Citigroup, meanwhile, saw the Fed block its capital-return plan, just as it did in 2011 to BofA, which did not even propose raising its dividend or buying back stock in 2012.
Hours after ECOWAS' announcement, the U.S. State Department announced that it was imposing sanctions on travel to the United States on people "who block Mali's return to civilian rule and a democratically elected government" and on their immediate relatives.