Connie Gore |
September 07, 2000
IRVING, TX-New York City-based Citigroup, the nation's largest financial group, is taking over The Associates First Capital Corp., headquartered in Irving, TX, in a $29.4 billion pact announced yesterday. The Associates, around since 1918, will lose its name with Citigroup planning to operate the newly crafter consumer finance unit under the banner of CitiFinancial.