Citigroup
The headquarters of Citigroup in Lower Manhattan | |
| Type | Public company |
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| DJIA component (until 2009) | |
| ISIN | US1729674242 |
| Industry | Financial services |
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| Founded | October 8, 1998 |
| Headquarters | 388 Greenwich Street New York City, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | |
| AUM | US$2.8 trillion (2026) |
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Number of employees | c. 229,000 (2024) |
| Subsidiaries | List of subsidiaries
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| Capital ratio | Tier 1 15.3% (2024) |
| Website | citigroup |
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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 called "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.The company has assets under management of around US$2,8T.
Citigroup operates across five core businesses: Banking & International, which provides investment banking, corporate banking, and commercial banking services; Markets, which provides sales and trading services; Services (formerly known as Treasury and Trade Solutions, or TTS), which provides cash management, payments, trade finance, liquidity management, securities services, and custody banking to corporations, financial institutions, and public-sector clients; Wealth, which comprises Citi's wealth management and retail banking businesses and includes Citibank; and U.S. Consumer Cards, which is the third-largest issuer of credit cards in the United States.