- As banks weigh in their bids for Citigroup's (NYSE:C) Japanese retail banking operations, the U.S. bank announced that it was looking to sell its Japanese Diners Club card business along with the unit.
- Citigroup's Japanese retail business has some 3.6T yen ($33.6B) in deposits, of which almost 2T yen is dollar-denominated, attracting Japanese banks seeking foreign currencies.
- Ten banks, including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MTU), Mizuho Financial (NYSE:MFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (NYSE:SMFG), Resona (OTCPK:RSNHF), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust (OTCPK:SUTNY) and Shinsei Bank (OTCPK:SKLKY) have all submitted preliminary bids.