Belgium: Flemish Young Enterprises Vlajo & Citibank Launch 250th "Jieha!" Financial Education Program

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, Smith Barney, Banamex, and Nikko. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.

Citi Financial Education Program
Based on the belief that knowledge is your greatest asset, the Citi Financial Education Program is a global, company-wide effort to identify, support and implement initiatives that help give individuals, families and communities the tools needed to make sound financial decisions. Citi's ten-year, $200 million global commitment is focused in three areas: Personal, Small Business and Institutional Financial Education. Additional information about Citi Financial Education Program, including Citi Foundation guidelines, links and resources and the Citi Financial Education Program Curriculum and Facilitator's Guide may be found at http://financialeducation.citigroup.com.

Citi Foundation
The Citi Foundation is committed to enhancing economic opportunities for underserved individuals and families in the communities where we work throughout the world. Globally, the Citi Foundation is focusing its giving on Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship, which helps individuals become economically self-sufficient; Small and Growing Businesses leading to economic expansion and job creation; Education, which prepares young people for personal and professional success; Financial Education, which helps individuals make informed financial decisions; and the Environment with a focus on sustainable enterprises that generate jobs and stimulate economic growth while preserving the environment. In the U.S. and Canada, the Citi Foundation supports Community Development programs that help build and revitalize neighborhoods and Education programs that prepare students for college and careers. Additional information can be found at http://www.citigroupfoundation.org/.

Citibank Belgium
Citibank Belgium (http://www.citibank.be/) has a network of 207 branches, offering a wide range of products such as current accounts, savings accounts, loans, investments and credit cards. These days clients can contact their financial institution via four channels, namely branch offices, Selfbanking centers, telephone and Internet. In this way Citibank combines the advantages of a branch bank with those of a direct bank. Citibank Belgium is a subsidiary of Citi.


	Printer Friendly Page		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) February 26, 2008 Belgium: Flemish Young Enterprises Vlajo & Citibank Launch 250th "Jieha!" Financial Education Program Brussels – Vlajo (Flemish Young Enterprises), an organization, part of the Junior Achievement Young Enterprise Europe (JA-YE Europe) and Citibank Belgium are partners in financial education. They want to give youth their first experience with professional business. Through different programs, children between six and 25 years old can develop their entrepreneurial skills in their own miniature company. Last week, during Entrepreneurship Week, one of these programs, Jieha!, launched its 250th project. Jieha! is the most recent Vlajo learning-by-doing format for fourth and fifth year pupils in secondary education. Jieha! simultaneously stimulates the entrepreneurial spirit and ethical awareness of the students in an educational action format. The Entrepreneurship Week is a joint initiative by minister Patricia Ceysens and minister Frank Vandenbroucke. By means of the Entrepreneurship Week both ministers want to encourage Flemish education to pay more attention to the entrepreneurial attitudes and skills in the classroom, from kindergarten onwards. The theme of the 2008 edition, which ran from February 18 to February 23, is "A sense of initiative." Jieha! stands for Young Initiative for Ethical Trade. It offers a brief entrepreneurial experience course over ten to eighteen weeks for fourth and fifth year pupils in secondary education. They set up a student enterprise and sell fair trade products in the school. Thanks to the partnership between Vlajo, Citibank and FTO (Fair Trade Original) the students learn to be ethically aware. More than 2,500 students have already participated during this school year! During the course the students are faced with numerous problems and challenges that they have to solve as a team. In doing so, the students learn about their personal capabilities and talents. It is a new learning strategy that complements practical learning and project learning. Vlajo helps the Jieha! on its way by giving them a starting loan. Any profits made by the students are given to a charity of their choice, which produces many great examples of teenage altruism. The enthusiasm of the teachers and pupils, and the large number of groups taking part, prove that the project is a resounding success. In this school year we already count 250 groups in Flanders that have taken part in this program. Ultimately, almost 300 Jieha!'s, from all parts of Flanders will do their thing during this school year, which is irrefutable evidence of the strength of the project. # # # 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, Smith Barney, Banamex, and Nikko. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com. Citi Financial Education Program Based on the belief that knowledge is your greatest asset, the Citi Financial Education Program is a global, company-wide effort to identify, support and implement initiatives that help give individuals, families and communities the tools needed to make sound financial decisions. Citi's ten-year, $200 million global commitment is focused in three areas: Personal, Small Business and Institutional Financial Education. Additional information about Citi Financial Education Program, including Citi Foundation guidelines, links and resources and the Citi Financial Education Program Curriculum and Facilitator's Guide may be found at http://financialeducation.citigroup.com. Citi Foundation The Citi Foundation is committed to enhancing economic opportunities for underserved individuals and families in the communities where we work throughout the world. Globally, the Citi Foundation is focusing its giving on Microfinance and Microentrepreneurship, which helps individuals become economically self-sufficient; Small and Growing Businesses leading to economic expansion and job creation; Education, which prepares young people for personal and professional success; Financial Education, which helps individuals make informed financial decisions; and the Environment with a focus on sustainable enterprises that generate jobs and stimulate economic growth while preserving the environment. In the U.S. and Canada, the Citi Foundation supports Community Development programs that help build and revitalize neighborhoods and Education programs that prepare students for college and careers. Additional information can be found at http://www.citigroupfoundation.org/. Citibank Belgium Citibank Belgium (http://www.citibank.be/) has a network of 207 branches, offering a wide range of products such as current accounts, savings accounts, loans, investments and credit cards. These days clients can contact their financial institution via four channels, namely branch offices, Selfbanking centers, telephone and Internet. In this way Citibank combines the advantages of a branch bank with those of a direct bank. Citibank Belgium is a subsidiary of Citi.