U.S. Bank Receives Non-Hispanic Corporate Advocate Award From Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of...

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ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2002

U.S. Bank has been awarded the "Non-Hispanic Corporate Advocate" award by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. Bruce Lines, U.S. bank branch manager at 3381 Gravois Road, and his staff

The award will be presented to Lines at the Hispanic Chamber's 20th anniversary gala on Friday, May 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Chase Park Plaza in St. Louis. Hector Baretta, head of the United States Small Business Administration, will be the featured speaker.

According to Gilberto Pinela, executive director of the Hispanic Chamber, "U.S. Bank received our award through its continuous participation and support of the chamber's activities and the promotion of Hispanics to positions of responsibility within its organization. It also does a great job of providing banking services to the St. Louis Hispanic community."

Catherine Myers, U.S. Bank senior vice president, said that Bruce Lines has hired employees who speak Spanish and actively work with the Chamber and in the Hispanic neighborhoods. "U.S. Bank is one of the few banks in the country to accept the Matricula Consular, the official identification of the Consulate of Mexico as a form of identification for opening an account. As well, the bank accepts the Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) when opening accounts," said Myers. "We also provide a description of our services in Spanish and make it available as an option on specific automated teller machines and at our 24-hour customer service number."

U.S. Bank is a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. With assets in excess of $165 billion, U.S. Bancorp is the 8th largest financial services holding company in the United States. The company operates 2,147 banking offices and 4,929 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is home of the Five Star Service Guarantee which assures customers of certain key banking benefits and services or customers will be paid for their inconvenience. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at firstar.com or usbank.com.