Citi Shortens Investment Banking Analyst Program to Two Years

The two-year cut reframes the analyst stint as a shorter, more transactional stop, which matters most to juniors weighing banking against alternative paths and to the teams that rely on their deal support. Citi's move also signals a willingness to restructure the traditional training pipeline rather than defend it. Whether peers follow or whether the shortened tenure changes how analysts are staffed and developed is the open question.