Citibank Taiwan Wins Most Admired Company Award for 18th Consecutive Year

Citibank Taiwan has been named the ‘2012 Most Admired Company in Banking' by CommonWealth Magazine. This is Citi's 18th consecutive win since the award was launched in 1994.
Citibank Taiwan Chairman Victor Kuan accepted the award from Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang on October 19. In his acceptance speech, Kuan highlighted the significance of this year's win as Citi celebrates its 200th anniversary and underlined some of the bank's historical milestones over the last two decades, such as funding the Trans-Atlantic Cable and the Panama Canal.

The award organizer, CommonWealth Magazine, and its judging panel, comprising industry experts, commended Citi's efforts in introducing cutting-edge banking products and services in Taiwan. Citi was also noted for its ‘transnational operations,' ‘innovations' and ‘ability to plan for the future,' which have supported the development of Taiwan's financial industry and underscores the competitive advantage of being a global bank.

This recognition is also indicative of Citi's commitment to the local community. In 2004, Citi pioneered financial education in Taiwan, benefitting more than 480,000 students. Citi also launched the ‘Citi-United Way Fundraising Campaign' in support of the underprivileged. To date, the campaign has launched 7,730 programs and raised nearly NT$1.1 billion from nearly 450,000 donors to help over one million people in need.

In 2012, Citi was named the 'Strongest Bank in Taiwan' by The Asian Banker. Citi was also named ‘Best Foreign Commercial Bank' by FinanceAsia for the 16th year running and ‘Best Corporate Citizen' by CommonWealth Magazine for the sixth year.

CommonWealth Magazine's ‘Most Admired Company' award shortlists companies based on their database of the top-1,000 companies of the year in Taiwan. This includes companies with strong revenues and profits in the previous year in each industry. This year, 217 companies across 22 industries were shortlisted. The judging panel determined the final winners based on 10 indicators, including the ability to plan for the future, innovation and career development.

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Citi First to Offer Contactless PayPass Stickers in Hungary

Budapest, Hungary – Citibank Hungary is first in the Hungarian market to offer its credit card customers a MasterCard PayPass-enabled Sticker that allows them to make payments at PayPass terminals in a fast and convenient way for purchases up to HUF 5,000. The Sticker can be placed on the back of mobile phones or any other personal objects, such as business card holders, purses or notebooks, and it is available for customers holding a Citi Life Multipartner Reward Credit Card, a Shell-Citibank or a Telekom-Citibank co-branded card.

Batara Sianturi, Citi Country Officer for Hungary, said, "We are focused on enhancing our customers' lives with innovative technologies, and our goal is to become the world's leading digital bank. With this new digital solution, we are making payments even faster and more convenient for our customers, complimented by the existing benefits that come with using their Citibank credit card including earning cash back or rewards points for purchases."

Jon Wiggins, Consumer Business Manager for Citibank Hungary, remarked: "Keeping to our promise to continuously enhance the customer experience, we just made the back of their mobile phones the best feature. Our customers are busy, often using their phone for everything from finding a good restaurant to searching for a new TV. We want to be there for our customers, providing information, payment options, products and services, wherever and however they choose."

The Citi Life Credit Card program provides a 3 percent return on food retail purchases of up to HUF 100,000, a 2 percent return on petrol spends up to HUF 50,000 and a 1 percent return on all other retail purchases across Hungary in addition to existing benefits such as collecting Citi Forints and discounts between 2-15 percent at 22 Citi Life Program Partners. Telekom-Citibank co-brand card customers receive a cash back of 1 percent of the value of their purchases, and 10-20 percent cash back from their Magyar Telekom invoices paid by direct debit. The Shell-Citibank co-branded card offers real benefits to customers who regularly travel by car, allowing them to collect rebates by using their credit cards for Shell fuel purchases as well as regular daily shopping at any outlet.

There are more than 100,000 PayPass terminals in 14 countries in EMEA, and more than 6,000 in Hungary, including fast food chains, groceries, health and beauty shops, cafés, news-stands, cinemas and other specialty shops.

More information on the Citibank Sticker and the PayPass functionality are available at www.citibank.hu/paypass.

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Win Angry Birds Star Wars Costumes!

WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
"A long time ago... in a nest far, far away..."
- @LedizOrtiz
"I have a bird feeling about this."
- @davidgolden99
"Don't be too proud of this pig-ological terror you've constructed. The ability to destroy a bird's nest is insignificant, next to the power of The Porks"
- Nathan Alden


It's really quite amazing how effortlessly you can slide bird and pig references in to these immortal, famous Star Wars lines! Costumes will be sent to all of you, and if you still want to purchase one in time for Halloween, then head here!
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October marks a very important time for us all. It's not only the month of Halloween, but it's also the month before Angry Birds Star Wars comes out. Woohoo!
What better way to merge these two landmark events by combining them, and revealing our range of Angry Birds Star Wars Halloween costumes. Nice!

We're going to give a bunch of these costumes away over the weekend. We have our Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader and Stormtrooper costumes at the ready - in both adult and kids sizes.
To win them, just tweet one of your favorite Star Wars lines with #ReplaceAStarWarsQuoteWithAngryBirds - as the hashtag suggests, we want you to tweak it a little and turn it into an Angry Birds tribute.
Here are a few examples...
"May the birds be with you! #ReplaceAStarWarsQuoteWithAngryBirds"
"Your powers are weak old ham! #ReplaceAStarWarsQuoteWithAngryBirds"
"You underestimate the power of the Pork Side! #ReplaceAStarWarsQuoteWithAngryBirds"
We'll pick a few of you at random to win some costumes. Go go go!
Competition closes at 12pm GMT on Monday October 22 and all winners will be announced on the following Tuesday. If you can't tweet, then you can also leave a comment below. And if you can't wait until Tuesday, you can buy a costume here!

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