng Citibank tại các hệ thống năm 2021 |url=https://vietnambiz.vn/gio-lam-viec-ngan-hang-citibank-tai-cac-he-thong-nam-2021-20201229175429139.htm |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=vietnambiz |language=vi}}</ref> Citi established its retail banking franchise in Vietnam in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citibank triển khai dịch vụ ngân hàng bán lẻ tại Hà Nội |url=https://sbv.gov.vn/webcenter/portal/cds_sbv/menu/trangchu/tinmoinhat/tmn_chitiet?dDocName=CNTHWEBAP01162521953&p=8&_afrLoop=42519309420131023#%40%3F_afrLoop%3D42519309420131023%26centerWidth%3D100%2525%26dDocName%3DCNTHWEBAP01162521953%26leftWidth%3D0%26p%3D8%26rightWidth%3D0%26showFooter%3Dfalse%26showHeader%3Dfalse%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dgdohu2c54_4 |access-date=2024-06-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Citi sẽ thành lập ngân hàng 100% vốn nước ngoài tại Việt Nam |url=https://baodautu.vn/citi-se-thanh-lap-ngan-hang-100-von-nuoc-ngoai-tai-viet-nam-d29392.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=baodautu |language=vi}}</ref>


===Naming rights to Citi Field===
===Chicago===
Citigroup owns the naming rights to ], the home ballpark of the ] ] team, via a $400&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=400000000|start_year=2009}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), 20-year deal that commenced with the stadium opening in 2009.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/13/mets.ballpark/ | title=Mets and the Citi: $400 million for stadium-naming rights irks some | first=Evan | last=Buxbaum | work=] | date=April 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/07/citi-mets-marketing-business-sports_0209_naming_rights.html | title=Why The Mets Deal Is Right For Citi | first=Tom | last=Van Riper | work=] | date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>
]]]
] in Chicago has a series of curved archways at its peak, and sits across the street from major competitor ]'s ]. It has shops and restaurants serving ] customers via the ].<ref>{{cite web | title=Citigroup Center | url=http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1041/Citigroup-Center.php | publisher=Chicago Architecture Info | first=Wayne | last=Lorentz | quote=Part of the reason for the spread at the bottom of the building is to incorporate a shopping mall and the Ogilvie Transportation Center, a busy suburban commuter railroad station.}}</ref>


===Sioux Falls=== ===Sioux Falls===
Citibank moved its credit card operations to ], ] in 1981 after the state eliminated caps on interest rates.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/07/how-citibank-made-south-dakota-the-top-state-in-the-us-for-business/425661/ | title=How Citibank Made South Dakota the Top State in the U.S. for Business | first=Amy | last=Sullivan | work=] | date=July 10, 2013}}</ref> In 2013, Citibank employed 2,900 in Sioux Falls and is one of the largest employers in the city. In 2018, they began building a new headquarters that will be 150,000 square feet of office space on a 19-acre campus.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/business-journal/2018/05/09/dignitaries-break-ground-new-citibank-campus-sioux-falls/595707002/ | title=Dignitaries break ground on new Citibank campus in Sioux Falls | first=Jeremy | last=Fugleburg | work=] | date=May 10, 2018}}</ref> Citibank moved its credit card operations to ], ], in 1981 after that state eliminated caps on interest rates.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/07/how-citibank-made-south-dakota-the-top-state-in-the-us-for-business/425661 | title=How Citibank Made South Dakota the Top State in the U.S. for Business | first=Amy | last=Sullivan |work=] |date=July 10, 2013}}</ref><ref name=NYbagelfalls>{{cite news | title=South Dakota: Credit Card Haven or the Cayman Islands for Banks? | url=https://www.paymentsjournal.com/south-dakota-credit-card-haven-or-the-cayman-islands-for-banks| first=Brian | last=Riley | date=October 14, 2021}}</ref>


==Regulatory action, lawsuits, and arbitration== ==Regulatory action, lawsuits, and arbitration==
In 2004, Japanese regulators took action against Citibank Japan loaning to a customer involved in stock manipulation. The regulator suspended bank activities in one branch and three offices, and restricted their consumer banking division. In 2009, Japanese regulators again took action against Citibank Japan, because the bank had not set up an effective ] monitoring system. The regulators suspended sales operations within Citibank's retail banking for a month.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/japanese-regulators-suspend-citibank-retail-ads/ | title=Japan Slaps Sanctions on Citibank | first=Chris | last=Nicholson | work=] | date=June 26, 2009}}</ref> In 2004, Japanese regulators took action against Citibank Japan loaning to a customer involved in stock manipulation. The regulator suspended bank activities in one branch and three offices and restricted their consumer banking division. In 2009, Japanese regulators again took action against Citibank Japan, because the bank had not set up an effective ] monitoring system. The regulators suspended sales operations within Citibank's retail banking for a month.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/japanese-regulators-suspend-citibank-retail-ads/ | title=Japan Slaps Sanctions on Citibank | first=Chris | last=Nicholson | work=] | date=June 26, 2009}}</ref>


On March 23, 2005, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the former name of the American self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, now known as the ] (FInRA) announced total fines of $21.25 million against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., American Express Financial Advisors and Chase Investment Services regarding suitability and supervisory violations of their mutual fund sales practices between January 2002 and July 2003. The case against Citigroup involved recommendations and sales of Class B and Class C shares of mutual funds.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.finra.org/newsroom/2005/nasd-fines-citigroup-global-markets-american-express-and-chase-investment-services | title=NASD Fines Citigroup Global Markets, American Express and Chase Investment Services More Than $21 million for Improper Sales of Class B and C Shares of Mutual Funds | publisher=] | date=March 23, 2005}}</ref> On March 23, 2005, the ], the former name of the American self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, now known as the ] (FInRA) announced total fines of $21.25&nbsp;million against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., American Express Financial Advisors and Chase Investment Services regarding suitability and supervisory violations of their mutual fund sales practices between January 2002 and July 2003. The case against Citigroup involved recommendations and sales of Class B and Class C shares of mutual funds.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://mondovisione.com/media-and-resources/news/nasd-fines-citigroup-global-markets-american-express-and-chase-investment-servic/ | title=NASD Fines Citigroup Global Markets, American Express and Chase Investment Services More Than $21 million for Improper Sales of Class B and C Shares of Mutual Funds | publisher=] | date=March 23, 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114211/http://www.finra.org/newsroom/2005/nasd-fines-citigroup-global-markets-american-express-and-chase-investment-services | archive-date=April 30, 2018 | url-status=live}}</ref>


On June 6, 2007, FInRA announced more than $15&nbsp;million in fines and restitution against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., to settle charges related to misleading documents and inadequate disclosure in retirement seminars and meetings for BellSouth Corp. employees in North Carolina and South Carolina. FInRA found that Citigroup did not properly supervise a team of brokers located in Charlotte, N.C., who used misleading sales materials during dozens of seminars and meetings for hundreds of BellSouth employees.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.finra.org/newsroom/2007/citigroup-global-markets-pay-over-15-million-settle-charges-relating-misleading | title=Citigroup Global Markets to Pay Over $15 million to Settle Charges Relating to Misleading Documents and Inadequate Disclosure in Retirement Seminars, Meetings for BellSouth Employees | publisher=] | date=June 6, 2006}}</ref> On June 6, 2007, FInRA announced more than $15&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=15000000|start_year=2007}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in fines and restitution against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., to settle charges related to misleading documents and inadequate disclosure in retirement seminars and meetings for BellSouth Corp. employees in North Carolina and South Carolina. FInRA found that Citigroup did not properly supervise a team of brokers located in Charlotte, N.C., who used misleading sales materials during dozens of seminars and meetings for hundreds of BellSouth employees.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.finra.org/newsroom/2007/citigroup-global-markets-pay-over-15-million-settle-charges-relating-misleading | title=Citigroup Global Markets to Pay Over $15 million to Settle Charges Relating to Misleading Documents and Inadequate Disclosure in Retirement Seminars, Meetings for BellSouth Employees | publisher=] | date=June 6, 2006 | access-date=April 29, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114026/http://www.finra.org/newsroom/2007/citigroup-global-markets-pay-over-15-million-settle-charges-relating-misleading | archive-date=April 30, 2018 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


In July 2010, Citigroup agreed to pay $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from high-risk mortgages. The ] said that Citigroup had made misleading statements about the company's exposure to subprime mortgages. In 2007, Citigroup indicated that its exposure was less than $13 billion, when in fact it was over $50 billion.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10812128 | work=] | title=Citigroup agrees $75m fraud fine | date=July 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/citigroup-in-590-million-settlement-of-subprime-lawsuit/ | first=Jessica | last=Silver-Greenberg | work=] | title=Citigroup in $590 Million Settlement of Subprime Lawsuit | date=August 29, 2012}}</ref> In July 2010, Citigroup agreed to pay $75&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=75000000|start_year=2010}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from high-risk mortgages. The ] said that Citigroup had made misleading statements about the company's exposure to subprime mortgages. In 2007, Citigroup indicated that its exposure was less than $13&nbsp;billion, when in fact it was over $50&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10812128 | work=] | title=Citigroup agrees $75m fraud fine | date=July 29, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/citigroup-in-590-million-settlement-of-subprime-lawsuit/ | first=Jessica | last=Silver-Greenberg | work=The New York Times | title=Citigroup in $590 Million Settlement of Subprime Lawsuit | date=August 29, 2012}}</ref>


In April 2011, an arbitration panel ordered Citigroup Inc to pay $54.1 million for losses from municipal securities funds that cratered between 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-arbitration/citi-ordered-by-panel-to-pay-investors-54-million-idUKTRE73B2RG20110412 | title=Citi ordered by panel to pay investors $54 million | first=Joseph A. | last=Giannone | work=] | date=April 12, 2011}}</ref> In April 2011, an arbitration panel ordered Citigroup Inc to pay $54.1&nbsp;million for losses from municipal securities funds that cratered between 2007 and 2008.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-arbitration/citi-ordered-by-panel-to-pay-investors-54-million-idUKTRE73B2RG20110412 | title=Citi ordered by panel to pay investors $54 million | first=Joseph A. | last=Giannone | work=] | date=April 12, 2011}}</ref>


In August 2012, Citigroup agreed to pay almost $25 million to settle an investor lawsuit alleging the bank misled investors about the nature of mortgage-backed securities. The lawsuit was on behalf of investors who purchased certificates in one of two mortgage-backed securities trusts from Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc in 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-27/business/sns-rt-us-citigroup-mbs-settlementbre87q14l-20120827_1_mortgage-backed-securities-lawsuit-mbs | title=Citigroup to settle MBS suit for $24.9 million| first=Jessica | last=Dye | work=] | date=August 27, 2012}}</ref> In August 2012, Citigroup agreed to pay almost $25&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=25000000|start_year=2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to settle an investor lawsuit alleging the bank misled investors about the nature of mortgage-backed securities. The lawsuit was on behalf of investors who purchased certificates in one of two mortgage-backed securities trusts from Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc in 2007.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/08/27/citigroup-to-settle-mbs-suit-for-249-million/ | title=Citigroup to settle MBS suit for $24.9 million| first=Jessica | last=Dye | work=] | date=August 27, 2012}}</ref>


In February 2012, Citigroup agreed to pay $158.3 million to settle claims that it falsely certified the quality of loans issued by its CitiMortgage unit over a period of more than six years, so that they would qualify for insurance from the ]. The lawsuit was initially brought by Sherry Hunt, a CitiMortgage employee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Complaint, United States of America ex rel Sherry A. Hunt v. Citigroup, Inc. et al|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/2IJT46A/United_States_of_America_ex_rel_v_Citigroup_Inc_et_al__nysdce-11-05473__0018.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|publisher=PacerMonitor|accessdate=16 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/02/15/citigroup-settlement-idINDEE81E0HG20120215|title=Citigroup pays $158 mln in US mortgage fraud pact|publisher=Reuters|date=February 16, 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, Citigroup agreed to pay $158.3&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=158300000|start_year=2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to settle claims that it falsely certified the quality of loans issued by its CitiMortgage unit over a period of more than six years, so that they would qualify for insurance from the ]. The lawsuit was initially brought by Sherry Hunt, a CitiMortgage employee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Complaint, United States of America ex rel Sherry A. Hunt v. Citigroup, Inc. et al|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/2IJT46A/United_States_of_America_ex_rel_v_Citigroup_Inc_et_al__nysdce-11-05473__0018.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/citigroup-settlement-idINDEE81E0HG20120215|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105034442/http://in.reuters.com/article/citigroup-settlement-idINDEE81E0HG20120215|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2016|title=Citigroup pays $158 mln in US mortgage fraud pact|publisher=Reuters|date=February 16, 2012}}</ref>


On February 9, 2012, it was announced that the five largest mortgage servicers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo) agreed to a historic settlement with the federal government and 49 states.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com/faq|title=Joint State-Federal Mortgage Servicing Settlement FAQ|publisher=|accessdate=15 June 2015}}</ref> The settlement, known as the National Mortgage Settlement (NMS), required the servicers to provide about $26 billion in relief to distressed homeowners and in direct payments to the states and federal government. This settlement amount makes the NMS the second largest civil settlement in U.S. history, only trailing the ].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/business/states-negotiate-26-billion-agreement-for-homeowners.html | title=Mortgage Plan Gives Billions to Homeowners, but With Exceptions | first1=Nelson D. | last1=Schwartz | first2=Julie | last2=Creswell | work=] | date= February 9, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The five banks were also required to comply with 305 new mortgage servicing standards. Oklahoma held out and agreed to settle with the banks separately. On February 9, 2012, it was announced that the five largest mortgage servicers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo) agreed to a historic settlement with the federal government and 49 states.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nationalmortgagesettlement.com/faq|title=Joint State-Federal Mortgage Servicing Settlement FAQ|access-date=June 15, 2015}}</ref> The settlement, known as the ] (NMS), required the servicers to provide about $26&nbsp;billion in relief to distressed homeowners and in-direct payments to the states and the federal government. This settlement amount makes the NMS the second largest civil settlement in U.S. history, only trailing the ].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/business/states-negotiate-26-billion-agreement-for-homeowners.html | title=Mortgage Plan Gives Billions to Homeowners, but With Exceptions | first1=Nelson D. | last1=Schwartz | first2=Julie | last2=Creswell | work=] | date= February 9, 2012 | url-access=limited}}</ref> The five banks were also required to comply with 305 new mortgage servicing standards. Oklahoma held out and agreed to settle with the banks separately.


