When Bank of America CEO Kenneth D. Lewis announced plans to pay back the government on Dec. 2, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit took the surprising news as a wake -up call. Early the next morning, several Citi executives called officials at the Treasury Dept. to discuss their options, according to a person close to the agency. They wanted to know how Bof A negotiated such a quick exit from the Troubled Asset Relief Program and how Citi might follow suit.rnNow Pandit is busy pressing regulators for an agreement that would allow the New York-based bank to repay its remaining $20 billion in funds fromrnTARP. (In September the government converted $25 billion of Citi's bailout money into an equity stake in the bank.) Pandit's hoping to hash out a plan in the next week or so, say people familiar with the situation.
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机译：当美国银行首席执行官肯尼思·D·刘易斯（Kenneth D. Lewis）宣布计划在12月2日偿还政府时，花旗集团首席执行官维克拉姆·潘迪特（Vikram Pandit）称这是令人惊讶的消息。一位与该机构关系密切的人士说，第二天清晨，花旗几位高管致电财政部官员讨论他们的选择。他们想知道美国银行如何通过谈判迅速退出问题资产救助计划，花旗又将如何跟进.rnPandit正忙于向监管机构寻求一项协议，以允许这家总部位于纽约的银行偿还其剩余的200亿美元债务。来自TARP的资金。 （知情人士说，（9月，政府将花旗的250亿美元救助资金转换为银行的股权。）潘迪特希望在下周左右制定出一项计划。
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