Advanta Joins in Relief Efforts.

Business Editors

SPRING HOUSE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2001

Advanta Corporation (NASDAQ: ADVNB; ADVNA) joins with countless other American businesses and individual citizens in efforts to relieve suffering caused by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Advanta is matching dollar-for-dollar the contributions of its employees to non-profit disaster relief organizations, and the Advanta Foundation has also made an emergency grant to the American Red Cross, significantly increasing its regular donations to the organization.

"While there is so little any of us can do to ease the heartache of those who have suffered and will continue to suffer as a result of this unimaginable tragedy," said Dennis Alter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer," we are heartened by the response of our employees, and that of people all over America, to these terrible events. As President Bush urges all of us to return to work, our focus will remain, as always, on serving our customers and supporting our community."

Advanta is a highly focused financial services company which has been providing innovative financial solutions since 1951. Advanta leverages its first-class direct marketing and information based expertise to develop state-of-the-art data warehousing and statistical modeling tools that identify potential customers and new target markets. Over the past five years, it has used these distinctive capabilities to become one of the nation's largest issuers of MasterCard business credit cards to small businesses. Learn more about Advanta at www.advanta.com.