This institution received funds from the Treasury Department under the Capital Purchase Program in order to promote lending and market liquidity. The institution gives the Treasury Department warrants and dividend payments, while the Treasury buys preferred stock shares from the bank.

The Department of Treasury purchased $25 billion in Citigroup equity shares as part of the first round of equity purchases under the Capital Purchase Program. Since then, the Treasury has purchased an additional $20 billion of Citigroup preferred stock and joined the FDIC and Federal Reserve in a multi-agency government guarantee of approximately $301 billion of its assets.

At four different times during 2010, Treasury authorized the sale of up to 1.5 billion shares of Citigroup common stock. The proceeds from these sales are subtracted from the $25 billion original purchase.