Clients Vote for Citibank as the Best Cash Management Bank in Central and Eastern Europe in Euromoney's 2011 Survey

Citibank's Treasury and Trade Solutions business has been named the top-rated Cash Management Bank globally and in Central and Eastern Europe  in Euromoney's annual cash management survey.

Citi also took top honors  in  service satisfaction rankings in areas like Overall Client Service, Technical Support and Guidance, Quality of Electronic Banking Security, Access to All Applicable Clearing Systems and Innovative Payment/ Collection Methods.

"Every day, our teams around the globe partner with our clients to help ensure that the solutions we deliver are relevant and help them achieve their objectives in an ever-changing business environment," said Naveed Sultan, Global Head of Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions. "The Euromoney survey provides our clients an opportunity to tell us how we're delivering against this promise of being strategically relevant to their business priorities and operating models and I'd like to thank them for once again voting Citi #1."

"We, at Citibank Romania are honored to have received such a high  regional and global recognition from our clients in this year's Euromoney cash management poll. We highly value our relationships with our clients and their votes of confidence in us, so we remain committed to delivering excellence in everything we do,” said  Sebastian Kucharek, Global Transactions Services Head for Citibank Romania. 

Corporates Results:

Citi ranked #1 in the following five regions covered in the poll: Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, North America, Latin America, and Western Europe.

Citi was also voted Lead Domestic Cash Management Bank in 13 countries: Algeria, Argentina, Cote d'Ivoire, Czech Republic, Gabon, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Slovakia and Spain.

Financial Institution Results:

Clients also cast their votes to make Citi top-ranking regional winners in the following categories:

• Best USD Bank in Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America 
• Best EURO Bank in Africa 
• Best STERLING Bank in Africa 

Global Transaction Services, a division of Citi's Institutional Clients Group, offers integrated cash management, trade, and securities and fund services to multinational corporations, financial institutions and public sector organizations around the world. With a network that spans more than 100 countries, Citi's Global Transaction Services supports over 65,000 clients. As of the third quarter of 2011, it held on average $365 billion in liability balances and $12.5 trillion in assets under custody.

Further information on the awards and methodology of the survey is available on www.euromoney.com.