Check 21--Check Processing of the Future Starts Today.

Fiserv Representatives Available to Discuss the "Realities" of Banking in New Banking Environment

WHAT: Check 21--formally known as the Check Clearing for the 21st
        Century Act--becomes effective today. Check 21 allows banks to
        accept electronic images of checks (or substitute checks) as
        proof of payment instead of traditional paper checks.

        The implementation of this federal act marks a critical shift
        in the banking industry. Check 21 will make it possible for
        banks to become more efficient and more secure while
        processing checks, and essentially allow banks to pass on
        those efficiencies and eventual cost savings to their
        customers. Now that check processing is entering the 21st
        Century, banks, financial services companies, businesses and
        consumers alike are impacted in several ways.

        Expert resources from Fiserv Inc.--the nation's largest
        third-party processor of checks--are available to discuss
        Check 21. They can answer questions such as:

        --  Why was Check 21 enacted?

        --  What effect will Check 21 have on consumers, businesses
            and banks?

        --  What if consumers and businesses don't want their checks
            imaged?

        --  What efficiencies will be realized as a result of Check
            21?

        --  Are there any additional changes that will occur in
            banking now that Check 21 is effective?

    WHO: Mark Damico, President, Fiserv Item Processing Group
         Steve Ward, Executive Vice President, Fiserv Item Processing
          Group
         Ted Umhoefer, Senior Vice President, Fiserv Item Processing
          Group

    WHEN: Mark Damico, Steve Ward or Ted Umhoefer are available for
        interviews, show segments or panel discussions to address this
        new federal law. To schedule with them, please contact Chuck
        Doherty, [phone], [e-mail]; or Melissa
        Quinn, [phone], [e-mail]

Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV) provides information management systems and services to the financial industry including transaction processing, business process outsourcing and software and systems solutions. The company serves more than 15,000 clients, including banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, financial planners and investment advisers, insurance companies and agents, self-funded employers, lenders and savings institutions. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Fiserv reported $2.7 billion in processing and services revenues for 2003. Fiserv can be found on the Internet at www.fiserv.com.