Citi continues overseas retreat with sale of Banamex stake

Citi has been shrinking its international consumer banking franchise for nearly five years as part of CEO Jane Fraser's plan to refashion the megabank into a smaller, simpler company. Processing ContentThe latest milestone in that process came Monday, when Citi announced the completion of the sale of a 25% stake in Grupo Financiero Banamex, its retail banking subsidiary in Mexico. Selling one-quarter of Banamex to Mexican businessman Fernando Chico Pardo is "a very significant part and step" in the bank's ...