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SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Securitizations and Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]  
SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES SECURITIZATIONS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
For additional information regarding Citi’s use of special purpose entities (SPEs) and variable interest entities (VIEs), see Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Citi’s 2024 Form 10-K.
Citigroup’s involvement with consolidated and unconsolidated VIEs with which the Company holds significant variable interests or has continuing involvement through servicing a majority of the assets in a VIE is presented below:

As of June 30, 2025
Maximum exposure to loss in significant unconsolidated VIEs(1)
Funded exposures(2)
Unfunded exposures
In millions of dollars
Total
involvement
with SPE
assets
Consolidated
VIE/SPE assets
Significant
unconsolidated
VIE assets(3)
Debt
investments
Equity
investments
Funding
commitments
Guarantees
and
derivatives
Total
Credit card securitizations
$28,094 $28,094 $ $ $ $ $ $ 
Mortgage securitizations(4)
U.S. agency-sponsored
118,516  118,516 3,287   119 3,406 
Non-agency-sponsored
64,406  64,406 4,099  336  4,435 
Citi-administered asset-backed commercial paper conduits20,217 20,217       
Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs)2,528  2,528 1,031    1,031 
Asset-based financing(5)
323,102 8,648 314,454 57,299 675 15,775  73,749 
Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs)1,901 1,901       
Municipal investments
21,433  21,433 2,493 2,911 3,293  8,697 
Client intermediation
380 80 300 11   53 64 
Investment funds1,179 7 1,172 4 46 94  144 
Total
$581,756 $58,947 $522,809 $68,224 $3,632 $19,498 $172 $91,526 

As of December 31, 2024
Maximum exposure to loss in significant unconsolidated VIEs(1)
Funded exposures(2)
Unfunded exposures
In millions of dollars
Total
involvement
with SPE
assets
Consolidated
VIE/SPE assets
Significant
unconsolidated
VIE assets(3)
Debt
investments
Equity
investments
Funding
commitments
Guarantees
and
derivatives
Total
Credit card securitizations
$29,746 $29,746 $— $— $— $— $— $— 
Mortgage securitizations(4)
U.S. agency-sponsored
120,568 — 120,568 2,387 — — 123 2,510 
Non-agency-sponsored
62,378 — 62,378 3,479 — 566 — 4,045 
Citi-administered asset-backed commercial paper conduits21,306 21,306 — — — — — — 
Collateralized loan obligations (CLOs)3,920 — 3,920 2,019 — — — 2,019 
Asset-based financing(5)
268,498 7,947 260,551 54,349 735 13,185 — 68,269 
Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs)935 935 — — — — — — 
Municipal investments
20,280 20,277 2,360 2,730 2,502 — 7,592 
Client intermediation
387 81 306 20 — — 49 69 
Investment funds641 21 620 18 98 — 120 
Total
$528,659 $60,039 $468,620 $64,618 $3,483 $16,351 $172 $84,624 

(1)    The definition of maximum exposure to loss is included in the text that follows this table.
(2)    Included on Citigroup’s June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(3)    A significant unconsolidated VIE is an entity in which the Company has any variable interest or continuing involvement considered to be significant, regardless of the likelihood of loss.
(4)    Citigroup mortgage securitizations also include agency and non-agency (private label) re-securitization activities. These SPEs are not consolidated. See “Re-securitizations” below for further discussion.
(5)     Included within this line are loans to third-party-sponsored private equity funds, which represent $91.7 billion and $45.5 billion in unconsolidated VIE assets and $867 million and $824 million in maximum exposure to loss as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
The previous tables do not include:

certain investment funds for which the Company provides investment management services and personal estate trusts for which the Company provides administrative, trustee and/or investment management services;
certain third-party-sponsored private equity funds to which the Company provides credit facilities. The Company has no decision-making power and does not consolidate these funds, some of which may meet the definition of a VIE. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss is generally limited to a loan or lending-related commitment. As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s maximum exposure to loss related to these transactions was $8.7 billion and $8.1 billion, respectively (see Note 14 and Note 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Citi’s 2024 Form 10-K);
certain VIEs structured by third parties in which the Company holds securities in inventory, as these investments are made on arm’s-length terms;
certain positions in mortgage- and asset-backed securities held by the Company, which are classified as Trading account assets, Investments or Loans, in which the Company has no other involvement with the related securitization entity deemed to be significant (see Notes 13, 14 and 23);
certain representations and warranties exposures in Citigroup residential mortgage securitizations, in which the original mortgage loan balances are no longer outstanding; and
VIEs such as preferred securities trusts used in connection with the Company’s funding activities. The Company does not have a variable interest in these trusts.

