About 20,000 employees will be let go over the "medium term", Citigroup said after presenting
Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser hailed 2024 as a "turning point" for the US banking group, reports CNBC.
Citigroup had roughly 200,000 workers at the end of 2023, excluding Mexican operations.
The bank posted a $1.8 billion loss for the fourth quarter, after recording $3.8 billion in
"While the fourth quarter was very disappointing due to the impact of notable items, we made substantial progress simplifying Citi and executing our strategy in 2023," Fraser said.
Fraser had announced "a sweeping overhaul of the third-largest US bank by assets" in September last year.
This year, Citigroup expects to incur as much as $1 billion in severance and reorganisation costs.
"Given how far we are down the path of our simplification and divestitures, 2024 will be a turning point," said Citigroup CEO.
The company has earlier executed several waves of