In 2014, Citigroup agreed to pay $7 billion to resolve claims it misled investors about shoddy mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the financial crisis. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said "The bank’s misconduct was egregious. As a result of their assurances that toxic financial products were sound, Citigroup was able to expand its market share and increase profits" and that "the settlement did not absolve the bank or its employees from facing criminal charges."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/citigroup-and-u-s-reach-7-billion-mortgage-settlement/?_php=true&_type=blogs&ref=todayspaper&_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Michael | last=Corkery | title=Citigroup Settles Mortgage Inquiry for $7 Billion | date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Citigroup agreed to pay $7&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=7000000000|start_year=2014}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to resolve claims it misled investors about shoddy mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the financial crisis. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said "The bank's misconduct was egregious.&nbsp;... As a result of their assurances that toxic financial products were sound, Citigroup was able to expand its market share and increase profits" and that "the settlement did not absolve the bank or its employees from facing criminal charges."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/07/14/citigroup-and-u-s-reach-7-billion-mortgage-settlement/ | title=Citigroup Settles Mortgage Inquiry for $7 Billion | work=] | first=Michael | last=Corkery | date=July 14, 2014 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


In July 2015, Citigroup was fined $70 million by the ] and the ], and ordered to pay $700 million to customers. Citigroup had conducted illegal practices in marketing add-on products for credit cards, including credit monitoring, debt-protection products and wallet-protection services.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-21/citigroup-to-pay-700-million-to-customers-in-card-settlement | title=Citigroup to Pay Customers $700 Million in Card Settlement | first=Dakin | last=Campbell | publisher=] | date=July 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/business/dealbook/citigroup-must-refund-700-million-in-credit-case.html | title=Citigroup Ordered to Refund $700 Million in Credit-Card Case | agency=] | work=] | date=July 21, 2015}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In July 2015, Citigroup was fined $70&nbsp;million by the ] and the ], and ordered to pay $700&nbsp;million to customers. Citigroup had conducted illegal practices in marketing add-on products for credit cards, including credit monitoring, debt-protection products and wallet-protection services.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-21/citigroup-to-pay-700-million-to-customers-in-card-settlement | title=Citigroup to Pay Customers $700 Million in Card Settlement | first=Dakin | last=Campbell | publisher=] | date=July 22, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/22/business/dealbook/citigroup-must-refund-700-million-in-credit-case.html | title=Citigroup Ordered to Refund $700 Million in Credit-Card Case | agency=] | work=] | date=July 21, 2015 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


In January 2017, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. was fined $25 million by the ] for ] in U.S. Treasury futures markets, i.e., placing orders that were intended to be cancelled before execution, and for failing to diligently supervise its employees with regard to spoofing.<ref>{{cite web | title=CFTC Orders Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to Pay $25 Million for Spoofing in U.S. Treasury Futures Markets and for Related Supervision Failures | date=2017-01-19 | publisher=Commodity Futures Trading Commission | url=http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7516-17}}</ref> In January 2017, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. was fined $25&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=25000000|start_year=2017}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) by the ] for ] in U.S. Treasury futures markets, i.e., placing orders that were intended to be canceled before execution, and for failing to diligently supervise its employees with regard to spoofing.<ref>{{cite web | title=CFTC Orders Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to Pay $25 Million for Spoofing in U.S. Treasury Futures Markets and for Related Supervision Failures | date=January 19, 2017 | publisher=Commodity Futures Trading Commission | url=http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr7516-17}}</ref>


===Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing bankruptcies=== ===Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing bankruptcies===
On October 22, 2001, Citigroup was sued for violating federal securities laws by misrepresenting Citigroup's ]-related exposure in its 2001 Annual Report and elsewhere, and failing to disclose the true extent of Citigroup's legal liability arising out of its 'structured finance' deals with Enron.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://securities.stanford.edu/filings-case.html?id=102098 | title=Case Summary: Enron Corporation Securities Litigation | publisher=]}}</ref> In 2003, Citigroup paid $145&nbsp;million in fines and penalties to settle claims by the ] and the Manhattan district attorney's office.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/705/95012303008593/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=July 28, 2003}}</ref> On October 22, 2001, Citigroup was sued for violating federal securities laws by misrepresenting Citigroup's ]-related exposure in its 2001 Annual Report and elsewhere, and failing to disclose the true extent of Citigroup's legal liability arising out of its 'structured finance' deals with Enron.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://securities.stanford.edu/filings-case.html?id=102098 | title=Case Summary: Enron Corporation Securities Litigation | publisher=]}}</ref> In 2003, Citigroup paid $145&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=145000000|start_year=2003}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in fines and penalties to settle claims by the ] and the Manhattan district attorney's office.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/705/95012303008593/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=July 28, 2003}}</ref>


In 2004, Citigroup paid $2.65 billion pre-tax, or $1.64 billion after-tax, to settle a lawsuit concerning its role in selling stocks and bonds for ], the second largest telecommunications company in the world, which collapsed after an ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2634/0001047469-04-016537.pdf | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date May 10, 2004 | publisher=] | date=May 10, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/may/11/business/fi-citi11 | title=Citigroup Settles WorldCom Case | work=] | date=May 11, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040510005424/en/Citigroup-Reaches-Settlement-WorldCom-Class-Action-Litigation | title=Citigroup Reaches Settlement on WorldCom Class Action Litigation for $1.64 Billion After-Tax | publisher=] | date=May 10, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/business/citigroup-agrees-to-a-settlement-over-worldcom.html | title=CITIGROUP AGREES TO A SETTLEMENT OVER WORLDCOM | authorlink=Gretchen Morgenson | first=Gretchen | last=Morgenson | work=] | date=May 11, 2004}}</ref> In 2004, Citigroup paid $2.65&nbsp;billion pre-tax, or $1.64&nbsp;billion after-tax, to settle a lawsuit concerning its role in selling stocks and bonds for ], the second largest telecommunications company in the world, which collapsed after an ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2634/0001047469-04-016537.pdf | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date May 10, 2004 | publisher=] | date=May 10, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-11-fi-citi11-story.html | title=Citigroup Settles WorldCom Case | work=] | date=May 11, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040510005424/en/Citigroup-Reaches-Settlement-WorldCom-Class-Action-Litigation | title=Citigroup Reaches Settlement on WorldCom Class Action Litigation for $1.64 Billion After-Tax | publisher=] | date=May 10, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/business/citigroup-agrees-to-a-settlement-over-worldcom.html | title=Citigroup Agrees to a Settlement Over WorldCom | author-link=Gretchen Morgenson | first=Gretchen | last=Morgenson | work=The New York Times | date=May 11, 2004}}</ref>


On February 5, 2002, Citigroup was sued for violating federal securities laws and misleading investors by issuing false information about ]’s revenues and financial performance. In 2005, Citigroup paid $75 million to settle the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/301/95012305002524/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=March 2, 2005}}</ref> Citigroup was accused of issuing exaggerated research reports and not disclosing conflicts of interest.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/business/global-crossing-investors-settle-with-citigroup.html | title=Global Crossing Investors Settle With Citigroup | agency=] | work=] | date=March 3, 2005}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/citigroup-settles-global-crossing-suit-for-75-million | title=Citigroup settles Global Crossing suit for $75 million | first=Greg | last=Morcroft | work=] | date=March 2, 2005}}</ref> On February 5, 2002, Citigroup was sued for violating federal securities laws and misleading investors by issuing false information about ]'s revenues and financial performance. In 2005, Citigroup paid $75&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=75000000|start_year=2005}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to settle the lawsuit.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/301/95012305002524/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=March 2, 2005}}</ref> Citigroup was accused of issuing exaggerated research reports and not disclosing conflicts of interest.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/03/business/global-crossing-investors-settle-with-citigroup.html | title=Global Crossing Investors Settle With Citigroup | agency=] | work=] | date=March 3, 2005 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/citigroup-settles-global-crossing-suit-for-75-million | title=Citigroup settles Global Crossing suit for $75 million | first=Greg | last=Morcroft | work=] | date=March 2, 2005 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


In 2005, Citigroup paid $2 billion to settle a lawsuit filed by investors in ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2011/95012305007233/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=June 10, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061000532.html | title=Citigroup to Settle With Enron Investors | first=Carrie | last=Johnson | work=] | date=June 11, 2005}}</ref> In 2008, Citi also agreed to pay $1.66 billion to Enron creditors.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-enron-idUSWNAS593320080326 | title=Citigroup to settle Enron claims | first=Michael | last=Erman | work=] | date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2230/114420408017607/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/business/27enron.html | title=Citigroup Resolves Claims That It Helped Enron Deceive Investors | first=Eric | last=Dash | work=] | date=March 27, 2008}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In 2005, Citigroup paid $2&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=2000000000|start_year=2005}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to settle a lawsuit filed by investors in ].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2011/95012305007233/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=June 10, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061000532.html | title=Citigroup to Settle With Enron Investors | first=Carrie | last=Johnson | newspaper=] | date=June 11, 2005}}</ref> In 2008, Citi also agreed to pay $1.66&nbsp;billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=1660000000|start_year=2008}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to Enron creditors.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-enron-idUSWNAS593320080326 | title=Citigroup to settle Enron claims | first=Michael | last=Erman | work=] | date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2230/114420408017607/filing-main.htm | title=Citigroup, Form 8-K, Current Report | publisher=] | date=March 26, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/business/27enron.html | title=Citigroup Resolves Claims That It Helped Enron Deceive Investors | first=Eric | last=Dash | work=] | date=March 27, 2008 | url-access=limited}}</ref>


On November 8, 2007, Citigroup was sued for financial misrepresentations and omissions of what amounted to more than two years of income and an entire line of business. In 2012, the company paid $590 million to settle the case.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-settlement/citigroup-settles-shareholder-cdo-lawsuit-for-590-million-idUSBRE87S0UA20120830 | title=Citigroup settles shareholder CDO lawsuit for $590 million | first=Jonathan | last=Stempel | work=] | date=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444914904577619410325528148 | title=Citi to Settle Suit for $590 Million | first=Suzanne | last=Kapner | work=] | date=August 30, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref> On November 8, 2007, Citigroup was sued for financial misrepresentations and omissions of what amounted to more than two years of income and an entire line of business. In 2012, the company paid $590&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=590000000|start_year=2012}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to settle the case.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-settlement/citigroup-settles-shareholder-cdo-lawsuit-for-590-million-idUSBRE87S0UA20120830 | title=Citigroup settles shareholder CDO lawsuit for $590 million | first=Jonathan | last=Stempel | work=] | date=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444914904577619410325528148 | title=Citi to Settle Suit for $590 Million | first=Suzanne | last=Kapner | work=] | date=August 30, 2012 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>


==Senior leadership==
==CEO-to-worker pay ratio==
Pursuant to Section 953(b) of the ], publicly traded companies are required to disclose (1) the median total annual compensation of all employees other than the CEO and (2) the ratio of the CEO’s annual total compensation to that of the median employee.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.R.4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4173/text |website=Congress.gov |accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref>


* ''Chairman'': ] (since January 2019)
Total 2018 compensation for ], CEO, amounted to $24,195,749, and total compensation of the median employee was determined to be $49,766. The resulting pay ratio is estimated to be 486:1.<ref>{{cite web |title=Citigroup 2019 Proxy Statement |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/831001/000120677419000719/citi3503291-def14a.htm#pp108 |website=Securities and Exchange Commission |accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref>
* ''chief executive officer'': ] (since March 2021)
* ''chief financial officer'': ] (since February 2019)


=== List of former chairmen ===
''This list only contains chairmen since the formation of Citigroup in 1998; for a full list of chairmen including Citigroup's predecessors, please see ].''

