City National Bank Identifies Nevada as An Emerging Market for International Banking...

City National Bank Identifies Nevada as An Emerging Market for International
Banking Opportunities

City National Bank today announced that it has identified Nevada as an emerging
market for international banking business. The bank has mounted an aggressive
marketing campaign to capitalize on numerous opportunities that exist in the
international arena throughout Nevada. (For an image related to this story, go
to http://www.cnb.com/images/intl/nv-campaign-052008.pdf.)

As part of this campaign, the bank will also be leveraging a new partnership
with the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Service that recently named City
National Bank as a corporate partner. This partnership will provide the bank
with a number of benefits, including the following:

* Leads to worldwide export opportunities
* Procurement services
* In-country company and industry research
* Trade missions
* Partner matching
"Businesses in Nevada are clearly playing a pivotal role in today's global
economy with both import and export goods and services," said John Guedry,
executive vice president and Nevada region manager of City National Bank. "Our
new partnership with the Department of Commerce, coupled with our award-winning
international banking products and services, will provide us with a larger share
of this growing business in Nevada."

International currency management is an area in which City National can help its
clients with eliminating or mitigating risk in the foreign markets. Some of the
services in this area include:

* International Payments/Collections
* Spot Contracts
* Forward Contracts
* Forward Contracts with "Window" Delivery Dates
* Foreign Wire Transfers and Drafts
* Foreign Banknotes
It was nearly a year ago, following the acquisition of Business Bank of Nevada
and the brand rollout of City National Bank in Nevada, the bank introduced its
foreign exchange capabilities in southern Nevada. Prior to the end of last year,
the bank expanded its foreign exchange capabilities to northern Nevada,
providing clients statewide with this growing service.

The bank has also provided clients with greater access to foreign markets for
import and export business through its wide array of international trade
financing products and services. Some of these products and services include the
following:

* Import/Export Letters of Credit
* Banker's Acceptance
* Documentary Collections
* Government-Guaranteed Export Lending
* Standby Letters of Credit
* Foreign Credit Information
In addition to City National's wide array of international banking solutions,
the bank has relationships with the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Bank of East Asia,
and other banks around the world. "The world is certainly getting much smaller
and through these and other relationships we can help facilitate our clients'
business success today and well into the future," Guedry said.

About City National

City National Bank is the wholly owned subsidiary of City National Corporation
(NYSE:CYN). It is backed by $15.9 billion in total assets, and provides banking,
investment and trust services through 62 offices, including 15 full-service
regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada and
New York City. The company and its eight majority-owned investment affiliates
manage or administer nearly $56 billion in client investment assets, including
$35.9 billion under direct management.

City National has nine branch offices in Nevada, including five in Las Vegas and
one each in North Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City and Minden. The bank also has
loan production offices in Reno and Stateline in South Lake Tahoe.

For more information about City National, visit the company's Website at
cnb.com.

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