Financial & Economic Blog

LONDON, 25 February 2010 - Cisco today announced that Winterflood Securities, one of the leading liquidity providers in London, has deployed the Cisco Unified Computing SystemTM to improve the resilience, agility, scalability and flexibility of its high frequency trading platform. Working with Logicalis, a Cisco#174; Gold Certified Partner, Winterflood Securities has undertaken a project ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Winterflood+Securities+Deploys+Cisco+Unified+Computing+System+to+Improve+Business+Operations+and+Support+Future+Growth" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Feb. 23, 2010 - Cisco today announced the findings of a retail banking study that suggests banks have an opportunity to increase revenues up to 10 percent by embracing Generation Y consumers. Conducted by the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), Cisco's global consultancy, the study surveyed 1,055 U.S. consumers to better understand their financial priorities, ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Cisco+Retail+Banking+Survey+Finds+Generation+Y+Consumers+Needs+Will+Transform+Retail+Banking" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2010 #150; Continuing its commitment to provide access to capital in today's uncertain economy, Cisco Capital SM today announced a three-year, zero-percent financing offer for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States.#160; The financing offer applies to all Cisco products and services from $1,000 up to $250,000. Zero- ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Cisco+Offers+Three-Year,+Zero-Percent+Financing+to+U.S.+Small+and+Medium-Sized+Businesses" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

BANGKOK #150; November 26, 2009 #150; Krung Thai Bank (KTB) has deployed a video-based collaboration solution from Cisco at its head offices and plans to expand the solution to all its branch offices nationwide. Initially, KTB will use the solution to reduce travel between offices before extending its use to customers. The solution that KTB has deployed is Cisco#174; Unified ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Krung+Thai+Bank+Deploys+Cisco+Unified+MeetingPlace+to+Improve+Collaboration+and+Enhance+Customer+Service" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

November 23, 2009 Alpha Trading Systems ("Alpha") was established in May, 2007 by nine of Canada's leading financial institutions (BMO Capital Markets, Canaccord Capital Corporation, CIBC World Markets, CPP Investment Board, Desjardins Securities Inc., National Bank Financial, RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc.), with the mission of providing the preferred ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=New+Securities+Trading+System+Provider+Sets+Standard+with+Fast,+Reliable+Solution" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

HONG KONG, September 10, 2009 - Cisco, Macroview Telecom and CITIC Securities International Company Limited ("CITIC Securities International"), the largest securities house in China, today showcased a wide range of innovative applications and customer services at the newly opened CITIC Securities International Mongkok branch. The enhanced customer services enabled by Cisco#174; Unified ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=CITIC+Securities+International+Raises+Customer+Services+to+New+Heights+with+Cisco+Unified+Communications+System+and+Macroviews+LUCAS+Application+Suite" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

SEOUL, Korea - September 2, 2009 - The Korea Venture Investment Co. (KVIC, CEO Hyungki Kim) and Cisco today announced that SkyLake Incuvest Co. Ltd. (CEO Daeje Chin) has been designated the manager of a new investment fund to support Korean IT innovation. Called "SkyLake Global Incuvest 4 (SGI4)", the new fund was formally submitted to the Korean Financial Services Commission for approval ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=KVIC+and+Cisco+Collaborate+to+Foster+IT+Innovation+in+Korea" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

July 28, 2009 The CN Investment Division (the Division) manages the assets of multi-billion-dollar pension fund of the Canadian National Railway Company's (CN) 63,000 employees and pensioners. Assets under the group's management include domestic and foreign equities, fixed income, real estate, oil and gas, hedge funds and private equities. CN is the only railroad which crosses the ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Investment+Firm+Keeps+Traders+Connected+with+Secure,+Redundant+Network" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

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MOSCOW, June 30, 2009 #150; Cisco today commemorates the 10-year anniversary of Cisco CapitalSM financial services in Russia. Cisco Capital has a proven record in Russia of providing flexible financial solutions to customers and partners. Cisco Capital CIS, LLC (Cisco Capital CIS) helps companies expand their information technology (IT) infrastructure by accelerating their deployment of Cisco#174; products and services, increasing their competitiveness and profitability. ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Cisco+Capital+Commemorates+10+Years+of+Innovative+Financial+Services+in+Russia" border="0" height="0" width="0" /