Tagged: citi

July 21, 2023 @ 3:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has launched its Trade and Working Capital eLoans solution for its U.S. CCB clients. The solution is designed to help clients “meet their current and projected working capital needs through loan advances via Citi’s easy to use and secure eLoans platform.” The… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 2:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced the launch of a new platform, CitiDirect Commercial Banking, specifically to address the needs of Citi Commercial Bank (CCB) clients. This is part of Citi’s significant strategic investment plan “to meet the growing global needs of these clients by delivering… Read More

June 18, 2023 @ 6:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) and Pismo, the next-gen banking and payments software company, jointly announced their relationship in which Citi will use Pismo’s technology platform to help strengthen Citi’s corporate demand deposit accounts (DDA), to clients worldwide. Citi TTS continues “to migrate its… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 10:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FIA Tech, which claims to be a leading futures industry technology provider, announced that it raised an additional $25.4 million in a funding round “led by six existing shareholders, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo, in addition to BNP… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 3:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unlimited, a new investment firm that gives all investors exposure to the alpha-generating potential of alternative investment strategies without the high fees and adverse tax implications of typical fund structures, announced that it has “raised $8 million in Series A financing led by FirstMark and… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Built Technologies, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing construction and real estate software providers in the U.S., has announced a strategic investment from Citi through its SPRINT program. Citi SPRINT (Spread Products Investment Technologies), the strategic investing arm of Citi’s Global Spread Products… Read More

April 9, 2023 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi (NYSE: C) has announced the launch of a new sustainable time deposit solution designed to assist U.S. institutional clients when investing excess cash while supporting their sustainability goals. Citi’s new Sustainable Time Deposit (TD) will “deliver competitive yields and supports projects identified under Citi’s… Read More

March 13, 2023 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Homegrown financial services company Singlife has appointed Citi and BlackRock Aladdin to “provide it with a comprehensive technology platform to unify and transform its asset management capabilities across its front, middle and back-office offering.” Citi and BlackRock Aladdin previously “entered into an alliance to leverage… Read More

March 2, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Citi (NYSE: C) are collaborating to introduce the Bridge built by Citi platform (Bridge) to Walmart’s 10,000 small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in their US-based supplier network. Bridge is “a digital platform that connects SMBs with a diverse group of more… Read More

February 24, 2023 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CitiFX has consolidated its portfolio of eFX trading platforms for corporate and professional investor clients. Velocity 3.0, the new single dealer is “an operating system that delivers CitiFX Pulse, Citi Velocity Trading, Citi Velocity Research and CitiFX Click.” The platform “rebuilds CitiFX’s client user interface… Read More

January 23, 2023 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

In a move that should come as no surprise – except for the delay in moving forward on the strategy – the big banks that helped to found Zelle are creating their own digital wall, according to a report. The seven banks, including Citi, Bank… Read More

December 19, 2022 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Acin, the global operational risk control data network, announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of banks, “comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group.” The investment round was also “supported by existing investors… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wildfire Systems Inc., a Fintech platform that powers white-label reward programs and shopping companions, announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Citi Ventures. The funding will “support Wildfire’s technological innovation and continued ability to deploy new features that will drive rewarding online shopping… Read More

October 26, 2022 @ 8:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spring by Citi, Citi’s (NYSE: C) digital payments service enabling eCommerce and B2B funds flows launched in the U.S. in 2020, has now been fully “integrated with Citi Present and Pay, Citi’s electronic bill presentment platform.” The combined solution “offers comprehensive digital payment acceptance and… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 10:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions announced its intent to launch “24/7 Clearing” as a service to its financial institution clients, “beginning with 24/7 USD Clearing in Q4 2022.” This new service is “designed to enable Citi’s clients to make USD payments across Citi’s 1,500 financial… Read More

October 8, 2022 @ 8:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wall Street and Silicon Valley are coming together “to build digital asset management solutions focused on connecting institutional investors to the crypto ecosystem.” Earlier this year, former HSBC trader Ashutosh Goel and former Meta Asia executive Supreet Kaur paired up to build xalts, an investment… Read More

September 20, 2022 @ 5:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was previously announced the House Financial Services Committee will be holding a hearing tomorrow (September 21st) entitled “Holding Megabanks Accountable: Oversight of America’s Largest Consumer Facing Banks.”  The largest banks in the US will each have CEOs participating in the hearing, including: Jamie Dimon,… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Citi Ventures has become the latest major company to invest in Mexico City’s open finance API platform Belvo. Citi Ventures has reportedly joined Visa as an investor in Belvo, which finalized a $43 million Series A investment round back in June 2021. The investment also… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Global, the low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets organizations, announced $20 million in new investments from Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Citi. These strategic investments “follow the firm’s $200 million Series C funding announced in February.” Stephen Murphy, CEO of Genesis,… Read More

July 15, 2022 @ 8:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Illuminate Financial, the “thesis-driven” venture capital investor dedicated to early-stage FinTech and enterprise software companies, recently announced a strategic relationship with Citi (NYSE: C). Citi joins existing investors Jefferies, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Börse Group and S&P Global “as a limited partner in Illuminate Financial’s venture… Read More