# ] and ] (1998–2000)
# ] (2000–2006)
# ] (2006–2007)
# ] (2007–2009)
# ] (2009–2012)
# ] (2012–2019)

=== List of former chief executives ===
''This list only contains chief executives since the formation of Citigroup in 1998.''
# ] (1998–2003)
# ] (2003–2007)
# ] (2007–2012)
#] (2012–2021)

== Financial data ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022
!2023
|-
| ] || 80.077 || 86.327 || 77.300 || 51.599 || 80.285 || 85.749 || 77.261 || 69.190 || 76.419 || 76.882 || 77.277 || 70.797 || 72.444 || 72.854 || 75.067 || 75.501 || 71.884 || 75.338
|78.462
|-
| ] || 24.589 || 21.538 || 3.617 || (27.684) || (1.606) || 10.602 || 11.215 || 7.541 || 13.673 || 7.313 || 17.242 || 14.912 || (6.798) || 18.045 || 19.401 || 11.047 || 21.952 || 14.845
|9.228
|-
| ]s || 1,494 || 1,884 || 2,187 || 1,938 || 1,856 || 1,914 || 1,874 || 1,865 || 1,880 || 1,843 || 1,823 || 1,809 || 1,875 || 1,917 || 1,951 || 2,260 || 2,291 || 2,416
|2,412
|-
| ]|| 296 || 327 || 375 || 323 || 265 || 260 || 266 || 259 || 251 || 241 || 231 || 219 || 209 || 204 || 210 || 210 || 223 || 240
|239
|}
<small>'''Note''': Financial data in billions of US dollars and employee data in thousands. The data is sourced from the company's SEC ] from 2005 to 2023.</small><ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 Annual Report |url=https://www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/storage/public/ar09c_en.pdf |website=Citibank}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 Annual Report |url=https://www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/storage/public/ar14c_en.pdf |website=Citibank}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Annual Report |url=https://www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/storage/public/ar19_en.pdf |website=Citibank}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Annual Report |url=https://www.citigroup.com/rcs/citigpa/storage/public/Citi-2023-Annual-Report.pdf |website=Citibank}}</ref>

== Ownership ==
Citigroup is mainly owned by institutional investors, who own around 30% of shares. The 11 largest shareholders of Citigroup in December 2023 were:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citigroup Inc. (C) Stock Major Holders – Yahoo Finance |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/C/holders/ |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=finance.yahoo.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

* ] (8.71%)
* ] (8.68%)
* ] (4.34%)
* ] (2.89%)
* ] (2.2%)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Al Sayegh |first1=Hadeel |title=Saudi's Kingdom Holding buys $450 mln stake in Citigroup from Alwaleed |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/saudis-kingdom-holding-buys-450-mln-stake-citigroup-alwaleed-2023-11-29/ |website=reuters.com |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref>
* ] (1.95%)
* ] (1.49%)
* ] (1.32%)
* ] (1.30%)
* ] (1.14%)
* ] (1.01%)
==Criticism== ==Criticism==


===Alleged money laundering by Raul Salinas=== ===Criminal cartel charges in Australia===
On June 1, 2018, the ] (ACCC) announced that criminal cartel charges were expected to be laid by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) against ANZ Bank, its Group Treasurer Rick Moscati, along with Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and a number of individuals.<ref name="accc-01062018">{{cite web|url=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/update-criminal-cartel-charges-to-be-laid-against-citigroup|title=Update: Criminal cartel charges to be laid against Citigroup|date=June 1, 2018|publisher=ACCC|access-date=August 4, 2018}}</ref>{{update section|reason=what was outcome?|date=June 2024}}
In 1998, the ] issued a report critical of Citibank's handling of funds received from ], brother of ], the former president of Mexico. The report, titled "Raul Salinas, Citibank and Alleged Money Laundering," indicated that Citibank facilitated the transfer of millions of dollars through complex financial transactions that hid the funds' paper trail. The report indicated that Citibank took on Salinas as a client without making a thorough inquiry as to how he made his fortune, an omission that a Citibank official called a violation of the bank's "know your customer" policy.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/mexico/stories/981204.htm | title=Citibank Called Lax on Salinas Money Trail | first=Kathleen | last=Day | work=] | date=December 4, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB846798978902024000 | title=How Citicorp's Amy Elliott Served Mexico's Raul Salinas | work=] | date=November 1, 1996}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


===Conflicts of interest on investment research=== ===Conflicts of interest on investment research===
In December 2002, Citigroup paid fines totaling $400&nbsp;million, to states and the federal government as part of a settlement involving charges that ten banks, including Citigroup, deceived investors with biased research. The total settlement with the ten banks was $1.4&nbsp;billion. The settlement required that the banks separate investment banking from research, and ban any allocation of IPO shares.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/28/business/regulators-finalize-14-billion-wall-st-settlement.html | title=Regulators Finalize $1.4 Billion Wall St. Settlement | publisher=] | work=] | date=April 28, 2003}}</ref> In December 2002, Citigroup paid fines totaling $400&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=400000000|start_year=2002}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), to states and the federal government as part of a settlement involving charges that ten banks, including Citigroup, deceived investors with biased research. The total settlement with the ten banks was $1.4&nbsp;billion. The settlement required that the banks separate investment banking from research, and ban any allocation of IPO shares.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/28/business/regulators-finalize-14-billion-wall-st-settlement.html | title=Regulators Finalize $1.4 Billion Wall St. Settlement | work=The New York Times | date=April 28, 2003}}</ref>


===Citigroup proprietary government bond trading scandal of 2004=== ===Citigroup proprietary government bond trading scandal of 2004===
Citigroup was criticized for disrupting the European ] by rapidly selling €11&nbsp;billion worth of bonds on August 2, 2004 on the MTS Group trading platform, driving down the price, and then buying it back at cheaper prices.<ref>{{cite news |title=Citigroup embroiled in bond selling scandal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/feb/01/money1 |accessdate=August 2, 2018 |work=] |date=February 1, 2005}}</ref> Citigroup was criticized for disrupting the European ] by rapidly selling €11&nbsp;billion worth of bonds on August 2, 2004, on the MTS Group trading platform, driving down the price and then buying it back at cheaper prices.<ref>{{cite news |title=Citigroup embroiled in bond selling scandal |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/feb/01/money1 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |work=] |date=February 1, 2005}}</ref>


===Plutonomy report=== === Plutonomy report ===
A leaked 2005 ] report prepared by ''Citi'' global strategists for its investor clients documented the imbalance of wealth between the top 1% and the bottom 60% of
In a leaked report for their investor clients from 2005, a team of global strategists at Citigroup wrote an analysis of the global distribution of income and wealth and what the implications for investment are. In the report, they state that rising global imbalances have transformed advanced Anglo-American economies into ], in which economic growth is both powered by and consumed by the wealthy. The authors cite data showing that the top 1% households in the US economy account for about 20% of the total income in 2000, which is roughly equal to the share of the bottom 60% of households put together. Moreover, in terms of wealth they demonstrate even more inequality such that "he top 1% of households also account for 33% of net worth, greater than the bottom 90% of households put together. It gets better (or worse, depending on your political stripe) - the top 1% of households account for 40% of financial net worth, more than the bottom 95% of households put together."<ref name=kms2005>Ajay Kapur, Niall Macleod, and Narendra Singh (2005): "Plutonomy: Buying Luxury, Explaining Global Imbalances."</ref>{{rp|3}}
Anglo-American (viz. United States, United Kingdom, and Canada) households. Six drivers and other economic measurements, such as income and savings rates were also studied and included, in what was described as "an ongoing technological revolution; capitalist-friendly governments and tax regimes"
As regards the current plutonomies (namely ], ], and ]), they put forward six key drivers for plutonomy: "...an ongoing technological revolution; capitalist-friendly governments and tax regimes; globalization that re-arranges global supply chains with mobile well-capitalized elites and immigrants; greater financial complexity and innovation; the rule of law, and patent protection are all well."<ref name=kms2005/>{{rp|9}} Next, the authors show that in industrialized countries, plutonomy has led to a relationship between income concentration (plutonomy) and the household savings rates such that the latter tend to fall in plutonomies because of the spending thrift of the wealthy.<ref name=kms2005/>{{rp|18}} In view of the fact "...the rich have been getting progressively richer over the last 30 years, saving less and spending more, the fortunes of companies that sell to the rich ought to have been good."<ref name=kms2005/>{{rp|26}} Hence, the authors urge their investors to invest in equities of companies that cater to the wealthy (i.e. luxury industry).
While refraining from judging plutonomy as good or bad, the ultimate objective of their report is to examine how to make money of the observed savings and consumption imbalances.<ref name=kms2005/>{{rp|21,25}} The report has also figured in Michael Moore's ''Capitalism: A love Story'' while his portrayal of the report has been criticized by the authors.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.miraeassetdaewoo.com/bbs/download/2033657.pdf?attachmentId=2033657 | title=The Global Investigator | date=October 7, 2009}}</ref> Later reports by the same principal author mainly confirmed the previous findings.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.correntewire.com/sites/default/files/Citibank_Plutonomy_1.pdf | title=Revisiting Plutonomy: The Rich Getting Richer | date=March 5, 2006 | access-date=2017-04-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107022359/http://correntewire.com/sites/default/files/Citibank_Plutonomy_1.pdf | archive-date=2017-01-07 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/bofa-merrill-lynch-backs-piketty-2014-5 | title=Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Is 'Comfortable With The Thrust' Of Piketty's Analysis | first=Myles | last=Udland | work=] | date=May 30, 2014}}</ref> both powered by and consumed by the wealthy;<ref name=kms2005>Ajay Kapur, Niall Macleod, and Narendra Singh (2005): "Plutonomy: Buying Luxury, Explaining Global Imbalances".</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.miraeassetdaewoo.com/bbs/download/2033657.pdf?attachmentId=2033657 | title=The Global Investigator
|date=October 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.correntewire.com/sites/default/files/Citibank_Plutonomy_1.pdf
| title=Revisiting Plutonomy: The Rich Getting Richer | date=March 5, 2006 | access-date=April 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170107022359/http://correntewire.com/sites/default/files/Citibank_Plutonomy_1.pdf
| archive-date=January 7, 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/bofa-merrill-lynch-backs-piketty-2014-5
| title=Bank Of America Merrill Lynch Is 'Comfortable With The Thrust' Of Piketty's Analysis | first=Myles | last=Udland | work=] | date=May 30, 2014}}</ref>
the ] was not its focus.


===TARP funding=== ===2001–2009===
In a ''The New York Times'' op-ed, Michael Lewis and David Einhorn described the November 2008 $306 billion guarantee as "an undisguised gift" without any real crisis motivating it.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04lewiseinhornb.html | title=How to Repair a Broken Financial World | authorlink1=Michael Lewis | authorlink2=David Einhorn (hedge fund manager) | first1=Michael | last1=Lewis | first2=David | last2=Einhorn | work=] | date=January 4, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


==== Terra Securities scandal ====
According to New York Attorney General ], Citigroup paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to more than 1,038 of its employees after it had received its $45 billion TARP funds in late 2008. This included 738 employees each receiving $1 million in bonuses, 176 employees each receiving $2 million bonuses, 124 each receiving $3 million in bonuses, and 143 each receiving bonuses of $4 million to more than $10 million.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/07/30/wall-street-compensation-no-clear-rhyme-or-reason/tab/print/ | title=Wall Street Compensation–'No Clear Rhyme or Reason | first=Stephen | last=Grocer | work=] | date=July 30, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref> As a result of the criticism and the U.S. Government's majority holding of Citigroup's ], compensation and bonuses were restricted from February 2009 until December 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sigtarp.gov/Audit%20Reports/SIGTARP_ExecComp_Audit.pdf | title=The Special Master's Determinations for Executive Compensation of Companies Receiving Exceptional Assistance Under TARP | publisher=] | date=January 23, 2012}}</ref>
In November 2007, it became public that Citigroup was heavily involved in the ].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/europe/02norway.html | title=U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Norway | last=Landler |first=Mark |work=] |date=December 2, 2007 | url-access=limited}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amDlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT55| title=Redesigning the Stock Market: A Fractal Approach | first=Pravir | last=Malik |publisher=] | date=November 8, 2011 | isbn=9788132119326 }}</ref>


==== Allegations of theft from customer accounts ====
===Terra Securities scandal===
In August 2008, Citigroup agreed to pay nearly $18&nbsp;million in refunds and fines to settle accusations by California Attorney General ] that it wrongly took funds from the accounts of credit card customers. Citigroup paid $14&nbsp;million of restitution to roughly 53,000 customers nationwide. A three-year investigation found that Citigroup from 1992 to 2003 used an improper computerized "sweep" feature to move positive balances from card accounts into the bank's general fund, without telling cardholders.<ref name="theft">{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sppage012-n26369737-oisbn-idUSN2636973720080826 | title=Citigroup to pay $18 mln over credit card practice | first=Jonathan | last=Stempel | work=] | date=August 26, 2008}}</ref> Brown said that Citigroup "knowingly stole from its customers, mostly poor people and the recently deceased when it designed and implemented the sweeps&nbsp;... When a whistleblower uncovered the scam and brought it to his superiors , they buried the information and continued the illegal practice."<ref name="theft" />
In November 2007 it became public that Citigroup was heavily involved in the ], which involved investments by eight municipalities of Norway in various hedge funds in the United States bond market.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/world/europe/02norway.html | title=U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Norway | last=Landler | first=Mark | work=] | date=December 2, 2007}}{{subscription required}}</ref> The funds were sold by ] to the municipalities, while the products were delivered by Citigroup. Terra Securities ASA filed for bankruptcy November 28, 2007, the day after they received a letter from the ] announcing withdrawal of permissions to operate. The letter stated, "The Supervisory Authority contends that Citigroup's presentation, as well as the presentation from Terra Securities ASA, appears insufficient and misleading because central elements like information about potential extra payments and the size of these are omitted."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amDlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT55&lpg=PT55 | title=Redesigning the Stock Market: A Fractal Approach | first=Pravir | last=Malik | publisher=] | date=November 8, 2011| isbn=9788132119326 }}</ref>


===2010–2019===
===Allegations of theft from customer accounts===
In August 2008, Citigroup agreed to pay nearly $18 million in refunds and fines to settle accusations by California Attorney General ] that it wrongly took funds from the accounts of credit card customers. Citigroup paid $14 million of restitution to roughly 53,000 customers nationwide. A three-year investigation found that Citigroup from 1992 to 2003 used an improper computerized "sweep" feature to move positive balances from card accounts into the bank's general fund, without telling cardholders.<ref name=theft>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sppage012-n26369737-oisbn-idUSN2636973720080826 | title=Citigroup to pay $18 mln over credit card practice | first=Jonathan | last=Stempel | work=] | date=August 26, 2008}}</ref> Brown said that Citigroup "knowingly stole from its customers, mostly poor people and the recently deceased, when it designed and implemented the sweeps...When a whistleblower uncovered the scam and brought it to his superiors , they buried the information and continued the illegal practice."<ref name=theft/>


==== Shareholder rejection of executive compensation plan ====
===Potential restructuring and liquidation by regulators===
At Citi's 2012 annual shareholders' meeting on April 17, Citi's executive compensation package was rejected, with approximately 55% of the votes being against approval. One of the largest and most activist of the shareholders voting no, the ], stated Citi "has not anchored rewards to performance".<ref>{{cite news
In September 2011, former Wall Street reporter ] stated that Treasury Secretary ] ignored a 2009 order from President ] to break up Citigroup in an enormous restructuring and ] process.<ref name=suskind>{{cite book|title=''Confidence Men: Wall Street, Washington and the Education of a President'' | author=Ron Susskind | date= September 2011| title-link=Confidence Men }}</ref>{{page needed|date=December 2014}} According to Suskind, Obama wanted to restructure the bank into several leaner and smaller companies while Geithner was executing stress tests of American financial institutions.
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| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303592404577361762087563238 | title=Memo to Citi Directors: Wake Up on Pay | first=Francesco | last=Guerrera |work=]| date=April 23, 2012 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>


