{"id":122060,"date":"2021-04-20T23:18:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T23:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=122060"},"modified":"2021-04-20T23:18:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T23:18:36","slug":"citigroup-ceo-jane-fraser-says-of-moves-to-shrink-retail-banking-footprint-we-want-to-be-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/citigroup-ceo-jane-fraser-says-of-moves-to-shrink-retail-banking-footprint-we-want-to-be-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser says of moves to shrink retail banking footprint: \u2018We want to be a winner\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>One of the biggest priorities for Fraser, who took over for predecessor Michael Corbat in February, is to bring New York-based Citigroup&#x27;s returns closer to those of peers including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.<\/li>\n<li>&quot;We want to close the return gap with our peers, and to do that you take a candid assessment of which of the businesses that you&#x27;re going to be in a position to succeed in winning, and which ones are perhaps in better hands with another bank,&quot; Fraser told CNBC.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this article<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>C<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Citigroup\u00a0CEO Jane Fraser said she decided to exit the bank&#x27;s retail operations in 13 countries outside the U.S. to improve returns.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest priorities for Fraser, who took over for predecessor Michael Corbat in February, is to bring New York-based Citigroup&#x27;s returns closer to those of peers including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As we look at the businesses over a decade ahead, we want to be a winner,&quot; Fraser told CNBC&#x27;s Wilfred Frost on &quot;Closing Bell&quot; in her first televised interview since officially starting as CEO.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We want to close the return gap with our peers,&quot; Fraser said. &quot;To do that you take a candid assessment of which of the businesses that you&#x27;re going to be in a position to succeed in winning, and which ones are perhaps in better hands with another bank.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Citi said it was exiting retail banking in 13 countries outside the U.S. to focus more on wealth management, one of the first big strategic moves made by Fraser. The lender also reported first-quarter results that exceeded analysts&#x27; estimates for profit with strong investment banking revenue and a bigger-than-expected release of loan-loss reserves.<\/p>\n<p>There are clear areas of opportunity for Citigroup, the third-largest U.S. bank by assets behind JPMorgan and Bank of America, the CEO said.<\/p>\n<p>The bank is &quot;doubling down&quot; in areas including its global institutional banking business and wealth management in Asia and the U.S., she said.<\/p>\n<p>And Fraser isn&#x27;t done with her strategic review that could see more business divestitures, she said: There is &quot;more to come, for sure&quot; in terms of announcements, she said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Become a smarter investor with\u00a0<strong>CNBC Pro<\/strong>.\u00a0<br \/>Get stock picks, analyst calls, exclusive interviews and access to CNBC TV.\u00a0<br \/>Sign up to start a\u00a0<strong>free trial today<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/04\/20\/citigroup-ceo-jane-fraser-says-of-moves-to-shrink-retail-banking-footprint-we-want-to-be-a-winner-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest priorities for Fraser,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":122059,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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