Citibank Helps You Get Ready for Trip Abroad

SEOUL--(Korea Newswire)--Citibank Korea (CEO Ha Yung-ku, www.citibank.co.kr) announced that it launches ‘2011 Winter FX Promotion’ which offers customers who exchange KRW for foreign currencies up to 80% discount rate as well as price discount coupons for duty free shops and travel goods starting from December 5th till end of February.

During the promotion, Citibank will give a variety of benefits including
- 80% discount rate for traveler’s check and up to 50% discount rate for cash exchange
- suitcase belt to customers who exchange into at least USD 300 and apply for first ICC (International Check Card)
- voucher worth KRW 60,000 redeemable at Shilla Duty Free Shop to customers who conduct all sorts of FX transactions including exchange, remittance and ICC issuance.
- online gift certificate worth KRW 5,000 to customers who pay USD 100 abroad or KRW 100,000 at home in retail shopping with check card.

Anyone who conducts foreign exchange transactions and gets a first ICC at Citibank is eligible for the benefits above. Details are available at Citiphone or Citibank branches.

Citibank ICC makes it easy to withdraw in local currency abroad from an account deposited in KRW in Korea. The service is available at Citibank ATMs in 35 countries for only $1 fee per withdrawal making Citibank ICC widely popular with the biggest market share in Korea. Even the $1 fee is waived for customers who have at least KRW 10million balance in their transaction account at Citibank. Customers with strong demands for withdrawals outside of Korea can certainly benefit from the service.

On top of which, Citibank also offers a complete fee waiver for overseas remittance of students abroad and for Citi Global Transfer (CGT) service which enables real time transfer to overseas Citibank account.

HS Jeon, Executive Vice President of Marketing at Citibank Korea, said, “The promotion will be a very attractive chance to customers who consider going abroad for leisure, education or any other reason because the promotion will be of great use not only before departure but while being abroad and even after coming back to Korea as it is a package promotion designed to benefit customers in various ways.”

Website: http://www.citibank.co.kr

This is a news release distributed by Korea Newswire on behalf of this company.