Citibank Greece Provided Financial Education for 7,000 Children in Past Year

Citibank Greece
Citibank has been active in Greece since 1964. At present, the bank has 74 sale points and 235 ATMs in the country, employing in total more than 1,500 employees. Citibank Consumer Group offers products and services on a range of bank accounts, mutual fund investments, financial services, insurance programs, loans, and full range of credit cards. For more information, visit www.citibank.gr.

Citi
Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi's major brand names include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Citi Smith Barney and Banamex. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or at www.citi.com.

Citi Foundation
The Citi Foundation supports organizations that help people improve their lives, businesses to grow, and communities to prosper around the world. The Citi Foundation focuses its grants primarily in three areas: financial education, educating the next generation, and building communities and entrepreneurs. Additional information can be found at http://www.citigroupfoundation.com/.


	Printer Friendly Page		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) July 13, 2007 Citibank Greece Provided Financial Education for 7,000 Children in Past Year Athens – Nowadays, when consumer goods are easily accessible and available it is useful for children to be able to understand early enough how money is earned and how it can be managed to their benefit, in addition to the role of the economy in society. Seven thousand more children are more informed on these matters as a result of attending the third year of the Citi Greece's financial education program for elementary schools, "Economy: Knowledge with Value." The participation process for elementary schools was simple, and 300 classrooms in Athens and Thessalonica hosted the financial education program in the school year 2006-2007. The teachers who also attended the course together with their pupils expressed their satisfaction with the educational role games implemented by the Hellenic Children's Museum, because their effect on the children's way of thinking was obvious at the end of the program. Children were asked to think as grown-ups and experiment on managing household needs and expenses, gain understanding on how advertising works, and comprehending the role of the European Union. The financial education program "Economy: Knowledge with Value" was implemented for the third consecutive year with Citibank's support and was attended by more than 27,000 children in total in more than 1,000 classes in elementary schools of Attica, Thessalonica, Patras, Larissa, and Herakleion in Crete. According to the bank's commitment, it will continue to travel all around Greece addressing even more children with the support and guidance of the Hellenic Children's Museum. Citibank Greece and Citi, as the largest financial organization worldwide, is committed to sharing economic knowledge with local communities in which they work, and has been the source of inspiration for the program. In 2007, Citi and the Citi Foundation supported 616 financial education programs worldwide, one of which is the Greek program for elementary schools, "Economy: Knowledge with Value." # # # Citibank Greece Citibank has been active in Greece since 1964. At present, the bank has 74 sale points and 235 ATMs in the country, employing in total more than 1,500 employees. Citibank Consumer Group offers products and services on a range of bank accounts, mutual fund investments, financial services, insurance programs, loans, and full range of credit cards. For more information, visit www.citibank.gr. Citi Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi's major brand names include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Citi Smith Barney and Banamex. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or at www.citi.com. Citi Foundation The Citi Foundation supports organizations that help people improve their lives, businesses to grow, and communities to prosper around the world. The Citi Foundation focuses its grants primarily in three areas: financial education, educating the next generation, and building communities and entrepreneurs. Additional information can be found at http://www.citigroupfoundation.com/.