NEW YORK: Citigroup Inc is facing a unique dilemma among the four largest US banks: it is light on deposits from individuals, an important funding source that costs little and tends to stick around.
While big rivals grew deposits dramatically after the 2007-2009 financial crisis from their broad networks of branches, Citigroup backed out of all but six US cities and closed one-third of its branches.
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