SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank announced today that it is adding Saturday hours to 18 banking centers in Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties on Sept. 9, doubling the number of its California offices that offer weekend banking services.

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The banking centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday and offer a full range of retail banking services, said Dan Kawamoto, executive vice president for retail banking in Comerica's Western Market.

"We have Saturday hours in 18 of the new banking centers that we have opened in California in the past two years," said Kawamoto, who oversees Comerica's Retail Bank operations in California and Arizona. "Customers in these areas have told us they like having Saturday banking hours near where they live and shop, so we decided to add this convenience to banking centers in the South Bay and the Central Coast."

The banking centers that will open on Saturdays beginning Sept. 9 are located in: Aptos, Capitola, Carmel, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Menlo/Atherton, Milpitas, Monterey, Prunedale, Salinas, San Jose (Winchester only), Santa Cruz (three), Saratoga, Scotts Valley and Watsonville.

Comerica opened four new banking centers from June through August in Southern California, and will be opening, over the next six months, banking centers in: Burlingame, Millbrae, San Ramon, South San Francisco in the north; and Anaheim, Burbank, Carlsbad, Century City, Hollywood and Tustin in the south.

About Comerica Bank:

Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a financial services company headquartered in Detroit strategically aligned into three major business segments: the Business Bank, the Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships and helping businesses and people be successful. Comerica bank locations can be found in Michigan, California, Texas, Florida and Arizona, with select businesses operating in several other states, Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of $57.1 billion at June 30, 2006. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts .

SOURCE: Comerica Bank

CONTACT: Barry Holtzclaw of Comerica Bank, +1-408-554-5111,
cell: +1-408-315-6554, bholtzclaw@comerica.com

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