Midlantic Business Alliance and Susquehanna Patriot Bank team up

Merchant card processing now more accessible for small businesses

PHILADELPHIA – July 14, 2005 –Midlantic Business Alliance (MBA), a Broomall-based nonprofit business association, has teamed with Susquehanna Patriot Bank to provide merchant card services to MBA’s 4,000 business members. Susquehanna’s merchant card program makes it easier and more affordable for MBA members to accept credit and debit cards, business-to-business credit cards, gift cards and checks at their business location and website.

MBA Board Chair Libby Beatty says, “By making it easier and quicker for our members to receive payments, it will be easier for them to compete with their big business competitors. And we selected Susquehanna Patriot Bank as the provider due to the specialized resources they offer to help business owners better manage their business banking needs.”

Susquehanna is a regional financial services holding company headquartered in Lititz, Pennsylvania. With offices in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey and West Virginia, they operate numerous commercial banking, wealth management, insurance and leasing companies. Their portfolio of financial products and services is managed locally to provide maximum value to their customers and communities.

Midlantic Business Alliance is a membership organization providing networking opportunities, group health insurance, education, management assistance and more to its 4,000 member companies.

For more information, contact Gayle Haeffner at (610) 604-4994; by e-mail at ghaeffner@snip.net.