Panelists to include BNY Mellon health care specialist Maureen Turo, president of the Medical Banking Institute (MBI) and MBI's 2008 Person of the Year

PITTSBURGH, May 19, 2008 — BNY Mellon Working Capital Solutions will be a major participant at the Banking on Better Healthcare National Town Meeting taking place on May 20, 2008, at the Marriott Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama. Representing BNY Mellon as a featured panelist will be health care specialist Maureen Turo, who was elected president of the Medical Banking Institute (MBI) at the MBI's annual meeting last month and was unanimously selected as the MBI's 2008 Person of the Year.

To be Webcast live at 2:30 p.m. EDT (www.mbproject.org/ntm_series_2008.php), the National Town Meeting is a first of its kind event organized by the Medical Banking Project, parent organization of the MBI, to address how the participation of banks in healthcare delivery can become part of a national strategy to reduce healthcare costs and increase quality and access. Turo will be part of an experts panel that will discuss how medical banking innovations in healthcare are changing the industry's overall approach to transaction processing. The Town Meeting will take place in connection with a national User Meeting being held by The SSI Group, Inc., a leading healthcare information technology company. An alliance between SSI and BNY Mellon Working Capital Solutions allows the two companies to provide complementary payments processing solutions on an integrated basis.

The Medical Banking Project is a pioneering authority that coined the term "medical banking™" to denote the emerging global convergence of banking and healthcare systems to improve health costs, quality and access. Through educational forums, workgroups, pilot programs and other activities, MBProject demonstrates how banks can improve healthcare programs for consumers, care givers, health plans and employers. More information is available at www.mbproject.org.

BNY Mellon Working Capital Solutions is part of the Treasury Services group of The Bank of New York Mellon. Helping clients optimize cash flow, manage liquidity and make payments more efficiently around the world in more than 100 currencies, the Treasury Services group delivers high-quality performance in global payments, trade services, cash management, capital markets, foreign exchange and derivatives.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has more than $23 trillion in assets under custody and administration, more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management and services $12 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at www.bnymellon.com.