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Citi’s Global Transactions Services Launches Innovative Web-Based Regional Supply Chain Finance Solution

Citi today announced the launch of a new web-based supply chain platform for 14 countries in Latin America. This builds on Citi’s global supply chain offerings which have been recognized as best of class by Global Finance Magazine in its awards of “Best Global Supply Chain Finance Provider as well as “Best in Latin America and North America”. The fourteen countries include Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, and Trinidad.

Citi’s pioneer Supply Chain Finance Vision is a web-based platform for discounting, tracking and reporting receivables and facilitates communication between buyers and sellers. Supply Chain Finance Vision is a complementary solution to Citi’® Supplier Finance and the overall suite of supply chain finance solutions that Citi offers.

The system features multi-location, multi-lingual, and multi-currency functionality, and can link directly to companies’ ERP systems to automate file processing and reduce input errors. It provides strong benefits for buyers and suppliers, offering to suppliers an attractive tool to accelerate the liquidity of receivables at competitive rates with no need to increase their debt. It will allow buyers to better manage days payables outstanding (DPO) and suppliers the ability to manage their Days Sales Outstanding (DSO). Today, Citi in Latin America works with over 120 buyers and 4,000 suppliers to accelerate their working capital strategies.

Citi’s working capital and supply chain management solutions allow companies to manage risks and optimize cash flows, thereby improving financial flexibility, increasing supply chain liquidity, and reducing trade-flow risk.

"We are committed to delivering innovative and specialized solutions in supply chain and working capital management to our clients,” said Francisco Aristeguieta, Global Transaction Services Latin America and Mexico Region Head. “Far more than a means of low-cost financing, our unique and recently launched regional web-based supply chain finance solutions offer tremendous value during any economic cycle.”

With a market-leading network spanning the globe, Citi provides in-country trade and supplier financing expertise in 80 countries. More than 2,000 dedicated trade professionals, plus 1,500 relationship management and sales staff, serve more than 15,000 trade customers. Citi’s trade experts and six regional processing centers offer around-the-clock operations support and deliver world-class solutions to suppliers, buyers and financial institutions.

“Regulatory changes and tightening credit continue to challenge economies around the world, keeping supply chain finance and working capital management as a focal point for companies of all sizes,” said John Ahearn, Global Head of Trade in Citi’s Global Transaction Services unit. “Citi is proud to be able to offer this solution to our clients in Latin America and across the globe.”

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, Citigroup’s Global Transaction Services supports over 65,000 clients. As of the second quarter of 2011, it held on average $365 billion in liability balances and $13.5 trillion in assets under custody.

About Citi.

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

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Contacts:

Citi Latin America:
Anthony Ingham, 1 305-347-1400
anthony.ingham@citi.com
or
Toronto:
Nina Das, 917-297-9040
Nina.das@citi.com
or
New York:
Eileen Carey, 212-816-1401

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