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Trading Technologies and Credit Suisse Enter Into Global Software Licensing and TTNET(TM) Distribution Agreement



    Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) and Credit Suisse
    Prime Services today announced that they have entered into a global
    software licensing agreement in which Credit Suisse Prime Services
    will make available TT´s high-speed X_TRADER(R) order-entry software
    to its commodity prime services hedge fund customers and internal
    trading desks in the Americas, Europe and Asia. This agreement will
    allow Credit Suisse to meet increased demand for professional futures
    trading software from buy-side firms and other high-volume derivatives
    traders. Credit Suisse customers will have access to TT´s X_TRADER
    order-entry software platform and technology solutions including TT´s
    FIX connectivity and high-speed exchange gateways.

    Credit Suisse will leverage TT´s fully managed hosting solution,
    TTNET, to distribute X_TRADER. TTNET accelerates customer access to
    international markets and provides a robust trading platform through
    its full failover and disaster recovery data centers situated in
    strategic locations close to the various exchanges. TT operates data
    centers in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and Tokyo
    with plans to add additional facilities in Hong Kong and Sydney.

    Salvatore Ventura, Head of the Services Organization for Credit
    Suisse Prime Services, said, "Our major energy and commodity hedge
    fund clients in prime services demand high performance trading
    solutions and our partnership with TT enables us to provide an
    additional solution to meet their demands. TTNET provides a high
    performance solution that our customers require."

    "We are very pleased to add Credit Suisse to our distribution
    network. We look forward to collaborating with them as they use our
    TTNET hosting solution to deploy TT´s X_TRADER platform to their
    global prime services commodity hedge fund customers and internal
    traders," said Harris Brumfield, CEO of TT.

    About Trading Technologies

    Trading Technologies (www.tradingtechnologies.com) develops
    high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals,
    including the world´s premier investment banks, proprietary traders,
    brokers, Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other
    trading institutions. The company´s X_TRADER(R) software and related
    services provide direct access to the major international derivatives
    exchanges. X_TRADER 7.4, the current version of TT´s trading platform,
    was named "Innovation of the Year" by FOW magazine and "Best Buy-Side
    Commodities Trading Platform" by Buy-Side Technology magazine in 2007.
    TTNET(TM), TT´s fully managed hosting solution, delivers maximum
    system stability and fast trade execution via hubs located close to
    the major exchanges in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Frankfurt,
    Singapore and Tokyo. Headquartered in Chicago, Trading Technologies
    maintains a global presence with offices in New York, Stamford,
    Houston, London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo and
    Sydney. Chicago magazine named TT the best technology company to work
    for and ranked TT third among all Chicago area employers. TT also
    received the prestigious Lighthouse Award from the Illinois
    Information Technology Association (ITA) in 2006 as the leading
    technology company in Illinois.

    About Credit Suisse

    As one of the world´s leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its
    clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management
    services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services,
    comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies,
    institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as
    well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over
    50 countries and employs approximately 45,000 people. Credit Suisse´s
    parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial
    services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group´s
    registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of
    American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York. Further information
    about Credit Suisse can be found at www.credit-suisse.com.