NationalCard - PR Dec 22, 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>NATIONALCARD EXPANDS AGENT BANK AFFILIATION PROGRAM</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Rochelle Park, N.J. -- </I>NationalCard Processing Systems, a leader in providing New Jersey Community Banks with Electronic payment processing has announced the appointment of Michael A. Solomon of Livingston, NJ, as Assistant Vice President of Agent Bank Affiliations.  In this position, Mr. Solomon is responsible for the development, expansion and servicing of merchant relationships with commercial, savings and community banks. Mr. Solomon was formerly associated with Heartland Payment Systems and Penn Federal Savings Bank (now Garden State Community Bank), where he served as Vice President for Merchant Services.   </div> <bR> <div> "I am delighted to have Mike on our bank affiliations team.  His experience in developing strategic banking relationships, along with his expertise in identifying cost-saving opportunities for clients and his intrinsic understanding of the credit card market, will help contribute to the overall growth of our programs and services, " said Ralph Garcia, Senior Vice President of Bank Affiliations.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Currently, NationalCard provides processing services for 27 Community Banks located in Northern and Central New Jersey and has a meaningful direct presence nationally.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times" > </FONT></div> <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 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>www.nationalcard.net</U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>NationalCard Processing Systems –HealthCard Systems</I></div> <div> <I>Corporate Offices</I></div> <div> <I>Sherbrooke Office Center II</I></div> <div> <I>201 West Passaic Street Suite 304</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>