Citi won a record 52 global, regional and local market awards from Euromoney, including CEO Jane Fraser’s “Banker of The Year” award, at the annual Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025 event.
The Banker of the Year award recognized Jane’s unique leadership style and ability to influence significant change across the bank, highlighting Citi’s record financial performance in recent quarters and across each of its five businesses.
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“Euromoney names Jane Fraser its banker of the year for her decisive action to reshape Citi into a simpler and more coherent bank, bringing the firm new business momentum over the past year,” said Euromoney in the editorial write-up announcing the award.
Fraser said, “These awards are a testament to the extraordinary dedication of our colleagues around the world. Their hard work, innovation and commitment to our clients are driving Citi forward. I’m proud of the progress we’re making against our strategy — and this recognition affirms that we’re on the right path.”
Euromoney, a leading global financial markets magazine, recognizes the best in banking across key areas that are most important to a bank’s key stakeholders, clients, board and executive management teams. The period of consideration for the awards was the 2024 calendar year.
In its 30th edition, the 2025 Euromoney Awards recognized Citi as:
• The World's Best Investment Bank for Financing
• The World's Best Investment Bank for Debt Capital Markets (DCM)
• The World's Best for Research
• The World's Best Digital Bank for Large Corporates
Citi also received multiple regional and local market awards, including:
• Africa's Best Investment Bank for Financing
• Asia's Best Investment Bank for DCM
• Central and Eastern Europe's Best Investment Bank
• Latin America's Best Bank for Large Corporates
• North America's Best Investment Bank
• The Middle East's Best Investment Bank for M&A
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