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National City Launches One Day 'Small Business Super Blitz' In Indiana Corporate And Local Executives Target 1,200 Area Small Business Owners INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- National City will launch an exciting and unprecedented "Small Business Super Blitz" on Thursday, October 30, that will include personal calls by 200 teams of local and corporate executives to more than 1,200 small business owners across the bank's marketplace throughout the state of Indiana. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030428/NATIONALCITYLOGO ) Teams of local small business banking officers, branch managers, area executives and representatives from Corporate Banking, Private Client Group, Wealth Management, NatCity Investments, Inc., Armada Funds, National Processing Company, LLC, Treasury Management, National City Card Services and National City Insurance Group, Inc., along with executives from National City Corporation, will participate in the calls to prospective customers. "National City is the leading Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in Indiana, the fifth largest small business lender in the country and the leading SBA lender in the bank's six-state franchise. Serving small businesses is a priority for our bank. The "Super Blitz" will allow us to hear the concerns of the small business owner, and deliver information about our cutting edge products and services. We intend to win customers from our competitors, by first meeting the needs of their small businesses and then becoming their bank of choice for their personal accounts," said National City Chairman and CEO David A. Daberko. "The support from National City Corporation for our Indiana Blitz underscores our commitment to the small business community. National City is the #1 SBA lender in Indiana for the fourth consecutive year. Our bank continues to develop products and solutions to assist the small business owner with managing cash flow, financing growth and acquisitions, growing wealth, reducing operating costs and risk, and managing personal finances, as well as providing more convenience to busy business owners through our expanded and state of the art online banking services," explained Stephen A. Stitle, Chairman and CEO of National City Bank of Indiana. Stitle added, "A unique feature of this Blitz is the participation of National City's product specialists to gain first hand knowledge of the specific solutions small business owners require in today's competitive environment." The National City Super Blitz teams will pose these questions to the small business owner: - Do you think the economy will be getting better or worse in the next 6 months? - Will your business be expanding in the next 6 months? - Do you plan to hire additional staff in the next 6 months? The results of this survey and the accompanying trends will be announced to Indiana media in the upcoming weeks. National City is committed to giving small business owners the innovative banking services they need to grow their businesses and provide for their employees. Along with checking and savings accounts, these include specialized lines of credit, online banking and payroll services, employee benefit packages, retirement planning services, flexible leasing programs and Business CheckCards. In addition, National City has the ability to finance equipment through term loans and also to assist business owners in financing real estate to increase capacity and invest for the long term. Through its small business banking initiative, National City is expanding its Small Business Banking product line and will provide more than $1.3 billion in small business loans and lines of credit in 2003. National City is one of the national leaders in supporting women business owners. The bank is currently in a five-year campaign to lend approximately $1.5 billion to women business owners. In communities throughout its six- state banking franchise, National City employs a network of women business owner advocates - specially trained National City small business banking officers focused on supporting local women-owned businesses. National City also sponsors a number of women business owner organizations, such as the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and ATHENA Foundation. About National City National City Corporation (NYSE:NCC), headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the nation's largest financial holding companies. The company operates through an extensive distribution network in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its primary businesses include commercial and retail banking, consumer finance, asset management, mortgage financing and servicing, and payment processing. For more information about National City Corporation, visit the company's Web site at NationalCity.com . http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030428/NATIONALCITYLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: National City Corporation CONTACT: Terri Wilson of National City Corporation, +1-502-581-4073, or Web site: http://www.nationalcity.com/

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