==== Accusations of futures market manipulation ====
] wrote in his 2010 book ''A Presidency in Peril'' that in spring 2009, Geithner and chief economic adviser Larry Summers believed that they could not seize, liquidate and break up Citigroup because they lacked the legal authority or the tools to do so. The Treasury Department denied Suskind's account in an e-mail to the media stating "This account is simply untrue. The directive given by the president in March 2009, was to develop a contingency plan for tough restructurings if the government ended up owning large shares of institutions at the conclusion of the stress tests that Secretary Geithner worked aggressively to put in place as part of the Administration's Financial Stability Plan. While Treasury began work on those contingency plans, there was fortunately never a need to put them in place."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110916/FREE/110919918 | title=Geithner ignored Obama order on Citi, book says | agency=] | publisher=] | date=September 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/obama-geithner-and-the-ne_b_1002611.html | title=Obama, Geithner and the Next Financial Crisis | first=Robert | last=Kuttner | authorlink=Robert Kuttner | work=] | date=October 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/presidencyinperi00robe | url-access=registration | title=A Presidency in Peril | first=Robert | last=Kuttner | authorlink=Robert Kuttner | publisher=] | year=2010| isbn=9781603582704 }}</ref>
In January 2017, bank regulators fined Citigroup $25&nbsp;million on account of five traders from the bank having manipulated U.S. Treasury futures more than 2,500 times between July 2011 and December 2012. Citigroup was criticized for failing to adequately supervise its traders and for not having systems in place to detect spoofing, which involves entering fake orders designed to fool others into thinking prices are poised to rise or fall.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-19/citigroup-agrees-to-pay-25-million-over-spoofing-allegations | last=Leising | first=Matthew | title=Citigroup Punished for Treasury Market Spoofing by Five Traders| work=] | date=January 19, 2017}}</ref>


==== Alleged money laundering by Raul Salinas ====
===Shareholder rejection of executive compensation plan===
In 1998, the ] issued a report critical of Citibank's handling of funds received from ], brother of ], the former president of Mexico. The report, titled "Raul Salinas, Citibank and Alleged Money Laundering", indicated that Citibank facilitated the transfer of millions of dollars through complex financial transactions that hid the funds' paper trail. The report indicated that Citibank took on Salinas as a client without making a thorough inquiry as to how he made his fortune, an omission that a Citibank official called a violation of the bank's "know your customer" policy.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/mexico/stories/981204.htm | title=Citibank Called Lax on Salinas Money Trail |first=Kathleen |last=Day | newspaper=] |date=December 4, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB846798978902024000 | title=How Citicorp's Amy Elliott Served Mexico's Raul Salinas | first=Laurie | last=Hays | work=] |date=November 1, 1996 | url-access=subscription}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
At Citi's 2012 annual shareholders' meeting on April 17, Citi's executive compensation package was rejected, with approximately 55% of the votes being against approval. The non-binding vote was required under the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires corporations to hold advisory shareholder votes on their executive compensation plans. Many shareholders expressed concerns about Citi's failed 2012 Fed stress test and lack of long-term performance-based metrics in its executive compensation plan. One of the largest and most activist of the shareholders voting no, the ], stated Citi "has not anchored rewards to performance".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/18/business/la-fi-exec-pay-20120419y | title=Citigroup shareholders' vote on exec pay sends a message | first=E. Scott | last=Reckard | work=] | date=April 18, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> A Citigroup shareholder filed a lawsuit days after the vote, claiming Citi executives breached their fiduciary duties.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-citigroup-pay-lawsuit-idUSBRE83J15720120420 | title=Citigroup CEO and directors sued over executive pay | first=Jonathan | last=Stempel | work=] | date=April 20, 2012}}</ref> In response, ], former chairman of Citigroup, called the vote a "serious matter". A spokeswoman for Citi said "Citi's Board of Directors takes the shareholder vote seriously, and along with senior management will consult with representative shareholders to understand their concerns" and that the Compensation committee of the Board "will carefully consider their (shareholder) input as we move forward".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/citigroup-has-few-options-after-pay-vote/ | title=Citigroup Has Few Options After Pay Vote | first=Steven M. | last=Davidoff | work=] | date=April 18, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://business.time.com/2012/04/24/citis-ceo-pay-revolt-capitalism-is-back-baby/ | title=Citis CEO Pay Revolt Capitalism is Back Baby | first=Michael | last=Schuman | work=] | date=April 24, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://abcnews.go.com/Business/citigroup-shareholder-sue-failed-pay-vote/story?id=16175078 | title=Citigroup Shareholder Sues After Failed 'Say-on-pay' Vote | first=SUSANNA | last= KIM | work=] | date=April 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303592404577361762087563238 | title=Memo to Citi Directors: Wake Up on Pay | first=Francesco | last=Guerrera | work=] | date=April 23, 2012}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


=== 2020s ===
===Accusations of futures market manipulation===
In January 2017, bank regulators fined Citigroup $25 million on account of five traders from the bank having manipulated U.S. Treasury futures more than 2,500 times between July 2011 and December 2012. Citigroup was criticized for failing to adequately supervise its traders and for not having systems in place to detect spoofing, which involves entering fake orders designed to fool others into thinking prices are poised to rise or fall.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-19/citigroup-agrees-to-pay-25-million-over-spoofing-allegations | last=Leising | first=Matthew | title=Citigroup Punished for Treasury Market Spoofing by Five Traders| work=] | date=January 19, 2017}}</ref>


==== Failure to establish effective risk management ====
=== Criminal cartel charges in Australia ===
In 2020, Citigroup agreed to pay $400&nbsp;million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=400000000|start_year=2020}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to federal regulators over long-standing concerns regarding Citigroup's failure to establish effective risk management.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Flitter|first=Emily|date=October 7, 2020|title=Citigroup is fined $400 million over 'longstanding' internal problems.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/business/citigroup-fine-risk-management.html|access-date=February 24, 2022|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said that Citi had engaged in "unsafe and unsound banking practices." According to them, Citi had failed to correct problems that had been known for years.
On 1 June 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that criminal cartel charges are expected to be laid by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) against ANZ Bank, its Group Treasurer Rick Moscati, along with Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and a number of individuals.<ref name="accc-01062018">{{cite web|url=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/update-criminal-cartel-charges-to-be-laid-against-citigroup|title=Update: Criminal cartel charges to be laid against Citigroup|last=|first=|date=1 June 2018|website=|publisher=ACCC|accessdate=4 August 2018}}</ref>

The bank has also been accused of failing to control the flow of dark money through its accounts.<ref name=":1" /> In 2017, prosecutors claimed drug smugglers were using Citigroup's Banamex USA unit to sneak dirty money into the United States from Mexico. The company agreed to pay more than $97&nbsp;million to settle the allegations. In 2018, the O.C.C again indicted Citi for shortcomings in its anti-money laundering policies, Citi was required to pay $70M (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=70000000|start_year=2018}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rexrode|first=Christina|date=January 4, 2018|title=Citi Fined for Failing to Fix Money-Laundering Controls|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citi-fined-for-failing-to-fix-money-laundering-controls-1515100379|access-date=February 24, 2022|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

In June 2024, agents from the United States ], citing recent investigations into the Sinaloa Cartel, said money launderers continually found ways to take advantage of Citibank's lax controls and oversight policies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Citi was money launderers’ favourite bank, US law enforcement officials say |url=https://www.ft.com/content/0187827b-f755-47fd-91ff-c3e755548097 |website=Financial Times |access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref>

==== Anti-Armenian discrimination ====
In 2023, the ] (CFPB) ordered Citigroup to pay $24.5&nbsp;million in fines and $1.4&nbsp;million in restitution to ], alleging that the bank had illegally discriminated against members of the ethnic group and had unjustly denied them credit cards for which they had applied in a period beginning in 2015 and ending in 2021.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last1=Benoit |first1=David |last2=Feuer |first2=Will |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Citigroup Fined for Discriminating Against Armenian Americans |work=] |url=https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/citi-to-pay-25-9m-for-discriminating-against-armenian-american-credit-card-applicants-c5618771}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Matthews |first=Chris |date=November 8, 2023 |title=CFPB fines Citi $26 million for 'intentional' discrimination against Armenian Americans |work=] |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cfpb-fines-citi-26-million-for-intentional-discrimination-against-armenian-americans-fd485d35}}</ref> According to the CFPB, Citigroup employees used the presence of ''-ian'' or ''-yan'' in applicant surnames as an indicator that a customer should undergo enhanced screening processes, while also deciding to avoid making mention of this screening method in emails.<ref name=":2" /> (The suffixes ''-ian'' and ''-yan'' are frequently found in ].)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saul |first=Derek |date=November 8, 2023 |title=Citigroup Fined $25.9 Million For Allegedly Discriminating Against Armenian Americans |work=] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2023/11/08/citigroup-fined-259-million-for-allegedly-discriminating-against-armenian-americans/?sh=27903cfe5b1e}}</ref>


==Communications== ==Communications==


===Lobbying=== ===Lobbying===
Between 1998 and 2014, Citigroup spent nearly $100 million lobbying the federal government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000071 | title=Citigroup Lobbying | publisher=]}}</ref> As of 2008, Citigroup was the 16th largest political campaign contributor in the US, out of all organizations, according to the ]. From 1989 to 2006, members of the firm donated over $23,033,490, 49% of which went to Democrats and 51% of which went to Republicans.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?ID=D000000071&Name=Citigroup+Inc | title=Citigroup Inc: Summary | publisher=]}}</ref> Between 1998 and 2014, Citigroup spent nearly $100 million lobbying the federal government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000000071 | title=Citigroup Lobbying | publisher=]}}</ref> As of 2008, Citigroup was the 16th largest political campaign contributor in the US, out of all organizations, according to ]. From 1989 to 2006, members of the firm donated over $23,033,490, 49% of which went to Democrats and 51% of which went to Republicans.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?ID=D000000071&Name=Citigroup+Inc | title=Citigroup Inc: Summary | publisher=]}}</ref>
Matthew Vadum, a senior editor at the conservative ], acknowledged these figures, but pointed out that Citigroup had been "a longtime donor to left-wing pressure groups", and referred to a Capital Research Center Foundation Watch 2006 study of Fortune 100 foundation giving, where Citigroup's foundation gave "20 times more money to groups on the left than to groups on the right" during tax year 2003.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://spectator.org/articles/42567/liberalism-never-sleeps | title=Liberalism Never Sleeps | first=Matthew | last=Vadum | work=] | date=November 25, 2008 | access-date=December 20, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220041531/http://spectator.org/articles/42567/liberalism-never-sleeps | archive-date=December 20, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Matthew Vadum, a senior editor at the conservative ], acknowledged these figures, but pointed out that Citigroup had been "a longtime donor to left-wing pressure groups", and referred to a Capital Research Center Foundation Watch 2006 study of Fortune 100 foundation giving, where Citigroup's foundation gave "20 times more money to groups on the left than to groups on the right" during the tax year 2003.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://spectator.org/articles/42567/liberalism-never-sleeps | title=Liberalism Never Sleeps | first=Matthew | last=Vadum | work=] | date=November 25, 2008 | access-date=December 20, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220041531/http://spectator.org/articles/42567/liberalism-never-sleeps | archive-date=December 20, 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref>


] office. Citi has had a presence in Spain for more than a century, and serves as the headquarters of ].<ref></ref>]]
In 2014 Citigroup's PAC contributed $804,000 to campaigns of various members of Congress, i.e. 162 members of the House, including 72 Democrats, where donations averaged about $5,000 per candidate. Of the 57 Democrats supporting the 2015 Spending bill, 34 had received campaign cash from Citigroup's PAC at some point since 2010.<ref name=crp>{{cite web | first=Russ | last=Choma | title=Wall Street's Omnibus Triumph, and Others | url=http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/12/wall-streets-omnibus-triumph-and-others/ | publisher=] | date=December 12, 2014}}</ref> Citigroup's 2014 donations favored Republicans only slightly. The bank's PAC had been nearly as generous to Democrats as Republicans&nbsp;– $30,000 to the ] (the maximum) and $10,000 to the 'New Democrat Coalition', a group of moderate Democrats most of whom voted for the 2015 spending package. Citibank's PAC made donations to both the campaigns and the leadership PACs of many top Democrats who voted for the 2015 spending bill, including ] (Md.) ] and Representatives ] (D-Conn.) and ] (D-Florida.).<ref name=crp/>

In 2014 Citigroup's PAC contributed $804,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=804000|start_year=2014}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) to campaigns of various members of Congress, i.e. 162 members of the House, including 72 Democrats, where donations averaged about $5,000 per candidate. Of the 57 Democrats supporting the 2015 Spending bill, 34 had received campaign cash from Citigroup's PAC at some point since 2010.<ref name=crp>{{cite web | first=Russ | last=Choma | title=Wall Street's Omnibus Triumph, and Others | url=http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/12/wall-streets-omnibus-triumph-and-others/ | publisher=] | date=December 12, 2014}}</ref> Citigroup's 2014 donations favored Republicans only slightly. The bank's PAC had been nearly as generous to Democrats as Republicans&nbsp;– $30,000 to the ] (the maximum) and $10,000 to the 'New Democrat Coalition', a group of moderate Democrats most of whom voted for the 2015 spending package. Citibank's PAC made donations to both the campaigns and the leadership PACs of many top Democrats who voted for the 2015 spending bill, including ] (Md.) ] and Representatives ] (D-Conn.) and ] (D-Florida.).<ref name=crp/>


