<-bsp-bb-link state=”{“bbHref”:”bbg://securities/C%20US%20Equity/MGMT”,”_id”:”0000018b-d942-de26-a7ef-fd760f300000″,”_type”:”0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000″}”>Citigroup Inc.-bsp-bb-link> plans to unveil a partnership with a bank in India to fund female small-business owners in the country, part of its financing work for enterprises including automakers and parts suppliers across Asia, Central America and elsewhere.
“We’re going to be providing capital to more than 300,000 female entrepreneurs in rural India, and that will help them grow their small business and increase their participation in global trade,” Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state=”{“_id”:”0000018b-d942-de26-a7ef-fd760f310000″,”_type”:”00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003″}”>Jane Fraser-bsp-person> said Thursday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in San Francisco. She didn’t identify the Indian bank.
Fraser touted Citigroup’s clients in 160 countries and …