USA - Citigroup the country's third largest, fails bank stress test along with three other big banks

Published on Mar 14, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.com/ The latest annual round of bank stress tests in America has thrown up a surprise casualty, with Citigroup, the country's third largest, failing along with three other big banks, MetLife, America's largest life insurer, Ally Financial, and SunTrust. 15 of the 19 big banks did however pass, and many have announced boosted dividends and share buy-backs.