Scotiabank takes the eFX lead in Mexico with Cognotec

- Scotiabank utilises Cognotec AutoDeal+™ to automate FX dealing

8th May 2007, London; Cognotec, the world's leading supplier of foreign exchange dealing technology, has announced that Scotiabank has adopted and deployed Cognotec's award winning AutoDeal+™ trading platform in Mexico and is utilising the platform to deliver a new automated FX trading service to its clients. Scotiabank's operations include a network of over 500 branches across Mexico. Its Mexican subsidiary is amongst the Top 10 banks in that country and is part of the Scotiabank Group, one of North America's premier financial institutions.

Scotiabank has already gone live with Cognotec AutoDeal+ which, branded as ScotiaFX.com, is offered through Scotia Capital, to deliver real-time foreign exchange prices to its commercial and corporate client-base across Mexico. The platform will now provide Web-based pricing and deal execution across virtually all currencies, instruments and price formats. Scotia Capital's Foreign Exchange proprietary online trading platform, ScotiaFX, has been ranked among the ten best in the world, based on client satisfaction, according to international finance magazine Euromoney in 2006."We have been able to quickly leverage the benefits of a proven web based FX pricing engine to provide fast, consistent FX pricing to our corporate and commercial clients. With the Cognotec AutoDeal+ platform our clients can enjoy real-time FX price updates and improved internal workflow due to the ease of importing trade data into their own internal applications. It has enabled us to further enhance the level of customer service to our clients." said John Nicholson Director foreign exchange Scotia Capital México,

"The benefits of automated foreign exchange dealing are being witnessed across the globe and are changing the landscape of the foreign exchange markets and more importantly, the way banks interact with their clients. For international banks, the advantages already enjoyed by Scotiabank are available using a cost-effective and robust institutional solution like Cognotec AutoDeal+." commented Mike Thrower, Head of Sales and Marketing, Cognotec.

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