=== Public and governmental relations === === Public and governmental relations ===
In 2009, former chairman Richard Parsons hired long-time Washington, D.C. lobbyist ] to advise him and the company about relations with the U.S. government, though not to lobby for the company. While some speculated anonymously that the ] (FDIC) would have been a particular focus of Hohlt's attention, Hohlt said he'd had no contact with the government insurance corporation. Some former regulators found room to criticize Hohlt's involvement with Citigroup, because of his earlier involvement with the financial-services industry during the ] of the 1980s. Hohlt responded that though mistakes were made in the earlier episode he'd never been investigated by any government agency and his experience gave him reason to be back in the "operating room" as parties address the more recent crisis.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/business/11hohlt.html|title=Citigroup Hires Mr. Inside | authorlink1=Gretchen Morgenson | first1=Gretchen | last1=Morgenson | first2=Andrew | last2=Martin | work=] |date=October 10, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref> In 2009, former chairman ] hired long-time Washington, D.C. lobbyist ] to advise him and the company about relations with the U.S. government, though not to lobby for the company. While some speculated anonymously that the ] (FDIC) would have been a particular focus of Hohlt's attention, Hohlt said he'd had no contact with the government insurance corporation. Some former regulators found room to criticize Hohlt's involvement with Citigroup, because of his earlier involvement with the financial services industry during the ] of the 1980s. Hohlt responded that though mistakes were made in the earlier episode he'd never been investigated by any government agency and his experience gave him a reason to be back in the "operating room" as parties address the more recent crisis.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/business/11hohlt.html|title=Citigroup Hires Mr. Inside | author-link1=Gretchen Morgenson | first1=Gretchen | last1=Morgenson | first2=Andrew | last2=Martin | work=The New York Times |date=October 10, 2009}}{{subscription required}}</ref>


In 2010, the company named ], formerly in New York City government and at ], to its senior public and governmental relations position.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/31/2010-03-31_mikes_deputy_says_so_long_to_city_hall.html | title=Mayor Bloomberg deputy Edward Skyler says so long to City Hall | first=Adam |last=Lisberg | work=] | date=March 31, 2010}}</ref> Before Skyler was named and before he began his job search, the company reportedly held discussions with three other individuals to fill the position: NY Deputy Mayor ], Mayor ]'s "political guru ... spearheaded ... his short-lived flirtation with a presidential run ..., who will soon leave City Hall for a position at the mayor's company, Bloomberg L.P. .... After Mr. Bloomberg's improbable victory in the 2001 mayor's race, both Mr. Skyler and Mr. Sheekey followed him from his company to City Hall. Since then, they have been a part of an enormously influential coterie of advisers"; ], the former communications director for ]'s presidential campaign and Mr. Bloomberg's re-election bid; and ], now at ] and formerly at ].<ref name="NYT01">{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/nyregion/31skyler.html |title=Another Exit From Bloomberg's Inner Circle|first=Michael |last=Barbaro |work=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2010 |accessdate=July 27, 2010}}</ref> In 2010, the company named ], formerly in New York City government and at ], to its senior public and governmental relations position.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/31/2010-03-31_mikes_deputy_says_so_long_to_city_hall.html | title=Mayor Bloomberg deputy Edward Skyler says so long to City Hall | first=Adam |last=Lisberg | work=] | date=March 31, 2010}}</ref> Before Skyler was named and before he began his job search, the company reportedly held discussions with three other individuals to fill the position: NY Deputy Mayor ], Mayor ]'s "political guru&nbsp;... spearheaded&nbsp;... his short-lived flirtation with a presidential run&nbsp;..., who will soon leave City Hall for a position at the mayor's company, Bloomberg L.P.&nbsp;... After Mr. Bloomberg's improbable victory in the 2001 mayor's race, both Mr. Skyler and Mr. Sheekey followed him from his company to City Hall. Since then, they have been a part of an enormously influential coterie of advisers"; ], the former communications director for ]'s presidential campaign and Mr. Bloomberg's re-election bid; and ], now at ] and formerly at ].<ref name="NYT01">{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/nyregion/31skyler.html |title=Another Exit From Bloomberg's Inner Circle|first=Michael |last=Barbaro |work=The New York Times |date=March 30, 2010 |access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref>


On 21 March 2018, it was announced that Citigroup changed its policy to forbid its business customers from performing certain firearm related transactions. The policy doesn't affect clients who offer credit cards backed by Citigroup or borrow money, use banking services or raise capital through the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/citigroup-gun-control-policy.html|title=Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners|last=Hsu|first=Tiffany|date=2018-03-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-06-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On March 21, 2018, it was announced that Citigroup changed its policy to forbid its business customers from performing certain firearm-related transactions. The policy doesn't affect clients who offer credit cards backed by Citigroup or borrow money, use banking services, or raise capital through the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/citigroup-gun-control-policy.html|title=Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners|last=Hsu|first=Tiffany|date=March 22, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 5, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


== Notable staff ==
One 19 March 2020, Citi announced that it would support 2019 coronavirus pandemic relief with some US$15 million<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citigroup.com/citi/news/2020/200316c.htm|title=Citi Foundation to Provide $15 Million to Support COVID-19 Related Relief Efforts Globally|website=www.citigroup.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>.

==Notable staff ==


=== Current === === Current ===
*] is a ] banking executive. She was appointed CEO in March 2021 and was formerly president of Citi, and chief executive officer, Global Consumer Banking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/leaders/jane-fraser-bio.html|title=Leadership Team – Jane Fraser {{!}} Citi|website=citigroup.com|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref> Educated at ], and ], she was a partner at ] for 10 years before joining Citigroup in 2004. She has been promoted numerous times and acceded to four ] posts, the latest being CEO of Citigroup Latin America in April 2015. She was included on '']''{{'s}} "Most Powerful Women in Business" list in 2014, 2015 and 2021,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/ |title=Most Powerful Women |date= |magazine=]}}</ref> and has been called the "Number 1 Woman to Watch" for two consecutive years by '']''.
*] - current CEO starting from October 2012. Corbat stated that the large pay gap at the firm should inspire lower paid workers to take over his role.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/02/citigroup-ceo-corbat-defends-pay-gap-i-started-in-1983-at-17000.html|title=Citigroup CEO Corbat defends bank's pay gap: `I started in 1983 at $17,000' salary|last=Son|first=Hugh|date=2019-05-02|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref> He received total compensation of US$24 million for 2019<ref>{{Cite news|last=Benoit|first=David|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/citigroup-keeps-ceo-michael-corbats-pay-at-24-million-11581716944|title=Citigroup Keeps CEO Michael Corbat’s Pay at $24 Million|date=2020-02-14|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2020-03-21|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>, which was in line with what many other banks such JP Morgan, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley CEOs for the same period<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3f630244-4f72-11ea-95a0-43d18ec715f5|title=Subscribe to read {{!}} Financial Times|website=www.ft.com|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref>.
*] is an American business executive, serving since 2019 as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Citigroup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citigroup.com/global/about-us/leadership/mark-mason|title=Leadership Team – Mark Mason {{!}} Citi|website=citigroup.com|access-date=May 12, 2023}}</ref>
*] is a ] banking executive. She currently holds the position of President of Citi, Chief Executive Officer, Global Consumer Banking<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/leaders/jane-fraser-bio.html|title=Leadership Team - Jane Fraser {{!}} Citi|website=www.citigroup.com|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>. Educated at ], and ], she was a partner at ] for 10 years before joining ] in 2004. She has been promoted numerous times and acceded to four ] posts, the latest being CEO of Citigroup Latin America in April 2015. She was included on '']''<nowiki/>'s "Most Powerful Women in Business" list in 2014 and 2015 and has been called the "Number 1 Woman to Watch" for two consecutive years by '']''.<nowiki/>
*] is an ] politician and businessperson. He was Deputy Mayor for Operations for ], the youngest deputy mayor in New York City's history. In 2010, he was named Executive Vice President, Global Public Affairs at ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/leaders/edward-skyler-bio.html|title=Leadership Team - Edward Skyler {{!}} Citi|website=www.citigroup.com|access-date=2020-03-23}}</ref>. *] is an American politician and businessperson. He was deputy mayor for operations for ], the youngest deputy mayor in New York City's history. In 2010, he was named executive vice president, Global Public Affairs at ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/leaders/edward-skyler-bio.html|title=Leadership Team Edward Skyler {{!}} Citi|website=citigroup.com|access-date=March 23, 2020}}</ref>
*] has been the global head of commodities research since 2011.
*] has been the chief economist since 2018.
*] has been the global head of investment banking since 2018


=== Former === === Former ===
*] - was CEO from 1998 until October 1, 2003. He was also one of the 25 people that Time magazine blamed for the financial crisis<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877329,00.html|title=25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis - TIME|date=2009-02-11|work=Time|access-date=2020-03-21|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>. *] was CEO from 1998 until October 1, 2003. He was also one of the 25 people that '']'' magazine blamed for the financial crisis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350_1877329,00.html|title=25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis |date=February 11, 2009|magazine=Time|access-date=March 21, 2020|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>
* ] – was Co-Head of Domestic Fixed Income and supervisor of worldwide sales for fixed-income and equity products.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |title=The Four Who Make It Happen |url=https://cfi.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Mercury-Team-Profile.pdf |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=cfi.co}}</ref>{{When|date=December 2023}}
*] - was CEO from 2003 to November 2007. P<nowiki/>rince was famously quoted as saying Citigroup was "still dancing" just as the financial crisis hit<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/80e2987a-2e50-11dc-821c-0000779fd2ac|title=Subscribe to read {{!}} Financial Times|website=www.ft.com|access-date=2020-03-21}}</ref>.
*] – was an advisor and from 1999 till 2009 served as a board member. Rubin received $126&nbsp;million compensation from Citigroup between 1999 and 2009.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Schwartz|first1=Nelson D.|last2=Dash|first2=Eric|date=April 27, 2008|title=Where Was the Wise Man?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/business/27rubin.html|access-date=June 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*] - was CEO from December 2007 to October 2012.
*] – was CEO from 2003 to November 2007. Prince was famously quoted as saying Citigroup was "still dancing" just as the financial crisis hit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/80e2987a-2e50-11dc-821c-0000779fd2ac |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/80e2987a-2e50-11dc-821c-0000779fd2ac |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Citigroup chief stays bullish on buy-outs |website=Financial Times|access-date=March 21, 2020|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*] - was chief economist from 2010 until 2018.
*] – was CEO from December 2007 to October 2012.
*] – was the chief economist from 2010 until 2018.
*Mark Carawan was chief compliance officer from 2012 until 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Citigroup chief compliance officer Mark Carawan retires|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/citigroup-chief-compliance-officer-mark-carawan-retires-12801676|access-date=June 6, 2020|website=CNA|language=en}}</ref>
*] – was CEO from October 2012 to February 2021.
*] – was Chief Administrative Officer from 2020 to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership Team – Karen Peetz {{!}} Citi |url=https://www.citigroup.com/citi/about/leaders/karen-peetz-bio.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.citigroup.com}}</ref><ref></ref>

== See also ==
* {{Portal inline|Banks}}
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==References== ==References==
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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Langley |first=Monica |author-link=Monica Langley |title=Tearing Down the Walls|isbn=0-7432-4726-4|year=2004|publisher=Free Press|location=New York|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780743247269}}
* Schull, Joseph, ''100 years of banking in Canada: a history of the Toronto-Dominion Bank''. by Joseph Schull; illustrated by Brad Smith. Vancouver: Copp Clark, c1958. ix, 222 p.; ill.; 24&nbsp;cm.
* Schull, Joseph, ''100 Years of Banking in Canada: A History of the Toronto-Dominion Bank''. Illustrated by Brad Smith. Vancouver: Copp Clark, {{circa|1958}}. ix, 222 p.; ill.; 24&nbsp;cm.
* {{cite book|title=Tearing Down the Walls|first=Monica|last=Langley|authorlink=Monica Langley|isbn=0-7432-4726-4|year=2004|publisher=Free Press|location=New York|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780743247269}}


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American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation "Citi" redirects here. For other uses, see Citi (disambiguation).

Citigroup Inc.
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The headquarters of Citigroup in Lower Manhattan
Company typePublic
Traded as
ISINUS1729674242
IndustryFinancial services
Predecessors
FoundedOctober 8, 1998; 26 years ago (1998-10-08)
Headquarters388 Greenwich Street
New York, NY 10013
U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease US$78.46 billion (2023)
Operating incomeDecrease US$12.91 billion (2023)
Net incomeDecrease US$9.228 billion (2023)
Total assetsDecrease US$2.412 trillion (2023)
Total equity Increase US$205.5 billion (2023)
OwnerBerkshire Hathaway (2.69%)
Number of employeesc. 239,000 (2023)
Subsidiaries List of subsidiaries
Capital ratioTier 1 15% (2023)
Websitecitigroup.com
Footnotes / references

Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company based in New York City. The company was formed in 1998 by the merger of Citicorp, the bank holding company for Citibank, and Travelers; Travelers was spun off from the company in 2002.

Citigroup is the third-largest banking institution in the United States by assets; alongside JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, it is one of the Big Four banking institutions of the United States. It is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board, and is commonly cited as being "too big to fail". It is one of the eight global investment banks in the Bulge Bracket. Citigroup is ranked 36th on the Fortune 500, and was ranked #24 in Forbes Global 2000 in 2023.

Citigroup operates with two major divisions: Institutional Clients Group (ICG), which offers investment banking and corporate banking services, as well as treasury and trade solutions (TTS) and securities services such as custodian banking; and Personal Banking and Wealth Management (PBWM), which includes Citibank, a retail bank, the third largest issuer of credit cards, as well as its wealth management business.

History

The Citigroup logo, 1999–present, used concurrently with a slight 2023 redesign
The Citigroup logo, 2007–2011

Citigroup was formed on October 8, 1998, following the merger of Citicorp, the bank holding company for Citibank, and Travelers to create the world's largest financial services organization.

