FX poll 1996: A close Chase

Newly-appointed global foreign exchange chief, Guy Whittaker, fell silent when Euromoney informed him that the new Chase had topped our annual foreign exchange poll. He simply asked how we put the results together, and took a sip of water.

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Had it been true, and not just mischief on our part – this being the first time in a generation that Citibank had genuine concerns as to who might win – there’s no telling what might have happened. Informed that it was a joke and that Citibank had won again for the 18th consecutive year,he explained that Citibank’s edge was “its customer relationships and the continuity of its staff”.

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