Consolidated VIEs
The Company engages in on-balance sheet securitizations, which are securitizations that do not qualify for sales treatment; thus, the assets remain on Citi’s Consolidated Balance Sheet, and any proceeds received are recognized as secured liabilities. In general, the third-party investors in the obligations of consolidated VIEs have legal recourse only to the assets of the respective VIEs and do not have such recourse to the Company, except where Citi has provided a guarantee to the investors or is the counterparty to certain derivative transactions involving the VIE. Thus, Citigroup’s maximum legal exposure to loss related to consolidated VIEs is significantly less than the carrying value of the consolidated VIE assets due to outstanding third-party financing.
Intercompany assets and liabilities are excluded from Citi’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. All VIE assets are restricted from being sold or pledged as collateral. The cash flows from these assets are the only source used to pay down the associated liabilities, which are non-recourse to Citi’s general assets.


The asset balances for consolidated VIEs represent the carrying amounts of the assets consolidated by the Company. The carrying amount may represent the amortized cost or the current fair value of the assets depending on the classification of the asset (e.g., loan or security) and the associated accounting model ascribed to that classification.
The asset balances for unconsolidated VIEs in which the Company has significant involvement represent the most current information available to the Company. In most cases, the asset balances represent an amortized cost basis without regard to impairments, unless fair value information is readily available to the Company.
The maximum funded exposure represents the balance sheet carrying amount of the Company’s investment in the VIE. It reflects the initial amount of cash invested in the VIE, adjusted for any accrued interest and cash principal payments received. The carrying amount may also be adjusted for increases or declines in fair value or any impairment in value recognized in earnings. The maximum exposure of unfunded positions represents the remaining undrawn committed amount, including liquidity and credit facilities provided by the Company or the notional amount of a derivative instrument considered to be a variable interest. In certain transactions, the Company has entered into derivative instruments or other arrangements that are not considered variable interests in the VIE (e.g., interest rate swaps, cross-currency swaps or where the Company is the purchaser of credit protection under a credit default swap or total return swap where the Company pays the total return on certain assets to the SPE). Receivables under such arrangements are not included in the maximum exposure amounts.
The following tables present certain assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs, which are included on Citi’s Consolidated Balance Sheet. The assets include those assets that can only be used to settle obligations of consolidated VIEs and are in excess of those obligations. In addition, the assets include third-party assets of consolidated VIEs only and exclude intercompany balances that eliminate in consolidation. The liabilities include third-party liabilities of consolidated VIEs only and exclude intercompany balances that eliminate in consolidation. The liabilities also exclude amounts where creditors or beneficial interest holders have recourse to the general credit of Citigroup.

June 30,
2025December 31,
In millions of dollars(Unaudited)2024
Assets of consolidated VIEs to be used to settle obligations of consolidated VIEs  
Cash and due from banks$60 $65 
Trading account assets7,706 6,971 
Investments1,463 739 
Loans, net of unearned income 
Consumer31,235 32,958 
Corporate20,643 21,492 
Loans, net of unearned income$51,878 $54,450 
Allowance for credit losses on loans (ACLL)(2,293)(2,376)
Total loans, net$49,585 $52,074 
Other assets133 190 
Total assets of consolidated VIEs to be used to settle obligations of consolidated VIEs$58,947 $60,039 

June 30,
2025December 31,
In millions of dollars(Unaudited)2024
Liabilities of consolidated VIEs for which creditors or beneficial interest holders
do not have recourse to the general credit of Citigroup
  
Short-term borrowings$11,772 $13,628 
Long-term debt
7,274 5,271 
Other liabilities416 920 
Total liabilities of consolidated VIEs for which creditors or beneficial interest holders
do not have recourse to the general credit of Citigroup
$19,462 $19,819 
Funding Commitments for Significant Unconsolidated VIEs—Liquidity Facilities and Loan Commitments
The following table presents the notional amount of liquidity facilities and loan commitments that are classified as funding commitments in the VIE tables above:

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
In millions of dollars
Liquidity
facilities
Loan/equity
commitments
Liquidity
facilities
Loan/equity
commitments
Non-agency-sponsored mortgage securitizations$ $336 $— $566 
Citi-administered asset-backed commercial paper conduits  — — 
Asset-based financing
 15,775 — 13,185 
Municipal securities tender option bond trusts (TOBs)
  — — 
Municipal investments
 3,293 — 2,502 
Investment funds
 94 — 98 
Total funding commitments
$ $19,498 $— $16,351 

Significant Interests in Unconsolidated VIEs—Balance Sheet Classification
The following table presents the carrying amounts and classification of significant variable interests in unconsolidated VIEs:

In billions of dollars
June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Cash
$ $— 
Trading account assets
4.0 3.4 
Investments
5.4 5.6 
Total loans, net of allowance
61.9 58.4 
Other
0.6 0.6 
Total assets
$71.9 $68.0 

