FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Citibank branch in New York. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo
SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Banks including DBS Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), OCBC and Standard Chartered are set to bid for parts of Citigroup's consumer business in Asia, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The sale process will start within a couple of weeks, the people added, declining to be named as they were not authorised to speak to media.
The move comes after Citi said that it would exit from its consumer franchises in 13 markets, 10 of which are in Asia, as it refocuses on its more lucrative institutional and wealth management businesses in these markets.