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August 20, 2007

Metavante to Provide Web-Based Financing Solution for AFC First Financial

AFC to Expand HVAC/Home Improvement Lending Programs with Metavante’s CreditWorx™ Loan Origination Solution

MILWAUKEE, August 20, 2007 – Metavante Corporation, the banking and payments technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI), today announced that it has signed an agreement with AFC First Financial Corporation (AFC) to provide a Web–based consumer loan origination solution for its residential HVAC and energy–efficiency home improvement loan programs.

AFC First Financial Corporation, a Lehigh Valley, Penn.–based private financial institution, will use CreditWorx, a complete point–of–sale (POS) loan origination solution, to provide quick financing decisions, improve origination efficiencies and contribute to AFC’s expanding consumer loan programs. Additional features and benefits include the ability to integrate extended warranty and service contracts easily at the POS, automated document preparation and call center support.

Pending regulatory approvals, AFC will shortly be expanding to a national footprint in energy efficiency lending by becoming part of Great Bear Bank, a new community bank in organization in eastern Pennsylvania.

“By joining forces with Metavante, one of the leading experts in executing indirect lending in vendor financing programs, we expect to significantly grow our consumer lending business,” said Peter J. Krajsa, AFC’s chairman and chief executive officer. “The combination of CreditWorx and AFC’s expertise in energy efficiency consumer lending will allow us to more rapidly expand our programs, increase the level of service to our dealer, manufacturer and governmental partners and help to put us on the forefront of energy–efficiency lending.”

“Our CreditWorx solution will provide AFC with a single, enterprise–wide platform for its consumer loan origination process,” said Rick Arends, executive vice president of Metavante Lending Solutions’ Retail Finance unit. “The technology is designed for information application processing, automated and manual decisioning and documentation preparation. We welcome AFC to Metavante Lending’s growing community of North American clients, which include five of the top power sports recreational manufacturers in the world and six of the top 20 U.S. Mortgage lenders.”

Metavante Lending Solutions is a leading provider of lending automation technology and services for the consumer, residential mortgage and small business industries. The Retail Finance Solutions business unit of Metavante Lending Solutions’ provides point–of–sale loan origination solutions for lenders, manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

About AFC First Financial Corporation
AFC First Financial Corporation, a Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania–based private financial institution, is the provider of the EnergyLoan program, a consumer financing program for energy efficiency–related home improvements, made available through a network of over 1,000 HVAC, remodeling and energy efficiency contractors in the Northeast and Mid–Atlantic U.S. AFC is also the exclusive provider of the Keystone Home Energy Loan Program, Pennsylvania’s official ENERGY STAR loan program, principally funded and supported by the Pennsylvania Treasury Department. Founded in 1947, AFC was one of the first independent lending institutions licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking, and is one of three FannieMae approved Energy Lenders in the U.S. Pending FDIC and other regulatory approvals, AFC First and its EnergyLoan operations will become part of Great Bear Bank, a new community bank in organization in eastern Pennsylvania, which will permit further geographic and programmatic expansion of its EnergyLoan program.

About Metavante
Metavante Corporation delivers banking and payments technologies to financial services firms and businesses worldwide. Metavante products and services drive account processing for deposit, loan and trust systems, image–based and conventional check processing, electronic funds transfer, consumer healthcare payments, electronic presentment and payment, and business transformation services. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Metavante (www.metavante.com) is wholly owned by Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI). On April 3, 2007, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation announced its plans to split Metavante Corporation and Marshall & Ilsley Corporation into independent publicly traded companies.

Metavante and CreditWorx are registered trademarks of Metavante.

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