Citicorp (1812–1985)

Citibank, (formerly City Bank of New York) was chartered by the State of New York on June 16, 1812, with $2 million (~$43.4 million in 2023) of capital. Serving a group of New York merchants, the bank opened for business on September 14 of that year, and Samuel Osgood was elected as the first President of the company. After the Panic of 1837, Moses Taylor acquired control of the company. The company's name was changed to The National City Bank of New York in 1865 after it converted its state charter into a federal charter and joined the new U.S. national banking system. After Taylor died in 1882, Percy Rivington Pyne I became president of the bank. He died nine years later and was replaced by James Stillman. The bank became the largest bank in New York City after the Panic of 1893 and the largest bank in the U.S. by 1895. It became the first contributor to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 1913, and the following year it inaugurated the first overseas branch of a U.S. bank in Buenos Aires, although the bank had been active in plantation economies, such as the Cuban sugar industry, since the mid-19th century. The purchase of U.S. overseas bank International Banking Corporation in 1918 helped it become the first American bank to surpass $1 billion in assets. During the United States occupation of Haiti and the bank's income from Haiti's loan debt related to the Haiti indemnity controversy, the bank earned some of its largest gains in the 1920s due to debt payments from Haiti, becoming the largest commercial bank in the world in 1929. As it grew, the bank became an innovator in financial services, becoming the first major U.S. bank to offer compound interest on savings (1921); unsecured personal loans (1928); customer checking accounts (1936) and the negotiable certificate of deposit (1961).

The bank merged with First National Bank of New York in 1955, becoming the First National City Bank of New York in 1955. The "New York" was dropped in 1962 on the 150th anniversary of the company's foundation. The company organically entered the leasing and credit card sectors, and its introduction of U.S. dollar-denominated certificates of deposit in London marked the first new negotiable instrument in the market since 1888. The bank introduced its First National City Charge Service credit card—popularly known as the "Everything card" and later to become MasterCard—in 1967. Also in 1967, First National City Bank was reorganized as a one-bank holding company, First National City Corporation, or "Citicorp" for short. The bank had been nicknamed "Citibank" since the 1860s when it began using this as an eight-letter wire code address.

In 1974, under the leadership of CEO Walter B. Wriston, First National City Corporation changed its formal name to "Citicorp", with First National City Bank being formally renamed Citibank in 1976. Shortly afterwards, the bank launched the Citicard, which pioneered the use of 24-hour ATMs. John S. Reed was elected CEO in 1984, and Citi became a founding member of the CHAPS clearing house in London. Under his leadership, the next 14 years would see Citibank become the largest bank in the United States and the largest issuer of credit cards and charge cards in the world, and expand its global reach to over 90 countries.

Travelers Group (1986–2007)

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The corporate logo of Travelers Inc. (1993–1998) prior to the merger with Citicorp

Travelers Group, at the time of the merger, was a diverse group of financial concerns that had been brought together under CEO Sandy Weill. Its roots came from Commercial Credit, a subsidiary of Control Data Corporation that was taken private by Weill in November 1986 after taking charge of the company earlier that year. Two years later, Weill mastered the buyout of Primerica Financial Services—a conglomerate that had already bought life insurance company A L Williams as well as brokerage firm Smith Barney. The new company took the Primerica name, and employed a "cross-selling" strategy such that each of the entities within the parent company aimed to sell each other's services. Its non-financial businesses were spun off.

In September 1992, Travelers Insurance, which had suffered from poor real estate investments and sustained significant losses in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, formed a strategic alliance with Primerica that would lead to its amalgamation into a single company in December 1993. With the acquisition, the group became Travelers Inc. Property & casualty and life & annuities underwriting capabilities were added to the business. Meanwhile, the distinctive Travelers red umbrella logo, which was also acquired in the deal, was applied to all the businesses within the newly named organization. During this period, Travelers acquired Shearson Lehman—a retail brokerage and asset management firm that was headed by Weill until 1985—and merged it with Smith Barney.

Ownership of Salomon Brothers (1997–2003)

In November 1997, Travelers Group (which had been renamed again in April 1995 when they merged with Aetna Property and Casualty, Inc.), acquired Salomon Brothers, a major bond dealer and bulge bracket investment bank, in a $9 billion (~$15.9 billion in 2023) transaction. This deal complemented Travelers/Smith Barney well as Salomon was focused on fixed-income and institutional clients, whereas Smith Barney was strong in equities and retail. Salomon Brothers absorbed Smith Barney into the new securities unit termed Salomon Smith Barney; a year later, the division incorporated Citicorp's former securities operations as well. The Salomon Smith Barney name was abandoned in October 2003 after a series of financial scandals that tarnished the bank's reputation.

Merger of Citicorp and Travelers (1998–2001)

On April 6, 1998, Citicorp and Travelers announced a merger. The deal would enable Travelers and Citicorp to access each other's customer base for the marketing of financial products.

In the transaction, Travelers Group acquired all Citicorp shares; existing shareholders of each company owned about half of the new firm. While the new company maintained Citicorp's "Citi" brand in its name, it adopted Travelers' distinctive "red umbrella" as the new corporate logo, which was used until 2007.

The chairmen of both parent companies, John S. Reed and Sandy Weill respectively, were announced as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of the new company, Citigroup, Inc., although the vast difference in management styles between the two immediately presented question marks over the wisdom of such a setup.

The remaining provisions of the Glass–Steagall Act—enacted following the Great Depression—forbade banks to merge with insurance underwriters, and meant Citigroup had between two and five years to divest any prohibited assets. Weill stated at the time of the merger that they believed "that over that time the legislation will change ... we have had enough discussions to believe this will not be a problem". Indeed, the passing of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in November 1999 vindicated Reed and Weill's views, opening the door to financial services conglomerates offering a mix of commercial banking, investment banking, insurance underwriting, and brokerage.

Joe J. Plumeri worked on the post-merger integration of the two companies and was appointed CEO of Citibank North America by Weill and Reed. He oversaw its network of 450 branches. J. Paul Newsome, an analyst with CIBC Oppenheimer, said: "He's not the spit-and-polish executive many people expected. He's rough on the edges. But Citibank knows the bank as an institution is in trouble—it can't get away anymore with passive selling—and Plumeri has all the passion to throw a glass of cold water on the bank." Plumeri boosted the unit's earnings from $108 million to $415 million in one year, an increase of nearly 300%. He unexpectedly retired from Citibank in January 2000.

In 2000, Citigroup acquired Associates First Capital Corporation for $31.1 billion in stock, which, until 1989, had been owned by Gulf+Western (now part of National Amusements), and later by Ford Motor Credit Company. The Associates was widely criticized for predatory lending practices and Citi eventually settled with the Federal Trade Commission by agreeing to pay $240 million to customers who had been victims of a variety of predatory practices, including "flipping" mortgages, "packing" mortgages with optional credit insurance, and deceptive marketing practices.

In 2001, Citigroup made additional acquisitions: European American Bank, in July, for $1.9 billion, and Banamex in August, for $12.5 billion.

Spin-off of Travelers (2002)

The current logo for Travelers Companies

The company spun off its Travelers Property and Casualty insurance underwriting business in 2002. The spin-off was prompted by the insurance unit's drag on Citigroup stock price because Travelers earnings were more seasonal and vulnerable to large disasters and events such as the September 11 attacks. It was also difficult to sell insurance directly to its customers since most customers were accustomed to purchasing insurance through a broker.

Travelers merged with The St. Paul Companies Inc. in 2004 forming The St. Paul Travelers Companies. Citigroup retained the life insurance and annuities underwriting businesses until it sold them to MetLife in 2005.

In spite of divesting Travelers Insurance, Citigroup retained Travelers' signature red umbrella logo as its own until February 2007, when Citigroup agreed to sell the logo back to St. Paul Travelers, which renamed itself Travelers Companies. Citigroup also decided to adopt the corporate brand "Citi" for itself and virtually all its subsidiaries, except Primerica and Banamex.

Subprime mortgage crisis (2007)

Heavy exposure to troubled mortgages in the form of collateralized debt obligation (CDOs), compounded by poor risk management, led Citigroup into trouble as the subprime mortgage crisis worsened in 2007. The company had used elaborate mathematical risk models which looked at mortgages in particular geographical areas, but never included the possibility of a national housing downturn or the prospect that millions of mortgage holders would default on their mortgages. Trading head Thomas Maheras was close friends with senior risk officer David Bushnell, which undermined risk oversight. As Treasury Secretary, Robert Rubin was said to be influential in lifting the Glass–Steagall Act that allowed Travelers and Citicorp to merge in 1998. Then on the board of directors of Citigroup, Rubin and Charles Prince were said to be influential in pushing the company towards MBS and CDOs in the subprime mortgage market.

Starting in June 2006, Senior Vice President Richard M. Bowen III, the chief underwriter of Citigroup's Consumer Lending Group, began warning the board of directors about the extreme risks being taken on by the mortgage operation that could potentially result in massive losses. The group bought and sold $90 billion of residential mortgages annually. Bowen's responsibility was essential to serve as the quality control supervisor ensuring the unit's creditworthiness. When Bowen first became a whistleblower in 2006, 60% of the mortgages were defective. The number of bad mortgages began increasing throughout 2007 and eventually exceeded 80% of the volume. Many of the mortgages were not only defective but were a result of mortgage fraud. Bowen attempted to rouse the board via weekly reports and other communications. On November 3, 2007, Bowen emailed Citigroup chairman Robert Rubin and the bank's chief financial officer, head auditor, and the chief risk management officer to again expose the risk and potential losses, claiming that the group's internal controls had broken down and requesting an outside investigation of his business unit. The subsequent investigation revealed that the Consumer Lending Group had suffered a breakdown of internal controls since 2005. Despite the findings of the investigation, Bowen's charges were ignored, even though withholding such information from shareholders violated the Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX), which he had pointed out. Citigroup CEO Charles Prince signed a certification that the bank was in compliance with SOX despite Bowen revealing this wasn't so. Citigroup eventually stripped Bowen of most of his responsibilities and informed him that his physical presence was no longer required at the bank. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission asked him to testify about Citigroup's role in the mortgage crisis, and he did so, appearing as one of the first witnesses before the Commission in April 2010.

As the crisis began to unfold, Citigroup announced on April 11, 2007, that it would eliminate 17,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, in a broad restructuring designed to cut costs and bolster its long underperforming stock. Even after securities and brokerage firm Bear Stearns ran into serious trouble in summer 2007, Citigroup decided the possibility of trouble with its CDOs was so tiny (less than 1/100 of 1%) that they excluded them from their risk analysis. With the crisis worsening, Citigroup announced on January 7, 2008, that it was considering cutting another 5 percent to 10 percent of its 327,000 member-workforce.

Failed takeover of Nikko Asset Management

In 2007, Citigroup acquired 61% of Nikko Asset Management for $7.7 billion to take majority control in what was then the largest foreign buyout ever of a Japanese company. Citigroup attempted to buy out the remaining shares of Nikko later that year at a cost of $4.6 billion to take full control of the company. Two years later, Citigroup sold its stake to Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, for $795 million as it retreated from Japan.

Collapse and US government intervention (2008)

By July 2008 Citigroup was described as struggling, and by November they were insolvent, despite their receipt of $25 billion (~$34.7 billion in 2023) in taxpayer-funded federal Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. On November 17, 2008, Citigroup announced plans for about 52,000 new job cuts, on top of 23,000 cuts already made during 2008 in a huge job cull resulting from four-quarters of consecutive losses and reports that it was unlikely to be in profit again before 2010. The same day on Wall Street markets responded, with shares falling and dropping the company's market capitalization to $6 billion, down from $300 billion two years prior. Eventually staff cuts totaled over 100,000 employees. Its stock market value dropped to $20.5 billion, down from $244 billion two years earlier. Shares of Citigroup common stock traded well below $1.00 on the New York Stock Exchange.

As a result, late in the evening on November 23, 2008, Citigroup and Federal regulators approved a plan to stabilize the company and forestall a further deterioration in the company's value. On November 24, 2008, the U.S. government announced a massive bailout for Citigroup designed to rescue the company from bankruptcy while giving the government a major say in its operations. A joint statement by the US Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced: "With these transactions, the U.S. government is taking the actions necessary to strengthen the financial system and protect U.S. taxpayers and the U.S. economy."

TARP funding

Citi received the largest amount of TARP funding, "a larger bailout than any other U.S. bank." The bailout called for the government to back about $306 billion in loans and securities and directly invest about $20 billion in the company. The Treasury provided $20 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds in addition to $25 billion given in October. The Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC agreed to cover 90% of the losses on Citigroup's $335 billion portfolio after Citigroup absorbed the first $29 billion in losses. The Treasury would assume the first $5 billion in losses; the FDIC would absorb the next $10 billion; then the Federal Reserve would assume the rest of the risk. The assets remained on Citigroup's balance sheet; the technical term for this arrangement is ring fencing.

In return, the bank gave the U.S. Treasury $27 billion of preferred shares and warrants to acquire common stock. The government obtained wide powers over banking operations. Citigroup agreed to try to modify mortgages, using standards set up by the FDIC after the collapse of IndyMac Bank, with the goal of keeping as many homeowners as possible in their houses. Executive salaries would be capped. As a condition of the federal assistance, Citigroup's dividend payment was reduced to $0.01 per share.

In a New York Times op-ed, Michael Lewis and David Einhorn described the November 2008 $306 billion (~$425 billion in 2023) guarantee as "an undisguised gift" without any real crisis motivating it.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the government aid provided to Citi in 2008/2009 was provided to prevent a worldwide chaos and panic by the potential collapse of its Global Transactions Services (now TTS) division. According to the article, former CEO Pandit said if Citigroup was allowed to unravel into bankruptcy, "100 governments around the world would be trying to figure out how to pay their employees".

According to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Citigroup paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to more than 1,038 of its employees after it had received its $45 billion (~$62.5 billion in 2023) TARP funds in late 2008. This included 738 employees each receiving $1 million in bonuses, 176 employees each receiving $2 million bonuses, 124 each receiving $3 million in bonuses, and 143 each receiving bonuses of $4 million to more than $10 million. As a result of the criticism and the U.S. Government's majority holding of Citigroup's common stock, compensation and bonuses were restricted from February 2009 until December 2010.

In 2009, Jane Fraser, the CEO of Citi Private Bank, stopped paying its bankers with a commission for selling investment products, in a move to bolster Citi Private Bank's reputation as an independent wealth management adviser, as opposed to a product pusher.

