BOYERTOWN, Pa., Jan. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- National Penn Bancshares, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NPBC) is pleased to announce that the Year 2000 project the Bank has
been developing since 1996 was successful.
"We are extremely appreciative of all the hard work our employees
underwent to assure that all our systems would be functioning before, during
and after January 1, 2000," Steve Kunkel, National Penn's vice president of
information services, said. "This team effort was essential in enabling
National Penn to continue to provide the same level of outstanding customer
service to our customers and shareholders without interruption."
The National Penn Bank supermarket division will be open for business on
Sunday, January 2, 2000. All National Penn Bancshares offices will be open on
Monday, January 3, 2000. Customers can access account information at any time
through Empower Phone Banking, Empower PC Banking, and Empower Web Banking.
In addition, they can call National Penn's Empower Phone Center on January 1,
2000 between the hours of 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. and on January 2, 2000 between the
hours of 11 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
National Penn Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in Boyertown, Pennsylvania,
is the parent of National Penn Bank, Investors Trust Company, and Penn
Securities, Inc., and operates 60 banking offices in southeastern Pennsylvania
through National Penn Bank and its divisions, Chestnut Hill National Bank, 1st
Main Line Bank, National Asian Bank, and Elverson National Bank. National
Penn Bancshares is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "NPBC."
SOURCE National Penn Bancshares, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.natpennbank.com
CONTACT:
Steve Kunkel, Vice President, Information
Services, Pager from 1/1/00-1/2/00 610-718-6282, or cell,
610-587-2865, or after that time, 610-369-6353, or Karen
Troutman, Public Relations Manager, Cell, 610-858-8036, or
office, 610-369-6365, both of National Penn Bancshares
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