ADVISORY/Washington Mutual Invites New Yorkers Over to `Their Place' -- a New 3-D Active Billboard on Broadway.

City Desks/Business Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Sept. 21)

NOTE: A video relating to this story will be available

for journalists to download beginning today at www.newstream.com

SEE URL:

http://news1.newstream.com/public_story.html?1243

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT: -- Washington Mutual invites New Yorkers over to "their place" -- a new
3-D active billboard on Broadway Washington Mutual's new three-dimensional
"house" is a cross-section of a fully furnished home, complete with a living
room, bedroom, kitchen and bath. The chimney works, the lights are on and
somebody is home -- watching TV.    The new billboard is a creative, and
unusual, addition to the Broadway skyline. It is the highlight of one of the
company's largest-ever advertising campaigns. The campaign announces the launch
of the new wamumortgage.com Web site. The billboard represents the company's
commitment to customized solutions in mortgage lending. The new Web site at
www.wamumortgage.com is part of this commitment. Customers can do research and
save data online in their own notebook, apply for a mortgage online and monitor
the entire lending process on the Web. WHERE: -- 49th Street and Broadway, New
York City WHEN: -- Just Completed, Operational 24 Hours A Day SEE IT: -- Photos
and the "Making of the Billboard" video are available on the Web at
http://www.businesswire.com/c nn/wm.shtml. MORE:

-- Washington Mutual (NYSE:WM): With a history dating back to

1889, Washington Mutual is a financial services company that

provides a diversified line of products and services to

consumers and small- to mid-sized businesses. At June 30,

2000, Washington Mutual and its subsidiaries had assets of

$185.69 billion. Washington Mutual currently operates more

than 2,000 consumer banking, mortgage lending, commercial

banking, consumer finance and financial services offices

throughout the nation. Washington Mutual's Mortgage Banking

group is both the largest adjustable-rate mortgage provider

and wholesale lender nationwide.

Editor's Note: Washington Mutual's news releases are available at no charge through the company's News On Demand Plus System. For a menu of Washington Mutual news releases or to retrieve a specific release, call 800/329-6236. On the Internet, news releases may be accessed at http://www.businesswire.com/cnn/wm.shtml.