Citibank Celebrates Opening of New Financial Center on Broad Street in Stamford on May 2; Housing Development Fund to Recognize Citibank for Smartmove Homeownership Initiative.

Citibank Presents $10,000 Sponsorship to Rippowam Middle School

Who:      Richard Schnetzer, Citibank Regional Manager; Pat Nulty,
          Citibank Area Manager; Corinne Forlini, Manager for Citibank
          Broad Street Financial Center; John March, Fair Lending
          Director for Citibank's Consumer Lending Group; Ellen Tower,
          Vice President and Director of Community Relations for
          Citibank in Connecticut; Joan Carty, Executive Director of
          Housing Development Fund; and Mary Ellen Hass, Executive
          Director of Healthcare Connection, Inc./Rippowam Middle
          School.

Where:    Citibank Financial Center
          15 Broad Street
          Stamford, CT

When:     Tuesday, May 2, 2006
          4:30 PM-6:30 PM (ribbon-cutting to take place at 5:30 PM)

What:     Citibank will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new
          Financial Center on Broad Street in Stamford and will
          receive an award from the Housing Development Fund for
          playing a key role in launching the Smartmove Homeownership
          Fund.  Citibank will also commemorate the grand opening by
          presenting the Rippowam Middle School with a sponsorship
          check for $10,000 in support of a new student health center.

          "We are excited to expand our presence in Stamford to offer
          our best-in-class financial products and services to the
          area's consumers and businesses," said Corinne Forlini,
          Manager for Citibank Broad Street Financial Center. "We are
          also appreciative of the award we will receive from the
          Housing Development Fund and pleased to provide this
          sponsorship of $10,000 to Rippowam Middle School. At
          Citibank, we are committed to helping make communities
          better places to live and work because we are there."

RSVP:     Media who wish to attend should contact:
          Helen Steblecki, 718-248-4694