Two Retailers Renew with Fifth Third Processing Solutions

CINCINNATI, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fifth Third Processing Solutions
is pleased to announce that the following retailers have recently signed
contract extensions for merchant processing services:

-- Les Schwab Tire Centers has renewed its credit card processing
agreement
with Fifth Third Processing Solutions. The history of Les Schwab Tire
Centers began in January of 1952, when Les Schwab purchased a small OK
Rubber Welders tire store in Prineville, Oregon. Today, Les Schwab is
one of the leading independent tire dealers in the United States with
more than 7,000 employees & 400 store locations throughout the
Western United States. www.lesschwab.com

-- Nordstrom, Inc. has renewed its credit and debit card processing
agreement with Fifth Third Processing Solutions. Nordstrom, Inc. is
one
of the nation's leading fashion specialty retailers, with 176 U.S.
stores located in 28 states. Founded in 1901 as a shoe store in
Seattle, today Nordstrom operates 111 Full-Line Stores, 62 Nordstrom
Racks, two Jeffrey boutiques and one clearance store. Nordstrom also
serves customers through its online presence and through its catalogs.

Nordstrom, Inc. is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN.
www.nordstrom.com

"The quality of our service and processing tools continues to be reinforced as
we renew contracts with sophisticated retailers such as these," said Donald
Boeding, President of Merchant Services at Fifth Third Processing Solutions.
"We are pleased to provide the support these retailers can use to extend
convenient payment options to their valued customers, whether online, in a
store or through catalogs."

Fifth Third Processing Solutions, LLC delivers innovative payment transaction
processing and acceptance solutions to create and support complex payment
strategies for merchants, businesses, and financial institutions around the
world. A pioneer in card payment acceptance in the early 1970s, Fifth Third
Processing Solutions is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a joint
venture with Advent International and Fifth Third Bank.

As a premier full service payment solutions provider, the company provides
servicing solutions and product engineering for financial institutions' and
retailers' credit card, debit card, merchant and private label programs
processing over 28.4 billion ATM and point of sale transactions and over $292
billion in debit and credit card sales volume annually. The Company supports
over 173,000 merchant and financial institution locations and 11,000 ATMs in
44 states and 11 countries. According to the Nilson Report (March 2009), the
Company is the fourth largest U.S. merchant purchase transaction acquirer.
Learn more at www.FTPSLLC.com.

SOURCE Fifth Third Bancorp

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