Citigroupreason 01 of 4it is wired into how the customer already worksderived 2026-09-08accession 0000831001-26-000045
Citi's institutional franchise creates deep client entrenchment through integrated cross-selling across Services, Markets and Banking, where multi-product relationships spanning treasury, payments, FX and custody make switching prohibitively disruptive for corporate clients who have embedded Citi's infrastructure into their global operations over decades
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“Approximately 85% of Services deposits are from clients that use at least three of Services' integrated services: liquidity management, payments, trade and working capital solutions, investor services and issuer services”
“Approximately 80% of Services deposits are from clients that have a longer than 15-year relationship with Citi”