NationalCard - PR Dec 15, 2008

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=30 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="834" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 681 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="720" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 324 WIDTH="710"><div> <I><B>CROSS RIVER BANK AND NATIONALCARD SIGN PROCESSING AGREEMENT</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Teaneck, NJ, December, 2008</I>. . . Cross River Bank today announced a credit-card processing agreement with NationalCard Processing Systems, a national credit- and debit-card processing firm.  This agreement will provide direct sales and marketing support for Cross River Bank's credit-card processing to all existing and prospective merchant accounts.</div> <bR> <div> “As a bank committed to providing clients with core financial products, evolving ingenuity and the latest technology, we believe that this partnership with NationalCard will meet our mission well,” said Cross River Bank President and CEO Frank N. Goffreda.  “We'll bring our business customers state-of-the-art credit and debit card merchant processing, with superior customer service at competitive rates.”</div> <bR> <div> “Recently-founded Cross River Bank has positioned itself to be the bank of the 21st century.  It enters the financial marketplace at a time of change - when core products, advanced technology and reassurance are vital.  It's our pleasure to provide the proven credit and debit card processing tools necessary for Cross River Bank to service their commercial and DDA portfolio of merchants with certainty,” said Rafael J Garcia, Senior Vice President of NationalCard's Agent Bank Group.</div> <bR> <div> Located in Teaneck, NJ, Cross River Bank is the community bank of the 21st century, standing at the crossroads of technology and banking for personal and business clients in New Jersey and the Tri-State area. The Bank opened its doors in June 2008 with a mission to provide outstanding products and unparalleled service using all that today's innovative technology has to offer. The Bank “thinks community and acts globally” in all of its product and service decisions. For more information, please call 201.808.7000 or visit www.crossriverbank.com" <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://"><U><U>www.crossriverbank.com</U></U></A></FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> Headquartered in Rochelle Park, NJ, NationalCard provides a full range of credit and debit card processing services for financial institutions, government agencies, non-profit organizations and major retailers throughout the country.  NationalCard offers a comprehensive line of processing solutions that include all major credit and debit cards, business to business purchasing cards, check verification and check guarantee as well as electronic check conversion and gift/loyalty cards.  The company also provides for a full range of point-of-sale terminals and industry focused software/hardware interfaces.  For more information, please visit <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.nationalcard.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nationalcard.net"><U><U>www.nationalcard.net</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>NationalCard Processing Systems –HealthCard Systems</I></div> <div> <I><B>NEW</B></I><I> Corporate Offices</I></div> <div> <I>Sherbrooke Office Center II</I></div> <div> <I>201 West Passaic Street Suite </I><I><B>304</B></I></div> <div> <I>Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662</I></div> <div> <I>(201) 845-0400</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>