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July 2011 Archives

In the FT: Buiter and Rahbari on the debt ceiling impasse.
July29, 2011 By Citi
The FT Alphaville blog referenced the view of Citi economists Willem Buiter and Ebrahim Rahbari on the potential consequences of a...
A new coalition of organizations to support credit-building through financial coaching and access.
July29, 2011 By Bob Annibale, Citi
Empowering individuals to establish or re-establish good credit is a key part of asset building and achieving financial inclusion. In...
Citibank debuts App for iPad®.
July28, 2011 By Tracey Weber, Head of Internet and Mobile Banking, North America Consumer Banking
I'm excited to report that Citi has launched its first-ever consumer banking app designed specifically for iPad®, an engaging, visually...
Dodd-Frank Act mandates free credit scores for prospective borrowers.
July28, 2011 By John P. Carey, Chief Administrative Officer, North America Consumer Banking
Starting this month, changes to federal law require that lenders disclose to consumers certain information, including the credit score used...
Raising the 2012 Citi Team USA Flag.
July27, 2011 By Citi
Today, we are celebrating a special milestone on the Olympic calendar. In exactly one year, the London 2012 Olympic Games...
Raising capital for Delaware energy efficiency initiative.
July25, 2011 By Citi
The Bond Buyer covered Citi's role as sole underwriter in the sale of Sustainable Energy Utility Inc.'s energy efficiency revenue...
Index vs. active funds.
July25, 2011 By Jonathan Clements, Director of Financial Education, Citi Personal Wealth Management
Investing aficionados love to debate the relative merits of index funds, which simply seek to replicate the performance of a...
Parsing our investor poll.
July22, 2011 By Tobias Levkovich, Chief US Equity Strategist
It is always interesting to look at investor survey work since it tends to provide some quantitative backdrop to the...
The CFPB proposes simplified mortgage forms.
July22, 2011 By John P. Carey, Chief Administrative Officer, North America Consumer Banking
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which launched this week, has received a great deal of Congressional, consumer and media...
In the FT: Citi's view on the market for water.
July21, 2011 By Citi
The FT Alphaville blog covered a new note from Citi on expectations for massive expansion of investment in the water...
How Citi helps leverage expertise to benefit the "next billion."
July21, 2011 By Scott Anderson, Managing editor, NextBillion.net
At NextBillion, we are focused broadly on development through enterprise, and specifically on ways to help the "next billion" people...
The Dodd-Frank Act and you: What you need to know to navigate the world of financial reform.
July21, 2011 By John P. Carey, Chief Administrative Officer, North America Consumer Banking
The financial services industry has entered an era of significant change, driven in part by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform...
Emerging market earnings: Holding up well.
July19, 2011 By Geoffrey Dennis, Global Emerging Markets Strategist, Citi
One background concern of emerging market (EM) investors in the first half of 2011 has been that the combination of...
Season three for Citi Field Kids.
July19, 2011 By Anu Ahluwalia, Citi
Citi's Wes Moore   Now halfway through its third season, Citi Field Kids is an educational and motivational community-based...
On the Women & Co. blog: "Who Do You Admire?"
July19, 2011 By Citi
Women & Co.'s newest blogger, Regina Skirvin, considers who she admires most as an exercise to help navigate her professional...
Small businesses, big choices.
July18, 2011 By Jonathan Clements, Director of Financial Education, Citi Personal Wealth Management
If you own a small business, you might have started it as a sole proprietorship. That certainly keeps things simple:...
Driving sustainability gains.
July15, 2011 By John Killey, Global Head of Building Operations, Citi Realty Services
We began measuring the environmental impact of Citi facilities and publicly released our first carbon footprint reduction goal in 2006....
Citi releases second quarter 2011 earnings.
July15, 2011 By Citi
Earlier this morning, Citi released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2011. Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach discusses...
Kindergarten to College: Save steady, dream huge.
July14, 2011 By Leigh Phillips, Manager, Office of Financial Empowerment, Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector, City and County of San Francisco
Savings has a significantly positive effect on children and families -- research has shown that a child with a college...
Wieting previews second-quarter earnings season.
July13, 2011 By Citi
Steven Wieting, Citi's managing director of economic and market analysis, spoke to Bloomberg TV about the outlook for second quarter...
Grabbing an umbrella.
July11, 2011 By Jonathan Clements, Director of Financial Education, Citi Personal Wealth Management
Perhaps the most important part of an auto or homeowner's insurance policy is the liability coverage, which protects you against...
"Out" for business.
July 8, 2011 By Justin Nelson, President and Co-founder, National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)-owned small business community--comprising an estimated 1.4 million enterprises in the United States--has an...
Our Euromoney Awards.
July 7, 2011 By Vikram Pandit, CEO
I'm extremely proud of Citi's performance in the latest round of Awards for Excellence bestowed by Euromoney magazine. All told,...
Morse interview covers commodities landscape.
July 7, 2011
In an appearance on Bloomberg TV, Ed Morse, Citi's Global Head of Commodities Research, discussed a range of issues affecting...
Orszag: "Why we care about price of water in China."
July 7, 2011 By Citi
In an opinion essay for Bloomberg View, Citi Vice Chairman Peter Orszag looks at the global consequences of mispriced water...
Citi sponsors shopkick mobile technology to drive foot traffic to local stores.
July 6, 2011 By Citi
Citi has again joined forces with mobile app developer shopkick, this time to sponsor the wider rollout of the shopkick...
Donating IRA distributions.
July 5, 2011 By Jonathan Clements, Director of Financial Education, Citi Personal Wealth Management
If you're age 70½ or older, you are expected to take a required minimum distribution, or RMD, from your traditional...
Soft patch solace.
July 1, 2011 By Tobias Levkovich, Chief US Equity Strategist, Citi
The investment community always seems to struggle with understanding the American consumer and often appears deeply influenced by a misperception...
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