US banking giant Citigroup has today reported a rise in its third quarter profit. Citigroup, which is the third largest bank in the US by assets, said third quarter profit came in at $3.77 billion, or $1.23 a share, compared with $2.17 billion, or 72 cents a share, in the same quarter a year earlier. [...]
US banking giant Citigroup reported a 24% rise in second quarter profits as losses were reduced from bad loans. The bank, which is in the third largest in the US, reported net income of $3.34 billion (£2.07 billion) in the three month period to the end of June. The results beat market forecasts and represented [...]
US banking giant Citigroup has today announced first quarter net earnings fell to $3 billion (£1.8 billion), down 32% compared with the same period a year ago. According to the bank, the drop was attributed to a fall in revenues – which were 22% lower, at $19.7 billion, with the firm’s investment bank hardest hit. [...]
US banking giant Goldman Sachs has today reported a $2.39 billion (£1.49 billion) profit for the fourth quarter, 53% lower compared with a year ago. However, the figures were roughly in line with expectations but shares still fell 3.1% to $169.22 in pre-market trading. The fourth quarter figures come at the end of a difficult [...]
US banking giant Citigroup has today reported a $1.3 billion (£811 million) profit for the fourth quarter of 2010, against a loss of $7.6 billion loss a year earlier. Meanwhile, revenue surged to $18.4 billion, from $5.4 billion in the same period a year ago but were 11% lower compared with the third quarter. However, [...]
The US Treasury has disposed of its remaining stake in Citigroup – bringing a net profit to taxpayers of $12 billion (£7.6 billion). The banking giant, which was badly hit during the financial crisis, was the recipient of a $45 billion cash bailout in 2008 and 2009, with the funds coming from the Troubled Asset [...]
Bank of America, which the US’ largest bank, has today unveiled a net loss of $7.3 billion, or 77 cents per share, compared with a loss of $2.2 billion, or 26 cents per share, a year earlier. The banking giant said it had a one-off impairment charge of $10.4 billion for the July to September [...]
Banking giant Goldman Sachs today reported a fall in third quarter profits to $1.9 billion, or $2.98 per share, compared with $3.19 billion, or $5.25 per share, a year earlier. However, despite the fall, the results still beat expectations of $2.32 per share. The New York-based financial institution said net revenues for the quarter was [...]
US banking giant Citigroup has today revealed a third quarter profit of $2.2 billion (£1.4 billion) – beating market forecasts and compares with $101 million in the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, provisions for bad loans fell to $5.9 billion for the July to September period compared with $6.7 billion in the second quarter [...]
There is speculation that internet bank Egg is to be put up for sale by Wall Street banking giant, Citigroup. According to Sky News, the bank will be looking for around £500 million for its internet banking arm and will launch a formal process next month. Today, a spokesperson for Citigroup said: “We do not [...]
Shares in US banking giants, Bank of America (BoA) and Citigroup, fell on Friday after both banks reported their second quarter profits. Firstly, Bank of America said net income fell to $3.1 billion in the second quarter from $3.2 billion in the same period a year earlier, while revenue was down 11% to $29.15 billion [...]
Eight Wall Street banks are facing an investigation following allegations that they provided misleading information to several ratings agencies in order to gain a better rating for mortgage securities. New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, has launched the investigation and the banks under scrutiny are Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS AG, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche [...]
Citigroup has pledged $1 million in grants to local microfinance groups across Haiti. The money will be distributed via three microfinance providers, and will help to rebuild the country’s microfinance industry, The industry, together with the rest of the country, was devastated by the January earthquake in Leogane. SOGESOL, Fonkoze and FINCA Haiti will use [...]
Last month, the US Treasury Department announced plans to sell its 27% stake in Citigroup this year, in what will be one of the largest stock sales ever. Today, the Department said it had authorised the first sale of up to 1.5 billion shares – the equivalent of around 20% of the 7.7 billion shares [...]
The US Treasury Department has today announced it is selling its 27% stake in Citigroup this year, in what will be one of the largest stock sales ever. According to the department, around 7.7 billion shares in the bailed-out bank will be sold in stages. The stock is currently worth around $33 billion (£22 billion) [...]
