Shrunken Citigroup illustrates a trend in big US banks
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CITIGROUP became the nation's first megabank some two decades ago by expanding into new businesses while pushing to knock down barriers that limited its size. A much different Citigroup was evident last week as it reported its quarterly results. Business lines like subprime lending, which used to define the company, have all but disappeared.
Over the last seven years, Citigroup has sold more than 60 businesses, shedding retail bank branches from Boston to Pakistan. In all, the bank's holdings have shrunk by US$700 billion - an amount roughly equivalent to Switzerland's economic output. The bank's chief executive said on Friday that since he took over in 2012, the company's workforce had declined by 40,000 jobs, through layoffs or selling businesses.
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