(An Examination of Citibank 's E-Business Strategy for Global Corporate Banking)
A Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements of
[Class #637 - MBA 57613 - e-Business]
February, 2012
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Word count: 2,105 (excluding bibliography and figures)
Introduction
Citibank, N.A., founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York is a global banking giant currently the third largest bank in the United States (FFIEC NIC 2011). With the rise of the internet and in response to the rapid growth of e-Commerce and increased competition catalyzed by the dotcom boom, Citibank embarked on a number of initiatives to allow the bank to compete in this burgeoning arena. This paper is a brief analysis of Citibank 's E-Business Strategy for Global Corporate Banking as per the case study provided.
The Impacts of the Internet in Corporate Banking
Citibank which by all accounts is an established and successful bank recognized the growing influence that the internet was exerting in the sphere of Corporate Banking as alluded to in the case
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