Citigroup's first-quarter income fell 32 percent on lower revenue from its investment banking business and a decline in consumer loans. The bank was able to set aside fewer reserves for losses as more borrowers were able to keep up with their debt payments.The New York bank on Monday said it earned $3 billion, or 10 cents per share, compared with $4.4 billion, or 15 cents a share in the first quarter of last year. The earnings were slightly higher than the 9 cents a share estimated by analysts surveyed by FactSet.
First quarter revenue fell 22 percent to $19.7 billion from the same period last year.
As the economy improved and more of its credit card customers made payments on time, Citigroup Inc. released $3.3 billion from reserves set aside for losses, which helped boost first quarter income. The bank also set aside $3.2 billion for future losses, down 63 percent.
Revenue from investment banking fell 25 percent. Lower demand for Citigroup's currency and interest rate investments led to a 22 percent decline in fixed income revenue to $4 billion. Revenue from underwriting municipal and investment grade debt also fell 19 percent to $851 million.
Citi's investment banking results were weaker than those reported last week by rivals JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp.
Citigroup's revenue from interest collected on consumer loans dropped 16 percent to $12.2 billion. The decline came because Citi has been writing fewer mortgages and has been selling off some of its credit card businesses. Total consumer loans were down 35 percent to $18.1 billion, and included a 50 percent decline in total credit card loans and a 17 percent decline in real estate loans.
Revenues from Citi's international division rose 8 percent to $4.6 billion. Overseas deposits increased 13 percent to $163 billion, and loans rose 14 percent to $126 billion. The bank also Citi shares were unchanged at $4.41 in pre-market trading.
Revenue from investment banking fell 25 percent. Lower demand for Citigroup's currency and interest rate investments led to a 22 percent decline in fixed income revenue to $4 billion. Revenue from underwriting municipal and investment grade debt also fell 19 percent to $851 million.
Citi's investment banking results were weaker than those reported last week by rivals JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp.
Citigroup's revenue from interest collected on consumer loans dropped 16 percent to $12.2 billion. The decline came because Citi has been writing fewer mortgages and has been selling off some of its credit card businesses. Total consumer loans were down 35 percent to $18.1 billion, and included a 50 percent decline in total credit card loans and a 17 percent decline in real estate loans.
Revenues from Citi's international division rose 8 percent to $4.6 billion. Overseas deposits increased 13 percent to $163 billion, and loans rose 14 percent to $126 billion. The bank also Citi shares were unchanged at $4.41 in pre-market trading.
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4-19-2011 @ 2:46AM
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4-19-2011 @ 2:45AM
Patrick said...
It is time Americans demanded, in force and numbers, that Congress address the scams these bankers have been playing on the American public and tax payers as well as international investors. If you are not writing your Congressional representatives (which takes about as long to do as it took to comment here) YOU are part of the problem. When the e mail boxes of Congress are over flowing with demands for justice, then maybe, just maybe, things will start to change. Until then, you are wasting everyone's time posting here.
4-20-2011 @ 4:57AM
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4-23-2011 @ 3:57PM
Mitch said...
Who can afford to borrow or get credit anymore? Even with low credit and mortgage rates the related loan service, insurance, transaction and ATM fees make borrowing or credit cards a bad deal. Citi, BOA and G-Sachs are gonnna' have to learn to live like the rest of us-without.
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4-26-2011 @ 11:12AM
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Citi Bank's revenue falls 32%, BAC's income falls 39% . . . . that is good, isn't it? The noly thing that is going to change the financial institutions' policies is for the consumers and investors to withhold their money, thereby impacting the revenues of the financial instituions. The CEOs and upper management have mainatined their exorbitant salaries, benefits, and bonuses throughout the economic boom, the economic bust, and to date . . . They have passed off all of the losses from their mismanagement (misfeasance and malfeasances0 onto the investors and the customers. Withouting investments and use of their services will create a financial cruch that will require corporate changes to provide parity for investors RoI and customers' fees. The "poweer of the purse" is the only thing that is going to make a difference. haven't we all had our fill of the fraudulent corporate schemes to enrichmanagement at the unreasonable costs to investors and customers?
5-12-2011 @ 9:57AM
rosugill said...
It is ineresting that a lot of the banks that got billions of our dollars in the bailouts are still failing. They should have failed and been disolved a couple of years ago, and the Fed should have gone with them. None of these institutions is doing us any good by staying around and absorbing our money, which represents our work and our resources. We have to many stupid people in our Government.
5-21-2011 @ 10:15PM
cathy c said...
B of A and City are all stewing in the same pot doing the same stuff. Ask them how many accounts they have for illegals living in this country, Plus all these H1b & L1 Visa workers that keep shipping all their earnings back over to their home countries? Hell, even many of their banks today are staffed with imported H1b Visa workers.
What about hiring American workers? Bail out money for Banks...Oh, Hell no!
5-28-2011 @ 10:21PM
Big Daddy Fossil said...
Citi loosing value? Couldn't happen to a nicer slum-dog.
6-14-2011 @ 2:21AM
Velbradfarms said...
Don't worry the CEO and all the top Exec's will still get their "Bonus", then they will ask the government to bail out the company. Take the money and run baby.