Citi Is Bowing Out Of 11 Markets Around The World
Until they're sold off, the businesses will be piled in with the rest of the toxic assets Citi keeps in Citi Holdings. That's all the nasty stuff the bank has been trying to get rid of since the financial crisis.
Here's the relevant section of Citigroup's release:
Strategic Actions: Global Consumer Banking
Citigroup today announced strategic actions to accelerate the transformation of Global Consumer Banking (GCB) by focusing on those markets where it has the greatest scale and growth potential. As a result, Citigroup intends to exit its consumer businesses in 11 markets. The new consumer banking footprint will serve nearly 57 million clients in 24 markets that capture over 95% of GCB's existing revenue base, while further simplifying its operations and improving its performance.
Citigroup today announced strategic actions to accelerate the transformation of Global Consumer Banking (GCB) by focusing on those markets where it has the greatest scale and growth potential. As a result, Citigroup intends to exit its consumer businesses in 11 markets. The new consumer banking footprint will serve nearly 57 million clients in 24 markets that capture over 95% of GCB's existing revenue base, while further simplifying its operations and improving its performance.
The affected businesses include the
consumer franchises in Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador,
Guam, Guatemala, Hungary, Japan, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru, as well as
the consumer finance business in Korea. Active sales processes are
underway for the majority of the businesses, and subject to market
conditions and regulatory and other approvals, the strategic actions are
currently expected to be substantially completed by year-end 2015. The
businesses will be reported as part of Citi Holdings as of the first
quarter 2015 to provide greater transparency with respect to the
performance of the ongoing operations reported in GCB. Citigroup's
Institutional Clients Group (ICG) will continue to serve clients in
these markets.
"I am committed to simplifying our
company and allocating our finite resources to where we can generate the
best returns for our shareholders. While we have made progress
optimizing these 11 consumer markets, we believe our Global Consumer
Bank will achieve stronger performance by focusing on the countries
where our scale and network provide a competitive advantage," Mr. Corbat
concluded.
Manuel Medina-Mora, Citi Co-President and
CEO of GCB, said: "Today's actions are the next step in the execution
of our strategy to build an urban-based, globally integrated consumer
bank. Since 2009, the Global Consumer Bank has become more streamlined,
efficient and profitable. Focusing our presence in 100 cities across
both the U.S. and top emerging markets where we have the greatest scale
and growth potential positions us to win."
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