Citigroup Inc. (C)
Citigroup: Next Level Up
Citigroup's stock has finally participated in the big bank rally, but the company still struggles to generate growth. Regulators are expected to slash plans for higher capital requirements, allowing for more share repurchases to reward shareholders. Citigroup has excess capital of $13 billion and has already started repurchasing shares, with $2.4 billion spent on buybacks over the past year.
Citigroup: Bold Turnaround Efforts Paying Off, Strong EPS Growth Expected
Citigroup has outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 25 percentage points since late last year as positive sentiment surrounds the once-boring big bank stock. The company is undergoing cost-cutting initiatives and seeking better capital market opportunities under CEO Jane Fraser, which appear to be paying off given 20%+ EPS growth expected next year. I assert that the stock is undervalued with a high dividend yield, and earnings growth and shareholder-friendly activities could support further bullish price action.
Citi asks 600 staffers to return to office full-time as Wall Street reinstates pre-pandemic rules
New rules will make it hard for Wall Street banks to allow offsite work for roles such as trading.
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Citi Isn't the Only One With a Fat Finger Problem
Being rushed, typos and confusing ticker symbols are among the reasons small investors cite when they've bought the wrong stock.
Ex-Citi banker says she was fired for refusing to give false data to regulator
A former managing director at Citigroup sued the bank and its chief operating officer on Wednesday, alleging she was fired for opposing what she said were attempts to give regulators false information.
Citigroup fined $79M by UK regulators over ‘fat-finger' failures that caused sudden fall in stocks
The bank's London unit had a series of failings that "crystallized into trading incidents," the most striking of which was a mistaken $444 billion order in May 2022.
Citi fined $78 million after a European trader's fat-finger trade caused a flash crash in stocks
A trading mistake at Citigroup in 2022 has led to a $78 million fine against the bank. The "fat-finger" trade caused a brief flash crash in European stocks in May 2022.
A Citi trader intending to sell $58 million of shares ended up selling $1.4 billion. Now the bank has been fined.
Trading incidents including one where Citigroup executed $1.4 billion of sell orders when intending to sell $58 million of shares led British regulators on Tuesday to fine the bank over trading controls.
Citigroup counting £61.6m cost of fat finger error
Citigroup is counting the cost of a fat-finger trade that led to a flash crash in European stocks after being fined £61.6 million by the UK regulators. The American bank's systems were poorly designed and ultimately ineffective as chaos was unleashed after a London-based Citi trader moved to sell a huge basket of equities in error on May 2, 2022.
Citigroup counting £61.6m cost of fat finger error
Citigroup is counting the cost of a fat-finger trade that led to a flash crash in European stocks after being fined £61.6 million by the UK regulators. The American bank's systems were poorly designed and ultimately ineffective as chaos was unleashed after a London-based Citi trader moved to sell a huge basket of equities in error on May 2, 2022.
UK watchdogs fine Citi trading arm £60m after trader's fat finger error
Citigroup Inc's (NYSE:C) Global Markets arm (CGML) has been fined over £60 million by City of London regulators after its slow reaction to a mistake by one of its traders led to US$1.4 billion of equities "being sold in European markets when they should not have been" and a sharp drop in some European market indices. The Financial Conduct Authority said its fine of £40 million, reduced to just under £28 million due to early payment, was for "failures in systems and controls" over the actions of a CGML trader in May 2022.
