Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Decreases Its Prime Rate to 6.50 Percent

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated (Nasdaq: HBAN) announced that its prime rate is decreasing from
7.25% to 6.50%, effective, Jan. 22, 2008.
The rate was last changed on Dec. 11, 2007 when Huntington decreased its
prime rate from 7.50% to 7.25%
About Huntington
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $55 billion regional bank holding
company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Huntington has more than 142 years of
serving the financial needs of its customers. Huntington's banking subsidiary,
The Huntington National Bank, provides innovative retail and commercial
financial products and services through over 600 regional banking offices in
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Huntington
also offers retail and commercial financial services online at huntington.com;
through its technologically advanced, 24-hour telephone bank; and through its
network of over 1,400 ATMs. Selected financial service activities are also
conducted in other states including: Dealer Sales offices in Arizona, Florida,
Georgia, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Tennessee; Private Financial and Capital Markets Group offices in Florida; and
Mortgage Banking offices in Maryland and New Jersey. Sky Insurance offers
retail and commercial insurance agency services, through offices in Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana, and West Virginia. International banking
services are available through the headquarters office in Columbus, a limited
purpose office located in both the Cayman Islands and another located Hong
Kong.
SOURCE Huntington Bancshares Incorporated

Jeri Grier, +1-614-480-5413, jeri.grier@huntington.com, or Maureen Brown,
+1-614-480-4588, maureen.brown@huntington.com, both of Huntington Bancshares
Incorporated