Citibank Canada,

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Citi Canada, is the Canadian subsidiary of the American multinational

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corporation

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. Citi Canada is headquartered in

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

, with offices in

Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...

London, Ontario London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximat ...

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

, Mississauga, and

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History

Citi Canada's Schedule 2 (foreign-owned, deposit-taking), under the ''

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'' of

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, subsidiary Citibank Canada is a member of the

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(CBA) and a member of the CDIC, a federal

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that insures deposits to applicable limits and across deposit categories. Up until the finalization of the sale of its

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subsidiary, CitiFinancial Canada, to affiliates of

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firms J.C. Flowers & Co. and

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on April 3, 2017, the company engaged in consumer retail loans principally to sub-prime and near-prime borrowers. Both in the years preceding and subsequent to the sale transaction, CitiFinancial Canada, which was renamed Fairstone Financial, Inc. post-close, had 200 branches in Canada.

Products and services

The company provides securities trading, cash management,

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, custodial services,

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, securities financing, depositary receipt, trust services, corporate banking, investment banking, private banking, and the private-label credit card of The Home Depot Canada. It had previously issued various MasterCard credit cards until Citi Canada sold that division (named Citi Cards Canada, Inc.) to

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in a $2.1 billion

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deal in 2010.

References

External links

Citi Canada official website
Citigroup Banks of Canada Banks established in 1919 Banks established in 1954 Companies based in Toronto Canadian subsidiaries of foreign companies {{bank-stub

History

Products and services

See also

References

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