For Immediate Release:
November 17, 2008

For more information, contact:
Francine Patella Ryan
Public Affairs Manager
fpatella@esl.org
585.336.1089 or cell 585.336.1381

ESL Federal Credit Union Closes Bldg. 28 Branch Office

Rochester, NY -- ESL Federal Credit Union announced that it will close its office located within Kodak Building 28, (200 Ridge Road West), effective Friday, Nov. 21. "The decision to close is based upon careful and thorough evaluation of several factors," said Karen Davis, ESL Vice President/Branch Center Director. "These include the ongoing decrease in activity at this Kodak location as well as recent and future expansion of our community branch and ATM networks." Employees currently working at the Kodak Building 28 office will continue working at other ESL locations.

ESL service will continue to be available at several other corporate locations: Kodak Office, Buildings 83 and 205, and Rochester Technology Park, formerly Building 9 at Elmgrove Rd.

The ATM currently located in Kodak Building 28 will remain. Members may continue to use this and other ESL ATMs to make unlimited ATM transactions at no charge. Non-members may also continue to use the ATMs. There is also an ESL drive-up ATM located at 1490 Lake Avenue at the corner of Lake and Ridgeway Avenues, next to Rite Aid Drugstore.

Nearby ESL community branch locations include: 3508 Mt. Read Blvd., 2480 Ridgeway Avenue, and 518 Ridge Road East, Irondequoit.

A complete listing of ESL branch and ATM locations is available at www.esl.org. For 24-hour, seven-days-a-week transactions, members can contact ESL's internet banking services at www.esl.org or its automated 24-hour telephone transaction service (TEL-E$L) at 585.336.1200. Tele-Bankers also are available Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., at 585.336.1000. ESL Online Chat at www.esl.org is also available Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. and Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Founded by George Eastman in 1920, ESL Federal Credit Union is one of the nation’s largest and most successful credit unions. A full-service institution with $3.4 billion in assets, ESL is the largest credit union in New York State and the largest locally owned financial institution in the Rochester area. ESL employs more than 600 people locally and includes more than 290,000 members world-wide, 18 branch locations, more than 40 ATM locations, a Tele-Banking Center and Internet and online banking channels. The company is headquartered at 100 Kings Highway South in Rochester and can be found on the Internet at www.esl.org.