Investment Banking

Citi continues pivot to wealthy clients as Fraser quits another consumer banking business

Strategic shift sees bank pull out of Banamex, but keep investment banking in place in Mexico

Citigroup will exit its Mexico consumer banking business, the latest strategic shift by chief executive Jane Fraser.

The bank said 11 January it would exit consumer, small-business and middle-market banking in Mexico, a business best known as Banamex. Citigroup said the change was part of its continuing “strategic refresh.”

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