News of the finance

The Central Bank of Nigeria invites bids from the public, within and outside Nigeria, for the purchase of its 1991 design coins, withdrawn from circulation in 2007.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/Out/publications/cbod/2008/Demonetization.pdfClick here for details/abr br ba href=http://www.cenbank.org/out/publications/bsd/2008/Copy of banks Int Rates Nov 2008.pdfBanks Interest Rates and Charges on Loans and Deposits for November 2008/a/bbr Please view the Banks interest rates and charges on Loans and Deposits for the month of November 2008.br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/out/publications/bsd/2008/Copy of banks Int Rates Nov 2008.pdfClick here for details/abr

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, initially scheduled to hold on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, will now take place on Thursday, December 11, 2008.

SAN JOSE, Calif., and ARMONK, N.Y. - November 18, 2008 - Cisco and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced the launch of two additional offerings for enhancing the retail banking experience that build on their Front Office Solutions for Retail Banking announced in November 2007. The Optimized Self-Service and Cisco TelePresence ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Cisco+and+IBM+Enhance+Banking+Experience+with+Cisco+TelePresence+and+Optimized+Self-Service" border="0" height="0" width="0" /

Further to the CBN circulars referenced TED/AD/117/2004,TED/AD/126/br 2004 and TED/FEM/GEN/FPC/011/07 dated 11th October and 8thbr November, 2004 and 26th January, 2007, respectively, Authorised Dealersbr and the general public are hereby notified that the Federal Government ofbr Nigeria has ratified the appointment of Messrs Cobalt Internationalbr Services Limited for the Pre-shipment Inspection of oil exports in Nigeriabr with effect from Novermber 1, 2008. Consequent upon that, the followingbr clarifications and amendments to the circulars under reference are made tobr guide the implementation of the inspection scheme br a href=http://www.cenbank.org/out/circulars/ted/2008/ted-fem.fpc.gen.01.121.08.pdfClick here for details./a

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - November 10, 2008 - Cisco today announced that the Middle East Financial Investment Company (MEFIC), one of the region's premier financial services firms, has selected Cisco to upgrade its backbone network infrastructure. As part of the agreement, MEFIC will deploy an integrated communications network comprising a comprehensive suite of Cisco's advanced technology solutions, including Internet Protocol a href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6788/ ...img src="http://www.cisco.com/swa/j/zag2_vs_log1.asc?Log=1vs_f=News@Cisco:+Financial+Services+Newsvs_p=Middle+East+Financial+Investment+Company+Implements+Cisco+Technology" border="0" height="0" width="0" /