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Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)
April 29, 2008
 
Citi & NY Mets Cover All Bases to Teach Kids to Save
 
Event Part of the ABA Education Foundation's Teach Children to Save Program

Mr. Met with NY Mets Pitcher Aaron Heilman; Laura Fisher, ABA Education Foundation; Eileen Auld, NY State Community Relations Director, Citi; and students from PS 76 in Long Island City take part in Teach Children to Save Day.
New York, NY – Citi and NY Met Aaron Heilman took a fieldtrip to teach William Hallett Elementary School students in Queens the value of saving as part of the American Bankers Association Education Foundation's twelfth annual Teach Children to Save Day (TCTS). Volunteers make learning fun using real-life scenarios and hands-on experiences to help young people understand how interest makes money grow, how to budget and how to distinguish needs from wants.
 
"Citi is committed to helping young people learn the facts about money," explained Eileen Auld, New York State Community Relations Director, Citi. "Teach Children to Save is an integral part of our commitment. Citi's support of the TCTS began in 2000, since then over 3,000 Citi volunteers have taught saving skills to more than 98,000 students."
 
Mr. Met; Karen Lutz, NY State Regional Manager, Citibank; Laura Fisher, ABA Education Foundation; Aaron Heilman, NY Mets Pitcher; Eileen Auld, NY Community Relations, Citi; and Barry Wides, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency participate in the national TCTS signature event in Queens.
Later in 2008, Citi and the ABA Education Foundation will expand the TCTS program internationally, to provide financial education in South Africa, Turkey and Mexico.
 
"We knew that financial illiteracy was a worldwide problem, but we didn't expect the Teach Children to Save model to translate so easily in other countries," said Laura Fisher, director of the ABA Education Foundation. "It's exciting to imagine the global banking industry uniting to Teach Children to Save and we're grateful for Citi's leadership and support."
 
In 2007, Citi and the Citi Foundation invested nearly $36 million in 65 countries, for a total of almost $121 million to date. Combined the Citi Foundation and Citi-sponsored programs last year touched the lives of nearly 22 million people worldwide.
 
 
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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.
 
ABA Education Foundation
ABA Education Foundation, a non profit subsidiary of the American Bankers Association, is committed to developing and providing education programs that lead to financial literacy. For more than 80 years, we have supported the banking industry's efforts to teach personal finance skills in schools and communities across the country. The programs we provide are specifically and uniquely created for young children, teenagers and adults to provide them with the skills needed to budget, save, and manage credit. Visit http://www.abaef.com or call 1-800-BANKERS.