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Citigroup CEO Sees ‘Surprisingly Resilient’ Global Consumer Spending
Earnings // October 15, 2024

Citigroup’s earnings Tuesday (Oct. 15) echo the sentiment of other banks that have reported in the past few days: Investment banking and trading revenues were up. And consumers remain resilient — though in the words of CEO Jane Fraser on the conference call with analysts,...

CE 100 Index Gains 1.7% as JPMorgan Leads Banks Higher
Connected Economy // October 14, 2024

Earnings season is here — as always, led by the banks, and the banks led the CE 100 Index 1.7% higher through the past week. As a group, the banks were up 4.4%, and only two pillars, including the “Live” and “Have Fun” segments, showed...

Citi Debuts Token Services for Cash Cross-Border Payments Tool
Cross-border Payments // October 10, 2024

Citi says its Token Services for Cash program has gone live after a pilot phase. The new commercial solution, announced Thursday (Oct. 10), processes multimillion-dollar transactions and offers clients “24/7, always-on” cross-border liquidity and payments between participating Citi branches.  The tool was created with a...

3 Things to Know as Private Credit Heads Toward a $2 Trillion Industry
Loans // October 02, 2024

The private credit market is booming — and has the potential to reshape lending, and risk, too, in financial services. Generally and conceptually speaking, the private lending market, estimated by the International Monetary Fund to top $2 trillion at present, offers a capital “lifeline” of...

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Visa, Amex and Mastercard Push CE 100 Index Up 0.8% on ‘Resilient’ Spending

October 21, 2024
If there’s been a consistent theme thus far during earnings season, it’s that consumer spending has proven to be resilient across any number of demographics. And as a result, for the CE 100 Index, banking and payments-related names (which, of course, rely on transaction volumes and the aforementioned consumer resilience), where Visa and Mastercard led […]

CE 100 Index Gains 1.7% as JPMorgan Leads Banks Higher

October 14, 2024
Earnings season is here — as always, led by the banks, and the banks led the CE 100 Index 1.7% higher through the past week. As a group, the banks...

3 Things to Know as Private Credit Heads Toward a $2 Trillion Industry

October 02, 2024
The private credit market is booming — and has the potential to reshape lending, and risk, too, in financial services. Generally and conceptually speaking, the private lending market, estimated by...

CE 100 Index Gains 1.3% as Big Banks Post Earnings

July 15, 2024
Earnings season is in full swing, as big banks – specifically, JPMorgan and Citigroup – helped sway the fortunes of the CE 100 Index. The Index was up 1.3% for...

Quick Reads
Citi Debuts Token Services for Cash Cross-Border Payments Tool

October 10, 2024
Citi says its Token Services for Cash program has gone live after a pilot phase. The new commercial solution, announced Thursday (Oct. 10), processes multimillion-dollar transactions and offers clients “24/7, always-on” cross-border liquidity and payments between participating Citi branches.  The tool was created with a private and permissioned blockchain that is solely owned and managed […]

Fed Terminates Decade-Old Money Laundering Enforcement Action vs Citigroup

October 01, 2024
The Federal Reserve has terminated a decade-old enforcement action against Citigroup that focused on deficiencies tied to the banking giant’s anti-money laundering (AML) practices. On Oct. 1, the central bank...

Citi Hits Snag With China Plans as Regulators Flag Data Issue

September 23, 2024
Citi’s plan to expand in China has reportedly hit a regulatory bump in America. The trouble stems from a penalty levied by the Federal Reserve against the banking giant over its data management...

Report: American Airlines Considering Making Citigroup Sole Credit Card Partner

September 20, 2024
American Airlines is reportedly considering consolidating its business with a single credit card partner, potentially by making Citigroup its exclusive partner and dropping Barclays. The airline’s talks with banks and...