Citibank Selects AT&T WorldNet Service For Internet Promotional Effort.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000 Citibank today said it would give one free year of AT&T WorldNet Service(R) Internet access See how to access the Internet. to clients signing up for its new Citi f/i(SM) virtual banking service, an offer valued at over $200. The free Internet service An ISP that provides access to the Internet without charge to the user. The service is supported by advertising which appears on a special version of the user's browser and cannot be eliminated. NetZero (www.netzero. is contingent upon Adj. 1. contingent upon - determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress" contingent on, dependant on, dependant upon, dependent on, dependent upon, depending on, contingent clients signing up for an additional year of Internet service through WorldNet, and is available for qualified Citi f/i accounts. Citi f/i, a new online financial service from Citibank and Citicorp Investment Services (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ), is a full-service virtual bank that allows clients to perform daily banking and investing activities over the Internet. Clients have the convenience of 24-hour banking, featuring state-of-the-art security and around-the-clock customer service. Citibank has over 15 years of experience in remote banking, having introduced its first such service in the mid-1980's. Citi f/i clients can transfer funds, pay bills, place stock orders and customize financial reports. In addition, they receive low monthly fees (and low minimum balance requirements to avoid fees), higher interest rates on CDs and insured money market accounts, free online bill payment and ATM reimbursements for cash withdrawals at other banks. Additional information on the virtual banking service and the promotional offer may be found at www.citifi.com. "By teaming with AT&T WorldNet Service, Citi f/i is offering new clients an outstanding value. Not only will they benefit from the attractive rates available on the account, but they can also receive a full year of free service from a premier Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ," said Stephen Joyce Stephen James Joyce (born February 1932) is the grandson of James Joyce and the controversial executor of Joyce's estate. Though the trustee of the Estate of James Joyce is Seán Sweeney, Stephen Joyce has taken an active role in all legal matters relating to Joyce's works. , managing director of Citi f/i at Citibank. "This agreement allows AT&T to build on our relationship with Citibank by providing Citi f/i clients with access to the Internet through one of the industry's leading providers," said Ed Chatlos, AT&T WorldNet Service vice president. "When it comes to managing money online, people want a reliable Internet Service Provider and WorldNet has earned a reputation for providing consistently reliable service." AT&T WorldNet Service, one of the leading direct Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the U.S., provides Citibank clients with reliable dial-up connections, and features such as multiple e-mail IDs, personal web pages, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , and an anti-spam service that dramatically helps reduce the amount of unsolicited e-mails members may receive. For their second year of AT&T WorldNet Service Citi f/i clients can choose from a variety of available pricing plans. About Citibank Citibank is part of Citigroup (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :C), the most global financial service company, which provides some 100 million consumers, corporations, governments and institutions in 100 countries with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage and asset management. The 1998 merger of Citicorp and Travelers Group brought together such brand names as Citibank, Travelers, Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. , CitiFinancial (formerly Commercial Credit), and Primerica under Citigroup's trademark red umbrella. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com. About AT&T WorldNet Service: AT&T WorldNet* Service (http://www.att.net/) is one of the leading Internet Service Providers in the U.S., serving more than 1.5 million customers. It provides reliable, easy Internet access across the nation, 6 e-mail addresses with 10-megabytes of free Web space per e-mail ID, chat, anti-spam service, instant messaging, online communities and access to discounted games. AT&T WorldNet Service was named "Best Buy" in PC World Magazine (March 1999), won PC Magazine's "Editor's Choice" award (April 1999) and was praised as the top ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. in SmartMoney (April 1999). AT&T WorldNet Service consumer software for Windows 95/98/NT Refers to all 32-bit versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000. It implies Windows ME and Windows 2000. It specifically excludes Windows 3.x. See Windows. and Macintosh is available by download free-of-charge from the public AT&T WorldNet Web site (http://www.att.net/). For more information on other AT&T products and services go online to http://www.att.com/. Citi f/i is a service mark of Citicorp. AT&T WorldNet Service is a registered service mark of AT&T. |
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