Future Growth of F.N.B. Corporation Includes Technology Partnership With Information Technology, Inc. Unit of Fiserv.

Business Editors

LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002

F.N.B. Corporation, a diversified financial services company and one of the nation's largest bank holding companies, has selected Information Technology, Inc. (ITI), a subsidiary of Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq: FISV), as its financial technology solutions provider.

ITI's entire suite of integrated software will be used by F.N.B. at all of its 155 offices in Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee.

Steve Powell, President and CEO of the Customer Service Center of F.N.B., said the company was looking for a technology partner that would help a large bank achieve its growth goals.

"We didn't want to hire a software vendor just to solve our technology issues. We could hire coders to do that," Powell said. "ITI is more than that - a technology partner committed to helping us compete effectively with other big banks, and do it more efficiently."

Powell cites ITI's browser-based systems as one of the keys to providing the quickest and most accurate response to customers' needs.

"Equally important, this technology will help us lower costs," Powell said. "In fact, I can see F.N.B. one day having an Internet-only bank branch that would enable us to reduce the tremendous communication expenses we now incur."

From de novo to multi-billion dollar organizations, ITI's Premier II offers an extensive suite of integrated software solutions to meet the needs of financial institutions of all sizes. Among its offerings are e-commerce applications such as Internet banking, and systems that deal with customer relationship management (CRM), electronic document management, data warehousing and business analysis. Core accounting and platform automation systems also are provided.

"ITI offers a comprehensive solution to meet all our technology needs," said Gary Tice, President and CEO of F.N.B Corporation. "This technology partnership will enable us to offer the same products and services as other larger banks, while maintaining a community bank level of service."

With a continual pattern of steady growth, both organic and through merger activity, F.N.B.'s current $4.1 billion in assets is projected to increase early this year to $6.7 billion. Already the largest independent bank holding company headquartered in Florida, the company now has a merger pending with Bank of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida). F.N.B. will also become the eighth largest bank holding company in Pennsylvania, and the 65th largest in the nation, upon completion of a merger with Promistar Financial Corporation (Johnstown, Pennsylvania).

"With our solid understanding of F.N.B.'s operations and strategic plan, ITI is honored to have the opportunity to serve this financial institution," said ITI President and CEO Mike Young. "Our relationship is one of communication and cooperation on many levels, lending itself to continued success for both of our growing organizations."

Information Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Fiserv, Inc., headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, is a top producer of integrated software solutions for the financial industry. More than 3,600 institutions use ITI products and services. ITI can be found on the Web at www.ITIwnet.com.

Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq: FISV) is an independent, full-service provider of integrated data processing and information management systems to the financial industry. As a leading technology resource, Fiserv serves more than 10,000 financial services providers worldwide, including banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, financial planners/investment advisers, insurance agents and companies, mortgage banks and savings institutions. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin, Fiserv also can be found on the Internet at www.fiserv.com.