Citigroup joined rivals including UBS Group in touting its flexible work policies as a tool that will offer a competitive edge in recruiting and retaining top staff.

Eight months after its debut, more than 10,000 customers have signed up for the service, which allows transgender and nonbinary consumers to use their chosen name.

It’s a short stroll from Goldman Sachs Group’s global headquarters to Citigroup Inc.’s, but when it comes to reopening after the pandemic, the two Manhattan towers might as well be thousands of miles apart.

With the Colonial Pipeline attack still in the news, bank CEOs testifying at a recent hearing cited cyber risk as the biggest threat facing the industry. But members of Congress did not share those concerns, and instead were more focused on criticizing banks about overdraft fees and their level of investment in minority communities.

The bank has its eye on younger cardholders who are ready to spend more heavily now that pandemic restrictions have eased.

The bank is shortening the time for deposit availability in the hope of serving use cases like gig economy workers and disaster relief.

The efforts to bolster risk controls and simplify global operations will ultimately lead to better shareholder returns, Jane Fraser said, while urging investors to show patience.

Will McLane is expected to help the London-based bank develop strategic initiatives, look for acquisition opportunities and form technology partnerships, a person familiar with the matter said.

Vanessa Colella taught earth science and biology to middle schoolers through Teach for America before becoming Citigroup's new chief innovation officer. Her experience in the classroom still sticks with her today.

Citi Retail Services has renewed its longtime card-issuing relationship with Tennessee-based Tractor Supply Co., which saw record sales during the pandemic as consumers expanded their backyard menageries.

Texas moved closer to enacting a law that would ban government work with Wall Street banks whose policies restrict the firearms industry, marking a pushback from Republicans in the gun-friendly state against corporations taking sides in America’s political fights.

Citigroup has started an early intake program in Asia to boost the hiring of women in its investment banking and markets businesses.

Citigroup Chief Executive Jane Fraser said she’s “very bullish” on the immediate outlook for the U.S. economy, and the banking giant is still planning to add more branches around the country.

National Australia Bank and Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, the country’s third- and fourth-largest lenders by value, are in talks with Citigroup over the assets, according to people familiar with the matter.

Bank of America and Citigroup, the top two underwriters in the $3.9 trillion municipal bond market, are at risk of getting shut out of Texas because of a push by Republican state lawmakers to punish the banks for their restrictive gun policies.

Citigroup said a full review conducted after the lender mistakenly sent $900 million to a group of investment firms concluded the bank didn’t need to claw back any pay from executives.

Citigroup could fetch as much as $6 billion from the sale of retail banking assets in 13 markets across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East as the lender forges ahead with plans to fine-tune its global branch network, people familiar with the plan said.

Morgan Stanley was also among 43 banks worldwide to sign on as initial members of the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Convened by the United Nations, the group has pledged to help clients in carbon-intensive industries — including transportation, mining and agriculture — reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.

It is the largest global treasury bank so far to implement Mastercard’s direct debit service.

The New York-based Citigroup is pushing ahead to set up new investment banking and trading operations in China after announcing it would be exiting retail banking in the world’s second-largest economy.