A beautiful donation with Citi Card and Habitat for Humanity Korea

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2009-10-07 09:51

Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--To promote the spirit of donation, Citi Card announced that it will implement ‘Building a house of love with Citi Points’. Citi Card customers are able to participate in this program, by purchasing various construction materials such as nail, paint, brick, etc and with Citi Point at Citi Point Mall (www.citibank.co.kr) until November 30 and donate it to the Habitat for Humanity Korea.

Also, customers are able to purchase home building toy, LEGO family home set, etc. with Citi Point at ‘Special Offers for Home Building’ at Citi Point Mall. Part of sales amount from the special offer will be donated to Habitat Korea. Participating customers will have a chance to win the lucky draw for various gifts including a participation to Habitat construction in 2010.

“We wish to provide the opportunity of the ‘sharing joy’ to Citi Card customers who didn’t have much chance to donate through this event. We plan to expand the donation items and the target organizations that customers are able to donate with Citi points” said Yung-Ku Ha, CEO of Citibank Korea Inc. He is known as a housing build mania for his ardent support and continued participation in the ‘Habitat for Humanity’ house building program every summer.

Citibank has long sponsored the world-wide ‘Habitat for Humanity’ program and Citibank Korea became the first company in Korea to establish a partnership with Habitat Korea in 1998. Since then, the bank has participated in building a total of 19 houses with 700 volunteer staffs, and donated 1.1 billion won. Now, Citi Card customers can participate in the Habitat program through ‘Building a house of love with Citi Points’ event.

About Citibank Korea Inc.

Citibank had opened its first branch in Korea in 1967, and was born newly as Citibank Korea Inc. (CKI) through integration with KorAm Bank in 2004. CKI serves customers at 231 branches (as of end ofMarch, 2009) in Korea by providing the first class financial products and services based on the various products and know-how of Citi with global network including more than 100 years of history and 200 million customers in more than 100 countries. CKI delivers new financial world to the customers through development of innovative financial products and services, encompassing from corporate and investment banking to consumer banking, private banking, and wealth management. Furthermore, Citibank Korea Inc., as a responsible corporate citizen, conducts diverse community activities in the areas of financial education, next generation education, woman, diversity, community, and environment consistently in corporation with sound non-profit organizations.

웹사이트: http://www.citibank.co.kr