There's at least one part of finance that Citigroup Inc. hopesdoesn't go back to normal: opening accounts.

With corporations around the world forced to shutter offices tostem the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Citigroup has seen those clientsflock to its new technology offerings. The firm said on Wednesdaythat it had opened more than 1,000 corporate accounts digitallyduring the widespread lockdowns, a 300 percent increase from a yearearlier.

"As physical interaction has become an issue and people aregenerally working from their respective residences, this particularcapability became very handy," Naveed Sultan, global head of thebank's treasury and trade solutions business, said in an interview."We've been at this for quite some time."