Creation of Citi Holdings (2009)

On January 16, 2009, Citigroup announced its intention to reorganize itself into two operating units: Citicorp for its retail and institutional client business, and Citi Holdings for its brokerage and asset management. Citigroup will continue to operate as a single company for the time being, but Citi Holdings managers will be tasked to "take advantage of value-enhancing disposition and combination opportunities as they emerge", and eventual spin-offs or mergers involving either operating unit were not ruled out. Citi Holdings consists of Citi businesses that Citi wants to sell and are not considered part of Citi's core businesses. The majority of its assets are U.S. mortgages. It was created in the wake of the financial crisis as part of Citi's restructuring plan. It consists of several business entities including remaining interests in local consumer lending such as OneMain Financial, divestitures such as Smith Barney, and a special asset pool. Citi Holdings represents $156 billion of GAAP assets, or ~8% of Citigroup; 59% represents North American mortgages, 18% operating businesses, 13% special asset pool, and 10% categorized as other. Operating businesses include OneMain Financial ($10B), PrimeRe ($7B), MSSB JV ($8B) and Spain / Greece retail ($4B), less associated loan loss reserves. While Citi Holdings is a mixed bag, its primary objective is to wind down some non-core businesses and reduce assets, and strategically "breaking even" in 2015.

On February 27, 2009, Citigroup announced that the U.S. government would take a 36% equity stake in the company by converting US$25 billion in emergency aid into common stock with a United States Treasury credit line of $45 billion to prevent the bankruptcy of the company. The government guaranteed losses on more than $300 billion of troubled assets and injected $20 billion immediately into the company. The salary of the CEO was set at $1 per year and the highest salary of employees was restricted to $500,000. Any compensation amount above $500,000 had to be paid with restricted stock that could not be sold by the employee until the emergency government aid was repaid in full. The U.S. government also gained control of half the seats in the board of directors, and the senior management was subjected to removal by the US government if there were poor performance. By December 2009, the U.S. government stake was reduced from a 36% stake to a 27% stake, after Citigroup sold $21 billion of common shares and equity in the largest single share sale in U.S. history, surpassing Bank of America's $19 billion share sale 1 month prior. By December 2010, Citigroup repaid the emergency aid in full and the U.S. government had made a $12 billion (~$16.4 billion in 2023) profit on its investment in the company. Government restrictions on pay and oversight of the senior management were removed after the U.S. government sold its remaining 27% stake in December 2010.

On June 1, 2009, it was announced that Citigroup would be removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average effective June 8, 2009, due to significant government ownership. Citigroup was replaced by Travelers Co.

Sale of Smith Barney (2009)

Smith Barney, Citi's global private wealth management unit, provided brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. With over 800 offices worldwide, Smith Barney held 9.6 million domestic client accounts, representing $1.562 trillion in client assets worldwide.

On January 13, 2009, Citi announced the merger of Smith Barney with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Citi received $2.7 billion and a 49% interest in the joint venture.

In June 2013, Citi sold its remaining 49% stake in Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management for $13.5 billion following an appraisal by Perella Weinberg.

Return to profitability, denationalization (2010)

In 2010, Citigroup achieved its first profitable year since 2007. It reported $10.6 billion in net profit, compared with a $1.6 billion loss in 2009. Late in 2010, the government sold its remaining stock holding in the company, yielding an overall net profit to taxpayers of $12 billion (~$16.4 billion in 2023). A special IRS tax exception given to Citi allowed the US Treasury to sell its shares at a profit, while it still owned Citigroup shares, which eventually netted $12 billion. According to Treasury spokeswoman Nayyera Haq, "This (IRS tax) rule was designed to stop corporate raiders from using loss corporations to evade taxes and was never intended to address the unprecedented situation where the government owned shares in banks. And it was certainly not written to prevent the government from selling its shares for a profit."

Expansion of retail banking operations (2011)

In 2011, Citi was the first bank to introduce digitized Smart Banking branches in Washington, D.C., New York, Tokyo and Busan (South Korea) while it continued renovating its entire branch network. New sales and service centers were also opened in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Citi Express modules, 24-hour service units, were introduced in Colombia. Citi opened additional branches in China, expanding its branch presence to 13 cities in China.

Expansion of credit card operations (2011)

Citi Branded Cards introduced several new products in 2011, including: Citi ThankYou, Citi Executive/AAdvantage and Citi Simplicity cards in the U.S. It also has Latin America partnership cards with Colombia-based airline Avianca and with Banamex and AeroMexico; and a merchant loyalty program in Europe. Citibank is also the first and currently the only international bank to be approved by Chinese regulators to issue credit cards under its own brand without cooperating with Chinese state-owned domestic banks.

Chinese investment banking joint venture (2012)

In 2012, the Global Markets division and Orient Securities formed Citi Orient Securities, a Shanghai-based equity and debt brokerage operating in the Chinese market. In January 2019, Citigroup announced that it sold its stake in the business to its Chinese partner.

Federal Reserve stress tests (2012–2016)

The company failed the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review stress tests in 2012 due to Citi's high capital return plan and its international loans, which were rated by the Fed to be at higher risk than its domestic American loans.

In 2013, Sanjiv Das was replaced as head of CitiMortgage with Jane Fraser, former head of Citi Private Bank.

The company failed the stress tests again in 2014, this time due to qualitative concerns.

However, it passed the stress tests in 2015 and in 2016.

In February 2016, the company was subject to a $1.1 billion fraud lawsuit filed by lender Rabobank and other investors as a result of the bankruptcy of Oceanografia SA, a Mexican oil services firm. The plaintiffs claimed that Citigroup conspired with Oceanografia to accept falsified work estimates. The courts found in favor of Citigroup.

In April 2016, Citigroup announced that it would eliminate its bad bank, Citi Holdings.

Spin-off of Napier Park Global Capital (2013)

Under the leadership of CEO Michael Corbat, Citi Capital Advisors (CCA), formerly Citi Alternative Investments, was a hedge fund that offered various investment strategies across multiple asset classes. To comply with the Volcker Rule, which limits bank ownership in hedge funds to no more than 3%, Citi spun off its hedge fund unit in 2013 and gave a majority of the company to its managers. The spin-off of CCA created Napier Park Global Capital, a $6.8 billion hedge fund with more than 100 employees in New York and London and managed by Jim O'Brien and Jonathan Dorfman.

Downsizing of consumer banking unit (2014)

In October 2014, Citigroup announced its exit from consumer banking in 11 markets, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Japan, Guam, the Czech Republic, Egypt, South Korea (consumer finance only), and Hungary.

2015 onwards

In May 2015, the bank announced the sale of its margin foreign exchange business, including CitiFX Pro and TradeStream, to FXCM and SAXO Bank of Denmark. Despite this deal, industry surveys pegged Citi as the biggest banking player in the forex market. The company's remaining foreign exchange sales & trading businesses continued operating in the wake of this deal under the leadership of James Bindler, who succeeded Jeff Feig as the firm's global head of foreign exchange in 2014.

In November 2015, Springleaf acquired OneMain Financial from Citigroup.

In February 2016, Citi sold its retail and commercial banking operations in Panama and Costa Rica to the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) for $360 million (~$448 million in 2023). The operations sold include 27 branches serving approximately 250,000 clients. Citi continues to offer corporate and institutional banking and wealth management in Panama and Costa Rica. On April 1, Citigroup became the exclusive issuer of Costco-branded credit cards. In April 2016, Citi was given regulatory approval for its "living will", its plans to shut down operations in the event of another financial crisis.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Citi provided support to cardholders including waiving late fees. It also announced that some lower paid employees would receive a one-off payment of US$1,000 to help them through the crisis. This was not just limited to the US. In Singapore where Citi had a large operation, low paid staff would receive S$1,200.

In August 2020, Citi mistakenly wired $900 million (~$1.04 billion in 2023) to the creditors of one of its clients, the American cosmetics corporation Revlon. Citi sued to get most of the money back but as of June 2022 had been unsuccessful. In October, the same year, Citigroup was fined $400 million by the US bank regulators as a result of their risk in control systems and was ordered to update their technology. The company will have four months to make a new plan and submit it to the Federal Reserve.

In November 2023, Citigroup began initiating layoffs as part of a corporate overhaul. The layoffs were part of a restructuring plan announced by CEO Jane Fraser, which includes the formation of five new divisions and the departure of several senior executives. The move was in response to Citigroup's stock performance and increased expenses. The full extent of the job cuts, referred to internally as "Project Bora Bora," were reported to involve a reduction of at least 10% or 20 000 of the workforce in several departments.

Combination of Markets and Securities Services (2019)

In 2019, Citi combined its Global Markets and Securities Services business into Markets & Securities Services, which includes broad trading and execution capabilities in addition to custody, clearing, financing and hedging services.

Shrinking of consumer banking unit (2021–2024)

In February 2021, Jane Fraser, became CEO of the company, the first female CEO of a Big Four bank.

In April 2021, Citi announced it would exit its consumer banking operations in 13 markets, including Australia, Bahrain, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. In January 2022, it was announced that UOB would purchase Citi's consumer banking business in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam for approximately $4.9bn. In August 2023, it was announced DBS Bank had acquired Citi's consumer banking business in Taiwan, Citi Consumer Taiwan, for a total consideration of $706m. Citi will continue to operate its consumer banking businesses in the US, Canada, Europe and in only 4 other markets: Hong Kong, Singapore, London and the UAE across the entire APAC and EMEA regions.

In January 2022, Citi further announced its plan to exit consumer banking in Mexico, as well as small-business and middle-market banking operations. On March 1, 2022, Citi disclosed an exposure of over $10bn in Russian assets, which may be materially affected by Russia's expulsion from the SWIFT banking system.

In September 2022, Citi was planning to shutter its retail bank business in the United Kingdom. In January 2024, Citi announced that it would be cutting 20,000 jobs from the company. In June 2024, at its biennial Investor Day, Jane focused the conversation on Citi's Securities Services business, the most profitable of its five business units.

In October 2024, it was reported that the company would move significant portions of its financial infrastructure to Google Cloud.

In December 2024, Citigroup along with Bank of America announced that they are exiting the  Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).

Involvement in controlling the sale of guns

In 2018, The New York Times reported about Citi's actions, under the direction of CEO Michael Corbat, to intervene in the matter of gun control. In particular, their credit card policies were set to restrict the sale of guns below age 21.

Offices

Citigroup EMEA headquarters at the Citigroup Centre (London), Canary Wharf, London
Citigroup Centre (Sydney)

New York City

The company operates offices in the following buildings:

Citigroup EMEA

Citigroup Centre, Canary Wharf, London

Citibank Vietnam

Main article: Citibank Vietnam

Citibank first opened a branch in Vietnam prior to 1975. In 1993, Citi returned to Vietnam and established a representative office in Hanoi. Citi established the first fully operational U.S. bank branch in Hanoi in 1994. Following the branch opening in Ho Chi Minh City in 1998, Citi established its retail banking franchise in Vietnam in 2009.

Naming rights to Citi Field

Citigroup owns the naming rights to Citi Field, the home ballpark of the New York Mets Major League Baseball team, via a $400 million (~$552 million in 2023), 20-year deal that commenced with the stadium opening in 2009.

Sioux Falls

Citibank moved its credit card operations to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1981 after that state eliminated caps on interest rates.

Regulatory action, lawsuits, and arbitration

In 2004, Japanese regulators took action against Citibank Japan loaning to a customer involved in stock manipulation. The regulator suspended bank activities in one branch and three offices and restricted their consumer banking division. In 2009, Japanese regulators again took action against Citibank Japan, because the bank had not set up an effective money laundering monitoring system. The regulators suspended sales operations within Citibank's retail banking for a month.

On March 23, 2005, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the former name of the American self-regulatory organization for broker-dealers, now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FInRA) announced total fines of $21.25 million against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., American Express Financial Advisors and Chase Investment Services regarding suitability and supervisory violations of their mutual fund sales practices between January 2002 and July 2003. The case against Citigroup involved recommendations and sales of Class B and Class C shares of mutual funds.

On June 6, 2007, FInRA announced more than $15 million (~$21.2 million in 2023) in fines and restitution against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., to settle charges related to misleading documents and inadequate disclosure in retirement seminars and meetings for BellSouth Corp. employees in North Carolina and South Carolina. FInRA found that Citigroup did not properly supervise a team of brokers located in Charlotte, N.C., who used misleading sales materials during dozens of seminars and meetings for hundreds of BellSouth employees.

In July 2010, Citigroup agreed to pay $75 million (~$102 million in 2023) to settle civil charges that it misled investors over potential losses from high-risk mortgages. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said that Citigroup had made misleading statements about the company's exposure to subprime mortgages. In 2007, Citigroup indicated that its exposure was less than $13 billion, when in fact it was over $50 billion.

In April 2011, an arbitration panel ordered Citigroup Inc to pay $54.1 million for losses from municipal securities funds that cratered between 2007 and 2008.

In August 2012, Citigroup agreed to pay almost $25 million (~$32.8 million in 2023) to settle an investor lawsuit alleging the bank misled investors about the nature of mortgage-backed securities. The lawsuit was on behalf of investors who purchased certificates in one of two mortgage-backed securities trusts from Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc in 2007.

In February 2012, Citigroup agreed to pay $158.3 million (~$208 million in 2023) to settle claims that it falsely certified the quality of loans issued by its CitiMortgage unit over a period of more than six years, so that they would qualify for insurance from the Federal Housing Administration. The lawsuit was initially brought by Sherry Hunt, a CitiMortgage employee.

On February 9, 2012, it was announced that the five largest mortgage servicers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo) agreed to a historic settlement with the federal government and 49 states. The settlement, known as the National Mortgage Settlement (NMS), required the servicers to provide about $26 billion in relief to distressed homeowners and in-direct payments to the states and the federal government. This settlement amount makes the NMS the second largest civil settlement in U.S. history, only trailing the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The five banks were also required to comply with 305 new mortgage servicing standards. Oklahoma held out and agreed to settle with the banks separately.

