Citibank: The Confia Acquisition in Mexico Situation Analysis Citibank is looking to expand their reach within the banking world. They had an opportunity to acquire Confia a Mexican bank. Many Mexican banks are having problems due to the lack of money and resources the Mexican people have to invest in the banks. Citibank does much research while deciding whether to follow through with the deal. At the very end of the purchasing process an undiscovered threat is exposed to Citibank that Confia
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CITIBANK CASE 1. Citibank should maximize profits in developed countries where there are very large populations with potential customers. The economy in Asia-pacific countries is not as developed as the United States and Europe. Citibank has the opportunity cost of maximizing profits in the United States and Europe for risking the card launch in Asia and not getting results from that. 2. If Citibank decides to launch the new card to Asia-Pacific countries‚ they should go ahead and launch
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Case 6: CitiBank 1. On a social standpoint‚ CitiBank is faced with more of their customers expanding their businesses globally and becoming e-enabled. Hence‚ CitiBank had to adapt to this new social trend by shifting to e-space. For instance‚ sophisticated‚ corporate customers wanted to collect payments online and have access to more efficient Web-enabled financial processes. Politically‚ regulators who became more cautious about privacy issues and wanted banks to be able to quickly identify
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Policy and Purpose The purpose of the GTCC is to serve as the primary payment method for DoD personnel for official travel expenses incurred during TDYs and also allows access to the GSA City Pair Program. Military personnel who violate and misuse the travel card can be prosecuted under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) for failure to obey a lawful order or regulations‚ as well as any other applicable article of the UCMJ based on the nature of the misconduct involved. Civilian
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October 04‚ 2010 Citibank: Performance Evaluation In 1996‚ Citibank was an emergent banking institution attempting to increase its market share in the competitive Los Angeles area. In order to do so‚ the bank’s strategy was to focus slightly less on their financial growth‚ and much more on providing “a high level of service to its customers”. Management viewed this paradigm shift as “critical to the long term success of the franchise”. To implement these changes‚ a new Citibank employee performance
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The opening of Citibank Express Service in the departure side of the airports will provide great convenience for Citibank customers (especially business customers and holiday makers). Citibank Express Service which features new product promotions and an online banking facility will offer high accessibility and convenience to Citibank customers when they are at the airports waiting to board their flights. Citibank Express Service will serve better existing customers‚ attract
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1. Analysis of Budget Process at Citibank Direction and control of Citibank’s international branches are conducted via two formal management processes. Each year‚ top management sets sovereign risk limits for its independent branches based on proposals by country managers. Country managers may choose to operate with self-imposed limits below this upper guideline. Following‚ there is the budget setting process‚ where headquarters only provides administrative guidelines but not specific targets‚ with
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Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific 45-720 Marketing Management Marc Brands Masatoshi Kaneko Oscar Lehmann Shu Yagi Juan Zatarain January 23‚ 2003 Executive Summary We recommend in the first phase to expand the credit card business into India‚ the Philippines‚ Taiwan and Thailand. These are fairly stable untapped markets. Our strategy is to focus generally on the high status groups in these markets. The cards should be issued in the local
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Case 1: Citibank Indonesia 1. Citibank’s budgeting process is based on a bottom-up method. It is not compromised of specific goals to be attained by individual operating units‚ but is composed for the corporation as a whole. Citibank was aiming for long-term goals‚ which call for profit growth of 12-15% per year‚ 1.25% return on assets‚ and 20% return on equity. These standards are set for the entire company‚ and individual sectors‚ such as international branches‚ usually set their own higher goals
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Harvard Business School 9-198-048 Rev. October 14‚ 1999 Citibank: Performance Evaluation Frits Seegers‚ President of Citibank California‚ was meeting with his management team to review the performance evaluation and bonus decisions for the California branch managers. James McGaran’s performance evaluation was next. Frits felt uneasy about this one. McGaran was manager of the most important branch in the Los Angeles area‚ and his financials were impressive. A year ago he would have
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