Citibank Online Investments Release News. July 2007 Release

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1 Citibank Online Investments Release News July 2007 Release

2 What s new in this Release In a cntinued effrt t enhance the user experience with Citibank Online Investments, several new features have been added t Citibank Online Investments based n system analysis and user feedback. This latest release fcuses n: Expanded Prduct Offering This release f Citibank Online Investments makes new currencies available, as well as new dmestic and ffshre prducts. Imprved Functinality New functinality ffered in the new release includes: Enhanced message management New filter categries in Fund Inf screens Enhancements t Accunt Psitin reprt Cunterparty infrmatin added t Trade Cnfirmatin Maker/Checker details added t Trade Inquiry reprt FAQ file available by entitlement Changes t redemptin prcessing fr mney market funds Streamlined navigatin n multiple deal entry screen Enhanced User Interface User interface enhancements in this release include: New fields added t dashbard Redesigned Rate Inf screen July 2007 Release Release News Page 2 f 11

3 Expanded Prduct Offering The new release f Citibank Online Investments ffers users new prducts and new investment prducts as well as new lcatins. Asia Japan Accunt Lcatin Prduct Offering Time Depsit: JPY, USD Eurpe Accunt Lcatin Prduct Offering United Kingdm Offshre Mney Market Funds EUR, GBP, USD Latin America / Mexic Accunt Lcatin NY Accunts Only: All Cuntries Prduct Offering Offshre Mney Market Funds USD Nrth America United States Accunt Lcatin Prduct Offering Dmestic Mney Market Fund - USD New funds available frm: The Dreyfus Crpratin (Cash Advantage Funds) Clumbia Management July 2007 Release Release News Page 3 f 11

4 Imprved Functinality Enhanced Message Management screen The message management page has been upgraded with a number f enhancements t prvide a mre user-friendly cmmunicatin tl. A new ppup message will appear ntifying users that there is a new message waiting t be read in their inbx and will als prvide a preview f the actual message. This ppup message will cntinue t appear upn each sign-in fr a designated time until the message has been read. T read the message, users can simply click the hyperlink in the ppup message and g directly t their inbx t read the full message. All messages will nw be visible in the user s inbx regardless f the date which it was sent. The date range fields have been remved. The emessaging mailbx has been renamed inbx and bradcast message has been renamed cmpse message. Pp-up ntificatin fr new messages New Inbx layut July 2007 Release Release News Page 4 f 11

5 New filter categry & remember feature Fund Inf screen The mney market mutual fund inf screen nw includes the ptin t filter by rating agency in additin t the existing fund family, fund type and currency filter ptins. Citibank Online Investments has als added a remember feature fr each filter categry that remembers the last srt criteria selected by the user and srts by that criteria upn the user s next visit t the fund inf page. Remember feature sets current srt criteria t default upn next visit. New rating Agency filter Enhancements t Accunt Psitin reprt With this release f Citibank Online Investments, a number f enhancements have been made t the accunt psitin reprt t imprve the user experience. Multiple transactins ccurring n ne particular day will nw always appear n the initial accunt psitin reprt. Users n lnger need t expand the view f a transactin date t view the varius transactins within that particular date. A newly added free-frm text field fr accunts will prvide users with the ptin t type an accunt number r select frm the drpdwn menu view a reprt fr a desired accunt. In additin, the detailed accunt psitin reprt can nw be exprted t PDF frmat with fund name and accunt number included n the header detail sectin. July 2007 Release Release News Page 5 f 11

6 Free frm accunt text field fr easier search ptins Multiple transactins listed as separate line items with n need t drill dwn fr details New PDF frmat available fr detailed accunt psitin reprt July 2007 Release Release News Page 6 f 11