Credit Card Securitizations
The Company’s primary credit card securitization activity is through two trusts—Citibank Credit Card Master Trust and Citibank Omni Trust. These trusts are consolidated entities given Citi’s continuing involvement. The following table reflects amounts related to the Company’s securitized credit card receivables:

In billions of dollars
June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Ownership interests in principal amount of trust credit card receivables
Sold to investors via trust-issued securities$7.2 $5.2 
Retained by Citigroup as trust-issued securities3.3 3.7 
Retained by Citigroup via non-certificated interests29.1 22.1 
Total
$39.6 $31.0 

The following table summarizes selected cash flow information related to Citigroup’s credit card securitizations:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
In billions of dollars
2025202420252024
Proceeds from new securitizations
$2.0 $— $2.0 $— 
Paydown of maturing notes 1.1  1.2 

Master Trust Liabilities (at Par Value)
The weighted average maturity of the third-party term notes issued by the Master Trust was 3.3 years as of June 30, 2025 and 3.6 years as of December 31, 2024.

In billions of dollars
Jun. 30, 2025Dec. 31, 2024
Term notes issued to third parties
$6.3 $4.3 
Term notes retained by Citigroup affiliates1.8 1.7 
Total Master Trust liabilities
$8.1 $6.0 

Omni Trust Liabilities (at Par Value)
The weighted average maturity of the third-party term notes issued by the Omni Trust was 0.9 years as of June 30, 2025 and 1.4 years as of December 31, 2024.

In billions of dollars
Jun. 30, 2025Dec. 31, 2024
Term notes issued to third parties
$0.9 $0.9 
Term notes retained by Citigroup affiliates1.5 2.0 
Total Omni Trust liabilities
$2.4 $2.9 
Mortgage Securitizations
The following tables summarize selected cash flow information and retained interests related to Citigroup mortgage securitizations:

Three Months Ended June 30,
20252024
In billions of dollars
U.S. agency-
sponsored
mortgages
Non-agency-
sponsored
mortgages
U.S. agency-
sponsored
mortgages
Non-agency-
sponsored
mortgages
Principal securitized
$1.8 $1.4 $1.5 $3.0 
Proceeds from new securitizations
1.8 1.0 1.5 2.7 
Contractual servicing fees received  — — 
Cash flows received on retained interests and other net cash flows  — — 
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets
  — — 
Six Months Ended June 30,
20252024
In billions of dollars
U.S. agency-
sponsored
mortgages
Non-agency-
sponsored
mortgages
U.S. agency-
sponsored
mortgages
Non-agency-
sponsored
mortgages
Principal securitized
$3.4 $2.8 $3.0 $4.1 
Proceeds from new securitizations
3.5 2.3 3.0 3.7 
Contractual servicing fees received0.1  0.1 — 
Cash flows received on retained interests and other net cash flows 0.1 — 0.1 
Purchases of previously transferred financial assets  — — 
Note: Excludes re-securitization transactions.

Gains recognized on the securitization of U.S. agency-sponsored mortgages were less than $1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. Gains recognized on the securitization of non-agency-sponsored mortgages were $34.7 million and $95.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.
Gains recognized on the securitization of U.S. agency-sponsored mortgages were less than $1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. Gains recognized on the securitization of non-agency-sponsored mortgages were $45.5 million and $82.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Non-agency-sponsored mortgages(1)
Non-agency-sponsored mortgages(1)
In millions of dollars
U.S. agency-
sponsored mortgages
Senior
interests
Subordinated
interests
U.S. agency-
sponsored mortgages
Senior
interests
Subordinated
interests
Carrying value of retained interests(2)
$806 $908 $1,047 $783 $902 $1,058 

(1)    Disclosure of non-agency-sponsored mortgages as senior and subordinated interests is indicative of the interests’ position in the capital structure of the securitization.
(2)    Retained interests consist of Level 2 and Level 3 assets depending on the observability of significant inputs. See Note 23 for more information about fair value measurements.

The following table includes information about loan delinquencies and liquidation losses for assets held in non-consolidated, non-agency-sponsored securitization entities:

Liquidation (gains) losses
Securitized assets90 days past dueThree Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
In billions of dollars, except liquidation losses in millionsJun. 30, 2025Dec. 31, 2024Jun. 30, 2025Dec. 31, 20242025202420252024
Securitized assets
Residential mortgages(1)
$31.4 $31.0 $0.4 $0.3 $1.3 $0.5 $1.3 $1.2 
Commercial and other
30.1 31.1  —  —  — 
Total
$61.5 $62.1 $0.4 $0.3 $1.3 $0.5 $1.3 $1.2 

(1)    Securitized assets include $0.1 billion of personal loan securitizations as of June 30, 2025.
Consumer Loan Securitizations
Beginning in the third quarter of 2023, Citi relaunched a program securitizing other consumer loans into asset-backed securities. The principal securitized for the three and six months ended March 31, 2025 was $0.3 billion and $0.6 billion, respectively. The proceeds from new securitizations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 were $0.3 billion and $0.6 billion, respectively. The gains recognized on the securitization of consumer loans were $0.5 billion and $0.7 billion for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively.

Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSRs)
In connection with the securitization of mortgage loans, Citi’s U.S. consumer mortgage business generally retains the servicing rights, which entitle the Company to a future stream of cash flows based on the outstanding principal balances of the loans and the contractual servicing fee. Failure to service the loans in accordance with contractual requirements may lead to a termination of the servicing rights and the loss of future servicing fees. These transactions create intangible assets referred to as MSRs, which are recorded at fair value on Citi’s Consolidated Balance Sheet (see Note 23 for the valuation of MSRs). The MSRs correspond to principal loan balances of $57 billion and $53 billion as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Company receives fees during the course of servicing previously securitized mortgages. The amounts of these fees were as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
In millions of dollars2025202420252024
Servicing fees
$38 $33 $75 $65 
Late fees
 1 1
Total MSR fees
$38 $34 $76 $66 

In the Consolidated Statement of Income these fees are primarily classified as Commissions and fees, and changes in MSR fair values are classified as Other revenue.

Re-securitizations
The Company engages in re-securitization transactions backed by either residential or commercial mortgages in which debt securities are transferred to a VIE in exchange for new beneficial interests. Citi did not transfer non-agency (private label) securities to re-securitization entities, nor did Citi hold retained interests in such securitizations, during the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Citi held no retained interests in private label re-securitization transactions structured by Citi.
The Company also re-securitizes U.S. government-agency-guaranteed mortgage-backed (agency) securities. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, Citi transferred agency securities with a fair value of approximately $6.7 billion and $13.6 billion to re-securitization entities, compared to approximately $6.3 billion
and $10.7 billion for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025, the fair value of Citi-retained interests in agency re-securitization transactions structured by Citi totaled approximately $2.5 billion (including $1.6 billion related to re-securitization transactions executed in 2025), compared to $1.6 billion as of December 31, 2024 (including $977 million related to re-securitization transactions executed in 2024), which is recorded in Trading account assets. The original fair values of agency re-securitization transactions in which Citi holds a retained interest as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 were approximately $73.4 billion and $76.8 billion, respectively.
As of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company did not consolidate any private label or agency re-securitization entities.

Citi-Administered Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Conduits
At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the commercial paper conduits administered by Citi had approximately $20.2 billion and $21.3 billion of purchased assets outstanding, and unfunded commitments with clients of approximately $15.2 billion and $16.7 billion, respectively.
At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the weighted-average remaining maturities of the commercial paper issued by the conduits were approximately 65 and 82 days, respectively.
The conduits have obtained letters of credit from the Company that equal at least 8% to 10% of the conduit’s assets with a minimum of $200 million to $350 million. The letters of credit provided by the Company to the conduits total approximately $2.0 billion and $2.1 billion as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. In the event that defaulted assets exceed the transaction-specific credit enhancement described above, any losses in each conduit are allocated first to the Company and then to the commercial paper investors.
At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company owned $7.3 billion and $6.4 billion, respectively, of the commercial paper issued by its administered conduits. The Company’s investments were not driven by market illiquidity and the Company is not obligated under any agreement to purchase the commercial paper issued by the conduits.

Municipal Securities Tender Option Bond (TOB) Trusts
The Company provides credit enhancement for certain non-customer trusts. At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, $0.8 billion and $0.4 billion, respectively, of the municipal bonds owned by non-customer TOB trusts were subject to a credit guarantee provided by the Company.
The Company provides other liquidity agreements or letters of credit to customer-sponsored municipal investment funds, which are not variable interest entities, and municipality-related issuers that totaled $0.1 billion and $0.5 billion as of June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. These liquidity agreements and letters of credit are offset by reimbursement agreements with various term-out provisions.
Asset-Based Financing
The primary types of Citi’s asset-based financings, total assets of the unconsolidated VIEs with significant involvement and Citi’s maximum exposure to loss are presented below. For Citi to realize the maximum loss, the VIE (borrower) would have to default with no recovery from the assets held by the VIE.

June 30, 2025December 31, 2024
In millions of dollars
Total
unconsolidated
VIE assets
Maximum
exposure to
unconsolidated VIEs
Total
unconsolidated
VIE assets
Maximum
exposure to
unconsolidated VIEs
Type
Commercial and other real estate$60,452 $11,947 $61,322 $9,693 
Corporate loans
55,166 26,514 45,542 21,009 
Other (including investment funds, airlines and shipping)198,836 35,288 153,687 37,567 
Total
$314,454 $73,749 $260,551 $68,269