Citibank Debuts App Designed For iPad

Citibank has launched its first consumer banking application specifically designed for Apple Inc.bizWatch Apple Inc. Latest in the Business Journals LinkedIn success demands effortSlideshow: Biggest U.S. LinkedIn GroupsApple has more cash than U.S. Treasury Follow this company ’s iPad tablet.

The app allows customers to trace and analyze their dollars with graphs along with other visual representations of accounts and transactions. Users can check their balances, control cash flow, settle payments, transfer funds, access rewards and find nearby Citibank ATMs and bank branches.

Unlike other apps for that iPad that mimic mobile phone and personal computer design, Citibank for iPad takes advantage of tablet computer abilities to supply its new interactive features, according to the company.

Customers can analyze personal spending habits with automatically generated charts that detail their purchases and compare those habits with general consumer data that may be filtered by location, age bracket, income bracket and get category.

And with the app comes immediate access to customer service via Twitter and updated content from Citi Personal Wealth Management and ladies & Co., a financial service for ladies.

“Our iPad app is all about listening to our clients and knowning that they need their digital banking experience to be more engaging and dynamic - beyond the standard static tables you discover along with other iPad apps,” said Tracey Weber, Citi internet and mobile banking head, North America consumer banking.

Part of Citigroup Inc.bizWatch Citigroup Inc. Latest from The Business Journals LinkedIn success demands effortSlideshow: Biggest U.S. LinkedIn GroupsBank of America's CEO Moynihan asks Congress to act on debt ceiling Follow this company , Citibank has 12 financial services branches in the Dayton region.

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Citibank has launched its first consumer banking application specifically designed for Apple Inc.bizWatch Apple Inc. Latest in the Business Journals LinkedIn success demands effortSlideshow: Biggest U.S. LinkedIn GroupsApple has more cash than U.S. Treasury Follow the corporation ’s iPad tablet.

The app allows customers to trace and analyze their dollars with graphs and other visual representations of accounts and transactions. Users can check their balances, control income, pay bills, transfer funds, access rewards and discover nearby Citibank ATMs and bank branches.

Unlike other apps for the iPad that mimic cell phone and private computer design, Citibank for iPad takes advantage of tablet computer abilities to supply its new interactive features, based on the company.

Customers can analyze personal spending habits with automatically generated charts that detail their purchases and compare those habits with general consumer data that may be filtered by location, age group, income bracket and get category.
Along with the app comes direct access to customer support via Twitter and updated content from Citi Personal Wealth Management and Women & Co., a financial service for women.

“Our iPad app is about listening to our clients and understanding that they need their digital banking experience to become more engaging and dynamic - beyond the standard static tables you find with other iPad apps,” said Tracey Weber, Citi internet and mobile banking head, The united states consumer banking.
A part of Citigroup Inc.bizWatch Citigroup Inc. Latest in the Business Journals LinkedIn success demands effortSlideshow: Biggest U.S. LinkedIn GroupsBank of America's CEO Moynihan asks Congress to act on debt ceiling Follow this company , Citibank has 12 financial services branches within the Dayton region.

Citigroup is the nation’s largest third-largest banking company. In terms of assets, Bank of AmericabizWatch Bank of America Latest from The Business Journals Developer Defortuna sells Key Biscayne home for MBofA sued for securities fraud by institutional investorsBofA sued for securities fraud by institutional investors Follow this company held $2.27 trillion in assets after last year, while JPMorgan Chase & Co.bizWatch JPMorgan Chase & Co. Latest from The Business Journals LinkedIn success demands effortSlideshow: Biggest U.S. LinkedIn GroupsFirst Financial profit declines, fill up Follow this company had $2.12 trillion in assets at year-end, Citigroup had $1.91 trillion and Wells Fargo & Co.bizWatch Wells Fargo & Co. Latest from The Business Journals Home Foreclosed? Lender may bulldoze itFinancial forumEmory Point shows intown apartments are hot Follow this company had $1.26 trillion. All those banks have operations within the Dayton region.

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Nordstrom Sued The Building Owner Porland TMT

Being left to swing within the wind usually isn't a good thing.

That's especially true of cranes -- depending on your point of view.

Parr Financial Oregon, the investment firm that owns the Nordstrom building in downtown Portland, filed a nuisance and trespass complaint this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court against neighboring Fox Tower-owner TMT Development and, ultimately, its big orange crane.

The crane, the lawsuit alleges, has been sitting fairly idle over the past year at Southwest Park Avenue and Yamhill Street since the recession stalled Tom Moyer's office tower project known as Park Avenue West. But more bothersome, it seems, than the gaping hole in the ground is the crane's tendency to blow over the Nordstrom building whenever there's a good gust of wind.

Representatives of Parr Financial declined to remark on the case, and Vanessa Sturgeon, president of TMT Development, did not return a call seeking comment.

The suit contends the crane's arm -- or jib as it's also known as -- intrudes upon Nordstrom's airspace and it is asking a legal court for damages, costs and a ruling that forces TMT to operate and maintain the crane in such a way that it no longer trespasses.

Interestingly, experts say, that swing is what makes a tower crane safer.

"When there's no operator in the seat, tower cranes have to weather vane, which means swing in the wind," said Eddie Zawislak, a power crane salesman for the Coast Crane Co. of Seattle. Swinging, he said, allows the crane to withstand more wind and minimize the possibility it will tip over. When left to move freely, most tower cranes can withstand winds of as much as 100 mph. Still, he said, a couple of fatal crane accidents in recent years may have fueled fears. In 2006, there was a fatal accident in a suburb of Seattle, where Nordstrom is based. The Bellevue crane collapse was ultimately blamed on faulty design and installment.

"When people see a tower crane, they don't want it falling over on their building," he said. "It's more of a safety concern by people who don't understand tower crane engineering."

In other trespassing crane cases, industry experts say, the existing landowner is usually given a certain amount of airspace ownership -- often the distance between the current building's height and the height that building codes would allow new construction to go on that lot.

That's where cranes can't go. Unless, of course, there's a settlement, which Zawislak yet others say there often is. That could entail developing a rental agreement for the crane's in time that airspace.

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