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		Citi Pakistan Awarded Best Consumer Internet Bank 2009 by Global Finance

Global Finance named Citi Pakistan the ‘Best Consumer Internet Bank’ in Pakistan for the fourth year in a row. Winners were selected by a world class judging panel on the basis of the strength of their strategy for attracting and servicing online customers, their success in increasing client usage of online facilities, growth of online customers, breadth of their web product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits from internet initiatives and their web site design and functionality.

Azim Alvi, Consumer Business Head for Citi Pakistan said, ‘As always with our client-first approach, the input from our customers is of great importance to us and helps us in receiving such accolades.”

Arif Usmani, CCO & MD for Citi Pakistan said, “It is an honor for Citi Pakistan to receive this award from Global Finance for the fourth consecutive year. This is evidence of our existing and future commitment to online banking. We have plans to further develop our internet banking platform and add a number of transaction facilities in the near future.”

Citi has been operating in Pakistan since 1961 and will be completing its 50th anniversary in 2011. Over these years it has come to be reputed as an industry leader, recognized as the pioneer for a spectrum of banking products and services in Pakistan. Citi remains committed to its presence in emerging markets and aims to convert this CBOL platform from a value-added service to a stand-alone, core business channel in the future.

Global finance which celebrates its 22nd year of publishing in 2009 has 50,000 subscribers and more than 180,000 readers in over 158 countries.


For further information, kindly contact:

Citi
Saba Karim Khan
Country Public Affairs Officer
Citi, AWT Plaza, I. I. Chundrigar Road
Karachi, Pakistan.