BOSTON, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Sibos
conference in Boston on Monday,
Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of Citi's CitiDirect
BESM Tablet app for Windows 8.1. Citi, a leading
provider of global transaction and trade solutions, designed the
app for its largest corporate treasury clients. The app, a channel
extension of Citi's corporate banking platform, CitiDirect BE, now
operates on three platforms and is made available exclusively to
CitiDirect BE customers worldwide, at no cost in 79 countries and
nine languages in the Windows Store. The development of CitiDirect
BE Tablet for Windows 8.1 significantly broadens the reach of
CitiDirect BE with corporate treasurers.
"Technology is improving every part of the customer experience,
and being able to provide our treasury clients with real-time
information wherever they are working helps them be more productive
and make more informed business decisions," said Hubert Jolly, global head, Channel, Enterprise
and Prepaid Services at Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions. "By
working closely with Microsoft, we have developed a solution that
can be accessed from nearly any Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 tablet or
device, which is important to our clients because many operate
their businesses on the Windows platform."
To meet the demands of sophisticated corporate treasury and
trade services, the app provides fingertip access to
business-critical financial information from a wide choice of
enterprise-grade Windows devices. With the additional benefit of
seamless access to Microsoft's enterprise productivity and
collaboration solutions, customers can access this app with the
enterprise-grade security and manageability demanded by corporate
IT departments.
"Now is a critical time for financial institutions to become
digital information businesses, drive engaging customer
experiences, deliver the products and services demanded by
customers, and capitalize on new business models that were
previously unattainable," said Colin
Kerr, director of Worldwide Banking, Microsoft. "Citi is a
leader in this digital transformation, and we are delighted to see
the launch of CitiDirect BE Tablet on Windows 8.1 to support
corporate treasury executives and operations staff with deep
business insights."
The CitiDirect BE Tablet app for Windows 8.1 provides treasury
executives with visibility into mission-critical financial
information in real time, allowing them to quickly execute
activities such as authorizing transactions or monitoring account
balances across geographies in a map and chart view. With filters,
financial data can be customized even more, such as by balance
type, currency and total amount, allowing Citi to provide a global
view across the treasury.
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