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Citigroup

Banking & financial services · United States

Citigroup is a global bank for companies, governments and wealthy clients: it moves money across borders, trades in markets and holds client assets, with a U.S. credit card business at home.

What makes it different

It keeps $31 trillion of client assets in safekeeping.

$31.4TAssets under custody and administrationFY2025

Holding and administering assets for institutions earns steady fees beside Citi’s lending and trading.

How big it is

How big is Citigroup?

$85.2BRevenueFY2025
$2.66TTotal assets2025
226,000Direct staff2025
How it makes money FY2025

Institutions bring most of the revenue.

  • Markets27%$22.0B
  • Services26%$21.3B
  • U.S. Personal Banking26%$21.0B
  • Wealth11%$8.6B
  • Banking10%$8.2B
How the business works

Serve institutions that cross borders.

  1. 1Cross-border payments and cash
  2. 2Markets for institutions
  3. 3Cards to U.S. households

Companies’ payments and deposits flow through Citi, which gives it steady fees and cheap funding.

Who owns it
  • The Vanguard Group, Inc.8.7%
  • BlackRock, Inc.6.9%

CEO: Jane Fraser

Who it competes with
Key moments
  1. 1812City Bank is founded in New York
  2. 1902International Banking Corporation pioneers Asian trade finance
  3. 1914Big push into Latin America
  4. 1961Negotiable certificates of deposit
  5. 1977Focus shifts to retail banking
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Citigroup's own reports.

Full profile

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What Citigroup tracks24 metrics
U.S. dollar clearing volume
New Branded Cards accounts
U.S. Retail Banking branches
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from2 regions
North America
International
The full timeline16 moments
1955
2020
2025
Citigroup vs JPMorgan Chaseside by side
Revenue
Profit
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