世界名牌博覽：花旗銀行

花旗銀行(Citibank, N.A.,中文名“花旗”源于上海市民對該行的習(xí)慣性稱呼)是花旗集團旗下的一家零售銀行，其主要前身是1812年6月16日成立的“紐約城市銀行”(City Bank of New York)，經(jīng)過近兩個世紀(jì)的發(fā)展、并購，已經(jīng)成為美國最大的銀行之一，也是一間在全球近一百五十個國家及地區(qū)設(shè)有分支機構(gòu)的國際大銀行，總部位于紐約市公園大道399號。2012年9月19日，花旗銀行(中國)有限公司在上海宣布在中國的信用卡業(yè)務(wù)正式運作。

Citibank is the banking division of the financial services giant Citigroup. It was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York. It is one of the biggest banks in the world and one of the widest-reaching. Citibank has more than 1,400 branches in over 100 countries. Over half of these are in the USA. The bank offers many products in addition to banking. It offers customers insurance services, credit cards and investment products among other things. Citibank boasts one of the most popular online banking operations in the world, with more than 15 million customers. The bank suffered huge losses in the 2008 financial crisis and had to be bailed out by the U.S. government. Citibank says it "is committed to running our business in a manner that benefits society and the environment".