Citigroup, which is the third largest US bank, has today posted a loss for the fourth quarter of 2009, as a result of the repayment of Government loans. The bank said it repaid $20 billion to the US Government during the 2009 year. The Wall Street banking giant said losses totalled $7.6 billion (£4.7 billion) [...]
After the $700 billion (£430 billion) bailout of the banking industry, US President Barack Obama has now asked banks to do their part and increase lending to small and medium-size businesses. A meeting yesterday with executives from Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup, among others, came a day after Mr Obama said he had [...]
There has been mixed news today across the Atlantic after banking giant Goldman Sachs exceeded analysts expectations while Citigroup posted a quarterly loss. Goldman Sachs said net earnings for the third quarter were $3.19 billion (£1.96 billion), compared with $845 million in the same period a year ago (prior to the collapse of Lehman Brothers). [...]
Citigroup and Bank of America have surprised analysts by reporting better than expected second-quarter results. Results from both banks have followed hot on the heels of strong results from fellow US Banking giants, JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs. Citigroup posted a $4.3 billion second quarter profit due to gains on its Smith Barney deal. However, [...]
There are suggestions that the financial turmoil is still in full swing after US banking giants, Citigroup and Bank of America, have been instructed to raise billions of dollars of extra capital to cover future losses, according to the Wall Street Journal. The findings were uncovered following US Government stress tests on both banks, carried [...]
Gender directive could slash men’s annuity payouts
The EU Gender Directive, which came into force today, could see men losing up to £10,000 from their annuity payouts, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Under the new rules insurers are no longer allowed to take gender into account when setting annuity rates and premiums on insurance products. Men previously enjoyed higher annuity rates than [...]
Home rental costs down in November
The cost of renting a house in England and Wales fell by 0.4 per cent in November, its first dip since March, according to a survey by LSL Property Services. Average rent was £741m during the month, returning to the level seen in September. However, it was 3.4 per higher than in November last year. [...]
Lloyds TSB halts sale of packaged accounts in branches
Lloyds TSB will stop selling packaged account in its branches from 1 January 2013, until its sales procedures are brought into line with those operated by sister bank The Halifax. Lloyds TSB is one of the main providers of packaged accounts in Britain, with around one in three of its customers choosing to pay fees [...]
Housing market recovery to continue next year
Recent improvements in the housing market should continue into next year, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) Gross lending is estimated to have increased to £12.9 billion in November, helped by the Funding for Lending scheme which provides banks and building societies with lower-cost funding, which they are then supposed to pass on [...]
Newcastle Building Society exits interest-only mortgages
Newcastle Building Society has stopped offering interest-only mortgages to new borrowers, following the lead of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Nationwide, Co-operative bank and Coventry Building Society. The decision will not affect existing Newcastle customers and applications for interest-only mortgages received before 14 December will still be processed. Prior to the credit crunch, interest-only mortgages [...]
Less than half of Brits considered creditworthy
Fifty-seven per cent of UK adults are at risk of having an application for credit turned down by a mainstream lender according to a new report. The ‘Mind the Credit Gap‘ report commissioned by aqua credit cards suggests that even people with a good credit rating and earning more than £50,000 could have a credit [...]
Monthly incomes £22 lower in 2012
The average monthly income of UK households fell by £22 in real terms compared with last year, according to a survey carried out for the Bank of England (BoE) by NMG Consulting. People on lower incomes have seen their income eroded more than higher earners and households still have high levels of debt the BoE [...]
Savers dig deep to fund Christmas
New research from the Halifax suggests that savers are funding their Christmas spending with money set aside for other purposes. Thirty-seven per cent of 2,138 savers surveyed by the bank at the end of November had withdrawn savings in the last three months. The average amount withdrawn was £1,186, more than double the average savings [...]
Financial data at risk from unsafe passwords
According to a survey by the Payments Council the problem of having to remember a different password for several accounts means that many internet users are compromising the security of their financial data. Internet users have 22 password-protected accounts on average and many use the same log-in details for more than one account, even though [...]
Wonga launches Paylater loans on retailer website
Payday loan company Wonga has launched a new Paylater service on furniture firm Cotswold Company’s website. The service, which allows customers to “buy now, pay later” will be introduced on other retailers’ sites in the near future. Although the Paylater branding is similar to Wonga’s, the Wonga name only appears in the small print. A [...]
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