7 Cunterparty infrmatin added t Trade Cnfirmatin The cnfirmatin page prvides users with a printable recrd fr each transactin. This page has been updated t include name and address f the bking cunterparty fr which the investment was made. Maker/Checker details added t Trade Inquiry reprt The Trade Inquiry reprt nw includes maker/checker details fr each transactin. On this reprt, users can view the full name f the persn initiating a transactin alng with the names f up t tw apprvers fr each trade. As with all reprts, the trade inquiry can be printed in.pdf frmat. Maker/checker details nw included in trade histry reprting FAQ file available by entitlement Regin specific FAQ files are nw available based n user entitlement. Fr example, users at multinatinal firms with access t varius legal entities acrss different cuntries will be able t view FAQ files fr regins that are applicable t the prducts in which they have access t invest. Fr infrmatin related t a regin/prduct that yu are nt entitled t, please cntact yur Citi representative. July 2007 Release Release News Page 7 f 11

8 Changes t redemptin prcessing fr mney market funds Currently, there are 3 ptins available n the Deal Entry screen fr mney market funds: Invest, Redeem and Clse. Fr U.S dmiciled clients investing in mney market funds, there has been a change t the way Citibank will prcess full redemptins. Clients selecting redeem and entering an amunt equal t the full balance during mid-mnth will n lnger receive the principal plus accrued dividend. Nw, clients will nly be credited the principal amunt when ding a full redemptin. The mnth-t-date dividend accrual will remain invested with the fund until the end f the mnth, at which pint it will be re-invested int yur mney market fund accunt balance. Alternatively, clients wishing t btain their full balance plus dividend n a mid-mnth basis must select the Clse ptin. This will clse the mney market fund accunt and redeem principal plus mnth-t-date dividend t the client s accunt. If the client wanted t re-invest in that same mney market fund, the client wuld need t pen a new mney market fund accunt. July 2007 Release Release News Page 8 f 11

9 Streamlined navigatin fr multiple deal entry screen T enhance the perfrmance speed f multiple trade bkings, Citibank Online Investments eliminated the autmatic system refresh when inputting each deal. This simplifies the multiple trade bking experience. July 2007 Release Release News Page 9 f 11

10 Enhanced User Interface With this release f Citibank Online Investments a number f new lk and feel enhancements have been made t enhance the user experience. New fields added t the dashbard A new field has been added t the dashbard fr mney market mutual funds, mnth t date dividend accrual (MTD) can be viewed t the left f the ttal psitins clumn. In additin, time znes are nw included beside the prduct cutff times fr mney market mutual funds. Mnth t date dividend accrual nw included n dashbard Time znes included next t prduct cut-ff time July 2007 Release Release News Page 10 f 11

11 Redesigned Rate Inf screen The Rate Inf screen has been redesigned t prvide ease and lgic in rate cmparisns. The previus indicative and cmparative tabs n the Rate Inf screen have been mved and are nw drp dwn ptins f the Rate Inf menu item. In additin the search results n the rate inf screen are nw divided by prduct type t reflect the fundamental nature f each prduct (I.e. fixed vs. flating rates). This allws clients t quickly assess the perfrmance f similar prducts bundled tgether. Finally, key definitins f each clumn field have been prvided fr clarificatin and infrmed decisinmaking. Cmparative and Indicative tabs are nw drp items under rate inf Rate inf results divided by prduct type July 2007 Glbal Transactin Services Citibank N.A. All rights reserved. Citi and Arc Design and Citibank are trademarks and service marks f Citigrup Inc. r its affiliates and are used and registered thrughut the wrld. An investment in a mney market prtfli is nt insured r guaranteed by the Federal Depsit Insurance Crpratin r any ther gvernment agency. Althugh a mney market prtfli seeks t preserve the value f an investment at $1.00 per share, it is pssible t lse mney by investing in a mney market prtfli. Investrs shuld cnsider a fund's bjectives, risks, and charges and expenses, and read the prspectus carefully befre investing r sending mney. The prspectus cntains this and ther infrmatin abut the Funds. July 2007 Release Release News Page 11 f 11