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Citi Begins Rollout of Integrated Digital Bill Discounting Solution
Accounts Receivable // October 28, 2024

Citi has launched an integrated digital bill discounting solution that it said helps users monetize receivables in less than an hour. The new Citi Digital Bill (CDB) is now available to Citi clients in the U.S., the U.K. and Ireland, the bank said in a...

Citi Turns to Google Cloud to Update AI and Digital Strategy
Digital Banking // October 28, 2024

Citi has teamed with Google to use artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology to bolster its digital strategy. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 28), is designed to use Google Cloud’s expertise to upgrade the banking giant’s infrastructure. “Citi is on a mission to modernize our...

Digital Upstarts Set Sights on Impacting Trade Finance
Supply Chain // October 22, 2024

Back in 2019 — a lifetime ago, before the pandemic uprooted everything — PYMNTS published a report titled “The Trade Credit Dilemma,” spotlighting the $3.1 trillion U.S. firms were owed on any given day. Receivables are what’s owed, and what ideally should be spun by...

Earnings Season Gives Glimpse Into Big Banks’ Private Credit Ambitions
Banking // October 20, 2024

The big banks have weighed in this earnings season — not just on credit and debit, and consumer spending and Basel endgames … … they’ve also detailed, on some cases, the lure of private credit and their longer term plans in the space. Stretching through...

Interviews & Exclusives
Tech Sector Cash Flows Hampered by Keeping Treasurers in the Dark

October 15, 2024
Technology industry treasurers face different challenges than their peers in other sectors. For example, only 50% report having strong influence in decision-making, far below other sectors like consumer goods. Their limited involvement affects key financial outcomes, such as cash flow predictability and revenue optimism. Tech treasurers are 73% more likely than other department heads to […]

Is API the Most Important 3-Letter Word in Global Banking Innovation?

September 30, 2024
Today’s businesses exist and operate across a connected global landscape. Advances like instant payments and real-time data integration are becoming the norm, which puts pressure on multinational companies and commercial...

Bank SEC Filings Show Higher Delinquencies, Charge-Offs as Consumers Load Up on Card Debt

September 17, 2024
U.S. consumers are taking on more card debt than has been seen in years. And in recent weeks, filings by several big banks show that the general trend of delinquencies...

Citi Services Head of Payments Says Instant Is In as Global Dynamics Shift

July 31, 2024
Change in payments, as in life, happens slowly and then all at once. And as we navigate through 2024, the payments industry is undergoing transformative changes, driven by innovations spurred...

Quick Reads
Citi and Bank of Shanghai Team on International Travel Payments

November 13, 2024
Citi and the Bank of Shanghai have teamed to streamline payments for visitors to China. The payments solution announced by the two banks Wednesday (Nov. 13) is designed for the Bank of Shanghai’s TourCard — a prepaid card created specifically for overseas travelers to make mobile payments in China — letting visitors add funds to their TourCard digital account with […]

Citi Begins Rollout of Integrated Digital Bill Discounting Solution

October 28, 2024
Citi has launched an integrated digital bill discounting solution that it said helps users monetize receivables in less than an hour. The new Citi Digital Bill (CDB) is now available...

Citi Turns to Google Cloud to Update AI and Digital Strategy

October 28, 2024
Citi has teamed with Google to use artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud technology to bolster its digital strategy. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 28), is designed to use Google Cloud’s...

Citi Debuts Token Services for Cash Cross-Border Payments Tool

October 10, 2024
Citi says its Token Services for Cash program has gone live after a pilot phase. The new commercial solution, announced Thursday (Oct. 10), processes multimillion-dollar transactions and offers clients “24/7,...