Citi accelerates risk and control investment: CFO

(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason said on Monday that the bank is accelerating investments in its risk and control functions following a high profile $900 million operational error.

Speaking at an investor conference, Mason said the bank has planned $1 billion in incremental investments this year to shore up the bank’s infrastructure and improve risk management and compliance across the firm.

(Reporting by Imani Moise)