In 2014, Citigroup agreed to pay $7 billion (~$8.87 billion in 2023) to resolve claims it misled investors about shoddy mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the financial crisis. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said "The bank's misconduct was egregious. ... As a result of their assurances that toxic financial products were sound, Citigroup was able to expand its market share and increase profits" and that "the settlement did not absolve the bank or its employees from facing criminal charges."

In July 2015, Citigroup was fined $70 million by the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and ordered to pay $700 million to customers. Citigroup had conducted illegal practices in marketing add-on products for credit cards, including credit monitoring, debt-protection products and wallet-protection services.

In January 2017, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. was fined $25 million (~$30.6 million in 2023) by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for order spoofing in U.S. Treasury futures markets, i.e., placing orders that were intended to be canceled before execution, and for failing to diligently supervise its employees with regard to spoofing.

Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing bankruptcies

On October 22, 2001, Citigroup was sued for violating federal securities laws by misrepresenting Citigroup's Enron-related exposure in its 2001 Annual Report and elsewhere, and failing to disclose the true extent of Citigroup's legal liability arising out of its 'structured finance' deals with Enron. In 2003, Citigroup paid $145 million (~$230 million in 2023) in fines and penalties to settle claims by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Manhattan district attorney's office.

In 2004, Citigroup paid $2.65 billion pre-tax, or $1.64 billion after-tax, to settle a lawsuit concerning its role in selling stocks and bonds for WorldCom, the second largest telecommunications company in the world, which collapsed after an accounting scandal.

On February 5, 2002, Citigroup was sued for violating federal securities laws and misleading investors by issuing false information about Global Crossing's revenues and financial performance. In 2005, Citigroup paid $75 million (~$112 million in 2023) to settle the lawsuit. Citigroup was accused of issuing exaggerated research reports and not disclosing conflicts of interest.

In 2005, Citigroup paid $2 billion (~$3 billion in 2023) to settle a lawsuit filed by investors in Enron. In 2008, Citi also agreed to pay $1.66 billion (~$2.31 billion in 2023) to Enron creditors.

On November 8, 2007, Citigroup was sued for financial misrepresentations and omissions of what amounted to more than two years of income and an entire line of business. In 2012, the company paid $590 million (~$774 million in 2023) to settle the case.

Senior leadership

  • Chairman: John Dugan (since January 2019)
  • chief executive officer: Jane Fraser (since March 2021)
  • chief financial officer: Mark Mason (since February 2019)

List of former chairmen

This list only contains chairmen since the formation of Citigroup in 1998; for a full list of chairmen including Citigroup's predecessors, please see List of chairmen of Citigroup.

  1. John Reed and Sandy Weill (1998–2000)
  2. Sandy Weill (2000–2006)
  3. Charles Prince (2006–2007)
  4. Sir Win Bischoff (2007–2009)
  5. Dick Parsons (2009–2012)
  6. Michael O'Neill (2012–2019)

List of former chief executives

This list only contains chief executives since the formation of Citigroup in 1998.

  1. Sandy Weill (1998–2003)
  2. Charles Prince (2003–2007)
  3. Vikram Pandit (2007–2012)
  4. Michael Corbat (2012–2021)

Financial data

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Revenue 80.077 86.327 77.300 51.599 80.285 85.749 77.261 69.190 76.419 76.882 77.277 70.797 72.444 72.854 75.067 75.501 71.884 75.338 78.462
Net income 24.589 21.538 3.617 (27.684) (1.606) 10.602 11.215 7.541 13.673 7.313 17.242 14.912 (6.798) 18.045 19.401 11.047 21.952 14.845 9.228
Assets 1,494 1,884 2,187 1,938 1,856 1,914 1,874 1,865 1,880 1,843 1,823 1,809 1,875 1,917 1,951 2,260 2,291 2,416 2,412
Headcount 296 327 375 323 265 260 266 259 251 241 231 219 209 204 210 210 223 240 239

Note: Financial data in billions of US dollars and employee data in thousands. The data is sourced from the company's SEC Form 10-K from 2005 to 2023.

Ownership

Citigroup is mainly owned by institutional investors, who own around 30% of shares. The 11 largest shareholders of Citigroup in December 2023 were:

Criticism

Criminal cartel charges in Australia

On June 1, 2018, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) announced that criminal cartel charges were expected to be laid by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) against ANZ Bank, its Group Treasurer Rick Moscati, along with Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and a number of individuals.

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Conflicts of interest on investment research

In December 2002, Citigroup paid fines totaling $400 million (~$648 million in 2023), to states and the federal government as part of a settlement involving charges that ten banks, including Citigroup, deceived investors with biased research. The total settlement with the ten banks was $1.4 billion. The settlement required that the banks separate investment banking from research, and ban any allocation of IPO shares.

Citigroup proprietary government bond trading scandal of 2004

Citigroup was criticized for disrupting the European bond market by rapidly selling €11 billion worth of bonds on August 2, 2004, on the MTS Group trading platform, driving down the price and then buying it back at cheaper prices.

Plutonomy report

A leaked 2005 plutonomy report prepared by Citi global strategists for its investor clients documented the imbalance of wealth between the top 1% and the bottom 60% of Anglo-American (viz. United States, United Kingdom, and Canada) households. Six drivers and other economic measurements, such as income and savings rates were also studied and included, in what was described as "an ongoing technological revolution; capitalist-friendly governments and tax regimes" both powered by and consumed by the wealthy; the middle class was not its focus.

2001–2009

Terra Securities scandal

In November 2007, it became public that Citigroup was heavily involved in the Terra Securities scandal.

Allegations of theft from customer accounts

In August 2008, Citigroup agreed to pay nearly $18 million in refunds and fines to settle accusations by California Attorney General Jerry Brown that it wrongly took funds from the accounts of credit card customers. Citigroup paid $14 million of restitution to roughly 53,000 customers nationwide. A three-year investigation found that Citigroup from 1992 to 2003 used an improper computerized "sweep" feature to move positive balances from card accounts into the bank's general fund, without telling cardholders. Brown said that Citigroup "knowingly stole from its customers, mostly poor people and the recently deceased when it designed and implemented the sweeps ... When a whistleblower uncovered the scam and brought it to his superiors , they buried the information and continued the illegal practice."

2010–2019

Shareholder rejection of executive compensation plan

At Citi's 2012 annual shareholders' meeting on April 17, Citi's executive compensation package was rejected, with approximately 55% of the votes being against approval. One of the largest and most activist of the shareholders voting no, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, stated Citi "has not anchored rewards to performance".

Accusations of futures market manipulation

In January 2017, bank regulators fined Citigroup $25 million on account of five traders from the bank having manipulated U.S. Treasury futures more than 2,500 times between July 2011 and December 2012. Citigroup was criticized for failing to adequately supervise its traders and for not having systems in place to detect spoofing, which involves entering fake orders designed to fool others into thinking prices are poised to rise or fall.

Alleged money laundering by Raul Salinas

In 1998, the General Accounting Office issued a report critical of Citibank's handling of funds received from Raul Salinas de Gortari, brother of Carlos Salinas, the former president of Mexico. The report, titled "Raul Salinas, Citibank and Alleged Money Laundering", indicated that Citibank facilitated the transfer of millions of dollars through complex financial transactions that hid the funds' paper trail. The report indicated that Citibank took on Salinas as a client without making a thorough inquiry as to how he made his fortune, an omission that a Citibank official called a violation of the bank's "know your customer" policy.

2020s

Failure to establish effective risk management

In 2020, Citigroup agreed to pay $400 million (~$464 million in 2023) to federal regulators over long-standing concerns regarding Citigroup's failure to establish effective risk management. The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said that Citi had engaged in "unsafe and unsound banking practices." According to them, Citi had failed to correct problems that had been known for years.

The bank has also been accused of failing to control the flow of dark money through its accounts. In 2017, prosecutors claimed drug smugglers were using Citigroup's Banamex USA unit to sneak dirty money into the United States from Mexico. The company agreed to pay more than $97 million to settle the allegations. In 2018, the O.C.C again indicted Citi for shortcomings in its anti-money laundering policies, Citi was required to pay $70M (~$83.7 million in 2023).

In June 2024, agents from the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, citing recent investigations into the Sinaloa Cartel, said money launderers continually found ways to take advantage of Citibank's lax controls and oversight policies.

Anti-Armenian discrimination

In 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Citigroup to pay $24.5 million in fines and $1.4 million in restitution to Armenian Americans, alleging that the bank had illegally discriminated against members of the ethnic group and had unjustly denied them credit cards for which they had applied in a period beginning in 2015 and ending in 2021. According to the CFPB, Citigroup employees used the presence of -ian or -yan in applicant surnames as an indicator that a customer should undergo enhanced screening processes, while also deciding to avoid making mention of this screening method in emails. (The suffixes -ian and -yan are frequently found in Armenian surnames.)

Communications

Lobbying

Between 1998 and 2014, Citigroup spent nearly $100 million lobbying the federal government. As of 2008, Citigroup was the 16th largest political campaign contributor in the US, out of all organizations, according to OpenSecrets. From 1989 to 2006, members of the firm donated over $23,033,490, 49% of which went to Democrats and 51% of which went to Republicans. Matthew Vadum, a senior editor at the conservative Capital Research Center, acknowledged these figures, but pointed out that Citigroup had been "a longtime donor to left-wing pressure groups", and referred to a Capital Research Center Foundation Watch 2006 study of Fortune 100 foundation giving, where Citigroup's foundation gave "20 times more money to groups on the left than to groups on the right" during the tax year 2003.

View of the Madrid office. Citi has had a presence in Spain for more than a century, and serves as the headquarters of Southern Europe.

In 2014 Citigroup's PAC contributed $804,000 (~$1.02 million in 2023) to campaigns of various members of Congress, i.e. 162 members of the House, including 72 Democrats, where donations averaged about $5,000 per candidate. Of the 57 Democrats supporting the 2015 Spending bill, 34 had received campaign cash from Citigroup's PAC at some point since 2010. Citigroup's 2014 donations favored Republicans only slightly. The bank's PAC had been nearly as generous to Democrats as Republicans – $30,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (the maximum) and $10,000 to the 'New Democrat Coalition', a group of moderate Democrats most of whom voted for the 2015 spending package. Citibank's PAC made donations to both the campaigns and the leadership PACs of many top Democrats who voted for the 2015 spending bill, including Steny Hoyer (Md.) House Democratic Whip and Representatives Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida.).

Public and governmental relations

In 2009, former chairman Richard Parsons hired long-time Washington, D.C. lobbyist Richard F. Hohlt to advise him and the company about relations with the U.S. government, though not to lobby for the company. While some speculated anonymously that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would have been a particular focus of Hohlt's attention, Hohlt said he'd had no contact with the government insurance corporation. Some former regulators found room to criticize Hohlt's involvement with Citigroup, because of his earlier involvement with the financial services industry during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Hohlt responded that though mistakes were made in the earlier episode he'd never been investigated by any government agency and his experience gave him a reason to be back in the "operating room" as parties address the more recent crisis.

In 2010, the company named Edward Skyler, formerly in New York City government and at Bloomberg L.P., to its senior public and governmental relations position. Before Skyler was named and before he began his job search, the company reportedly held discussions with three other individuals to fill the position: NY Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's "political guru ... spearheaded ... his short-lived flirtation with a presidential run ..., who will soon leave City Hall for a position at the mayor's company, Bloomberg L.P. ... After Mr. Bloomberg's improbable victory in the 2001 mayor's race, both Mr. Skyler and Mr. Sheekey followed him from his company to City Hall. Since then, they have been a part of an enormously influential coterie of advisers"; Howard Wolfson, the former communications director for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and Mr. Bloomberg's re-election bid; and Gary Ginsberg, now at Time Warner and formerly at News Corporation.

On March 21, 2018, it was announced that Citigroup changed its policy to forbid its business customers from performing certain firearm-related transactions. The policy doesn't affect clients who offer credit cards backed by Citigroup or borrow money, use banking services, or raise capital through the company.

Notable staff

Current

  • Jane Fraser is a Scottish-American banking executive. She was appointed CEO in March 2021 and was formerly president of Citi, and chief executive officer, Global Consumer Banking. Educated at Girton College, Cambridge, and Harvard Business School, she was a partner at McKinsey & Company for 10 years before joining Citigroup in 2004. She has been promoted numerous times and acceded to four CEO posts, the latest being CEO of Citigroup Latin America in April 2015. She was included on Fortune's "Most Powerful Women in Business" list in 2014, 2015 and 2021, and has been called the "Number 1 Woman to Watch" for two consecutive years by American Banker.
  • Mark Mason is an American business executive, serving since 2019 as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Citigroup.
  • Edward Skyler is an American politician and businessperson. He was deputy mayor for operations for New York City, the youngest deputy mayor in New York City's history. In 2010, he was named executive vice president, Global Public Affairs at Citigroup.
  • Edward L. Morse has been the global head of commodities research since 2011.
  • Catherine L. Mann has been the chief economist since 2018.
  • Manuel Falcó has been the global head of investment banking since 2018

Former

  • Sanford I. Weill – was CEO from 1998 until October 1, 2003. He was also one of the 25 people that Time magazine blamed for the financial crisis.
  • Michael G. Ricciardi – was Co-Head of Domestic Fixed Income and supervisor of worldwide sales for fixed-income and equity products.
  • Robert Rubin – was an advisor and from 1999 till 2009 served as a board member. Rubin received $126 million compensation from Citigroup between 1999 and 2009.
  • Charles Prince – was CEO from 2003 to November 2007. Prince was famously quoted as saying Citigroup was "still dancing" just as the financial crisis hit.
  • Vikram Pandit – was CEO from December 2007 to October 2012.
  • Willem Buiter – was the chief economist from 2010 until 2018.
  • Mark Carawan was chief compliance officer from 2012 until 2020.
  • Michael Corbat – was CEO from October 2012 to February 2021.
  • Karen Peetz – was Chief Administrative Officer from 2020 to 2023.

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