Citi Retail Services Wins PYMNTS.com Innovator Award

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Citi's private label credit card unit, Citi Retail Services, won a Silver award in this year's PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards for its Field Sales Team Enhancement project. Citi launched the project to help its in-store credit sales teams increase analytic capabilities and effectiveness to drive business for its retail client partners.

Winners were announced at the annual Innovation Project 2015 on March 19 at Harvard University to a select group of over 600 industry leaders from the payments and commerce space.

"This project is producing significant results for our retail partner, and we are thrilled that it's being recognized by others in the industry," said Leslie McNamara, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Partner Management at Citi Retail Services. "This was a multi-team effort involving considerable coordination and hard work, and I want to thank everyone who contributed. We will continue to enhance this innovative tool set and are working to expand the offering to other partners."

"I'm so pleased to congratulate Citi Retail Services on their award for their innovative Field Sales Team Enhancement project, which is continuing to yield significant results for their retail partner," Karen Webster CEO of PYMNTS.com says. "The PYMNTS Innovation Awards are the most prestigious recognition in the payments industry. And because of the record breaking amount of votes for the finalists and the caliber of judges that reviewed the submissions, this year I think we were able to truly recognize the best of the best in the payments industry."

The 2015 PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards attracted more than 600 submissions. Winners were chosen across 16 categories by a panel of judges with expertise in payments and innovation.

Citi Retail Services provides consumer and commercial credit card products to national and regional retailers and their customers across the U.S. It provides its partners fully integrated marketing and loyalty programs, unparalleled data analytics and retail industry expertise. The business services nearly 90 million accounts for a number of iconic brands, including The Home Depot, Best Buy, ExxonMobil, Macy's, Sears and Shell.

About Citi: Citi C, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides 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, transaction services, and wealth management.

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Media Contact:   Janis Tarter, Citi Public Affairs, 415-658-4256, Janis.tarter@citi.com

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SOURCE Citigroup Inc.