VIST VISTERRA, INC.

WYOMISSING and BLUE BELL, Pa., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIST Financial (NASDAQ:VIST) ranks in the top 10 bank holding companies nationally for insurance revenue as a percentage of non-interest income, according to a report released by Michael White Associates and the American Bankers Insurance Association. The report based the rankings of the top 50 bank holding companies on the absolute dollar amount of total insurance revenue and on total insurance revenue as a percentage of the institution's total non-interest income for the first six months of 2008. VIST Financial ranked 6th on the list with 60.4% of non-interest income being generated by the bank's insurance operations, VIST Insurance. The company ranked 45th in absolute dollars of revenue generated with $5.4 million for six month period ended June 30, 2008. "We're proud of these national rankings which show some of the results of our strategic commitment to meet all the financial needs of businesses and individuals," said Robert Davis, President & Chief Executive Officer of VIST Financial. "When we first explored moving beyond just banking and delving into insurance, our primary consideration was to be a trusted advisor for our customer's financial needs while at the same time being able to lessen our company's dependence on interest income." "Offering insurance along with our banking and investment services provides a diverse revenue stream in good times and bad," continued Davis. "In uncertain economic times such as these and a falling rate environment as we've experienced this year, the income generated by our insurance operations helps to stabilize our bottom line." The company was one of the first in the nation to acquire an insurance agency when it acquired the 100+ year-old Berks County-based Essick & Barr Insurance in 1998. Since then, the company has gone on to acquire multiple agencies in Southeastern Pennsylvania. VIST Financial (formerly Leesport Financial Corp.) is a diversified financial services company with corporate headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, and regional headquarters in Blue Bell, PA, offering banking, insurance, investments, and wealth management services throughout Berks, Southern Schuylkill, Montgomery, Delaware, and Philadelphia Counties. This release may contain forward-looking statements with respect to the Company's beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, anticipations, estimates, and intentions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change based on various factors, some of which are beyond the Company's control. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company. DATASOURCE: VIST Financial CONTACT: Loren Berckey, Assistant Vice President, Advertising & Public Relations of VIST Financial, +1-610-603-7245, Web site: http://www.vistfc.com/

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