HOUSTON, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Continuing its expansion in South Texas, Comerica Bank has opened its new Spring Cypress-Champions Forest Banking Center at 8830 Spring Cypress. The banking center is one of three new locations opening north of downtown Houston this year.

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Sharoye Taylor, who has 12 years of small business development and banking center management experience, is the banking center manager at the new location.

Additional Comerica Bank banking centers to open in North Houston include The Woodlands Parkway-Kuykendahl location, which will open Feb. 5 at 6417 Woodlands Pkwy. in The Woodlands, and the Greens Road-Northchase (Greenspoint) office, 370 Greens Road in Houston, which is scheduled to open in the spring.

Comerica, a Detroit-based bank, also recently opened three new banking centers in west Harris County and will continue its expansion in South Texas throughout 2007.

"As we continue our expansion, we look for the thriving communities that allow our business and individual clients to take advantage of banking with Comerica both at work and home," said Tim O'Brien, senior vice president, Comerica Bank's South Texas Retail Banking. "Our focus is to continue building our network of banking centers to serve our markets and provide a high level of customer interaction and relationship banking.

With its newest location, Comerica has 25 banking centers in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. As the bank's aggressive growth strategy continues, it is estimated by 2010 that 20 percent of Comerica's banking centers across the nation will be found in Texas.

The new banking centers feature Saturday morning banking hours, an ATM (automated teller machine) and night depositories.

About Comerica Bank

The Texas Market of Comerica Bank includes 70 banking centers in the key Texas markets of Dallas, Houston and Austin.

Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a financial services company strategically aligned into three business segments: the Business Bank, Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships and helping people be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Michigan, California, Florida and Arizona, with select businesses operating in several other states, Canada and Mexico. Comerica Incorporated reported total assets of $58 billion at Dec. 31, 2006. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts.

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