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About the Company

Citigroup is a diversified financial services holding company that provides various financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed income research, corporate lending, investment banking and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citigroup Inc. was founded in 1812 and is based in New York, United States.

About the Person

Yobie Benjamin is the Chief Technology Officer at ClickSWITCH.  He is responsible for growth, spearheading innovation and leading the technical development team.   Benjamin is a highly successful entrepreneur with an impressive track record. He is the former Global Chief Technology Officer of Citibank Institutional Clients Group/Global Transaction Services, where he was responsible for the development of Citi Commerce Server – Citi’s engine for Google Wallet and Apple Pay as well as many other high profile projects. He is also involved with several ventures; CTO of Token, Inc., co-founder of Avegant, member of the Federal Reserve Bank Faster Payments Task Force, Advisor and Mentor for Indie Bio, Investor in Skyport Systems, and Investor in Gusto.  He won the 2015 Technology Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum.