美国花旗银行于25日发表声明称，将从本季度开始逐步退出在俄罗斯的个人银行业务和商业银行业务，裁减在俄罗斯的15家分行，约2300个工作岗位，还将继续积极寻求出售部分俄罗斯消费者银行业务组合。
Citibank said in a statement on the 25th that it will gradually withdraw its personal banking and commercial banking business in Russia from this quarter and cut 15 branches and about 2,300 jobs. It will actively seek to sell certain Russian consumer banking portfolios.
花旗表示，此次全面退出，花旗银行的成本约为1.7亿美元，主要发生在未来18个月里，大部分来自于重组、供应商终止费用和其他费用。
Citi said the full withdrawal will cost about $170 million, mostly over the next 18 months and from restructuring, vendor termination fees and other charges.
“过去几个月，我们探索了多个战略选项来出售这些业务，”花旗集团负责该公司所有拟出售业务的部门负责人Titi Cole说。“很明显，考虑到大环境下的许多复杂因素，结束该业务的路径最合理。在这个过渡期，我们专注于支持受影响的同事、客户和合作伙伴。”
"Over the past few months, we have explored several strategic options to sell these businesses," said Titi Cole, the head of Citigroup's unit responsible for all of the company's proposed sales. "Clearly, given the many complexities in the larger environment, closing this business is the most logical path. We will focus on supporting impacted colleagues, clients and partners during this transition period."
此前，花旗银行宣布实行全球战略调整，撤出亚洲、欧洲、中东、非洲以及墨西哥等14个国际市场上消费者银行业务，其中包括在2021年4月宣布退出俄罗斯消费者银行业务。
Previously, Citibank announced global strategic adjustments to cancel the consumer banking business in 14 international markets including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico, including announcing its withdrawal of the Russian consumer banking business in April 2021.
此前，有媒体报道称，俄罗斯遭遇经济制裁后，美国财政部禁止美国投资者购买任何俄罗斯证券，多数欧美银行股6月便从该市场撤出。据悉，在美国财政部7月出台允许美国持有人减持头寸的指导方针后，华尔街最大的一些公司已谨慎地重返俄罗斯国债和公司债市场。
Earlier, media reported that after Russia was hit with economic sanctions, the U.S. Treasury Department banned U.S. investors from buying any Russian securities, and most European and American bank stocks withdrew from the market in June. However, some of Wall Street's biggest firms have cautiously returned to the market for Russian government bonds and corporate bonds after the U.S. Treasury Department issued guidelines in July allowing U.S. holders to reduce their positions.
公开资料显示，成立于1812年的花旗银行是花旗集团旗下的消费者金融服务跨国银行，为全球最大的商业银行之一。截至2010年3月，花旗银行总资产在美国继美国银行和摩根大通成为第三大银行控股集团。
According to public information, Citibank, founded in 1812, is a multinational bank for consumer financial services under Citigroup and one of the largest commercial banks in the world. As of March 2010, Citibank became the third largest bank holding group in the United States after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.
花旗约有接近2亿客户账户，业务遍布全球160多个国家和地区，为消费者、企业、政府和机构提供广泛的金融产品和服务，包括消费者银行产品和信贷、企业和银行投资产品、证券经纪、交易服务、财富管理。
Citi has approximately 200 million accounts and operates in more than 160 countries and regions around the world, providing consumers, businesses, governments and institutions with a wide range of financial products and services, including consumer banking products and credit, corporate and bank investment products, securities brokerage, transaction services, wealth management.
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