DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Central Carolina Bank (CCB)
celebrated the Year 2000 this morning with no reported problems with the
bank's critical functions. All bank systems successfully rolled over to the
new millennium.
"We are very pleased with the bank's performance," said Ernest C.
Roessler, chairman, president and CEO of CCB. "We've been preparing for this
day for years and now that it's here, we want our customers to know that it's
business as usual at CCB." Customers continue to have 24-hour access to their
accounts through their ATMs, and the branches will re-open on their normal
schedule on Monday, January 3. CCB7s, located in selected Harris Teeter
grocery stores, will reopen after the holiday on Sunday, January 2, at
10:00 a.m.
CCB's bustling Y2K Command Center in Durham managed all activities related
to the rollover. The command center, located in a converted conference room
in the bank's operations center, has been the headquarters for all of CCB's
final Y2K testing and reporting functions.
Members of the bank's Y2K management team staffed the command center
around the clock last night to oversee the bank's operating systems. Each
branch and critical back-office function area checked in with the command
center throughout the night to report on the status of their applications.
Roessler credits the bank's Y2K management team with planning and
implementing a smooth transition to the year 2000. It took more than
20 months to test the bank's computer systems and critical functions. The
bank followed guidelines outlined by the Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council (FFIEC).
In addition to the Y2K management team, more than 800 CCB employees
participated in a rigorous schedule of rehearsals and wellness checks to make
certain the bank would be ready for the rollover.
"The bank would not have been ready for Y2K without the dedication and
hard work of our employees," added Roessler. "For almost two years, people in
each of our branches across North and South Carolina made it their job to
check their systems and report any problems to us, so we would minimize any
problems during the actual rollover. They took this responsibility seriously
and their efforts paid off."
CCB will continue to run checks on its critical systems and high-impact
business functions over the next few weeks. If customers have any questions
or concerns, they should contact their local branch, or call the Telebanking
Center at 1-800-422-2226 in North Carolina, and 1-800-726-6837 in South
Carolina.
CCB Financial Corporation's (NYSE: CCB) two banking subsidiaries, Central
Carolina Bank in North Carolina and American Federal Bank in South Carolina,
serve customers through 207 offices, 229 ATMs, its Telebanking Center, and
on-line banking for both retail and commercial accounts. The Trust and
Investment Management division currently has 16 offices in the Carolinas,
Virginia and Florida, with trust assets exceeding $4 billion. As of
September 30, 1999, CCB had total assets of $7.8 billion. News releases and
other information about CCB Financial are available on the Internet at the
Corporation's website, CCBonline.com.
SOURCE CCB Financial Corporation
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CONTACT:
Eileen Sarro of CCB Financial Corporation,
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