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Less than a month after walking away from Wachovia, Citigroup is in discussions to acquire another U.S. bank, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.
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] retail-banking unit, which has its highest concentration of branches in the Northeast, California and Texas. A deal could be reached later this month, the people told the paper.
The fallout from Wells Fargo's [WFC
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Wachovia has added to tensions between Citigroup executives and directors, the paper said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Some board members have felt they weren't sufficiently kept in the loop, while some executives complained that directors are trying to wield too much clout, the paper said citing, people familiar with the matter.
Some insiders told the paper that an acquisition would pump up morale at Citigroup and ease the embarrassment of the Wachovia mess.
Citigroup could not be immediately reached for comment by Reuters.
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