LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., July 25, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Flushing Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:FFIC), the parent holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB, today announced that John R. Buran, Flushing Financial's President and Chief Executive Officer, and David W. Fry, Flushing Financial's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ninth Annual Community Bank Conference on July 30, 2008 in New York City.
WHO Flushing Financial Corporation is the parent
holding company for Flushing Savings Bank, FSB
(the "Bank"), a federally chartered stock savings
bank insured by the FDIC. The Bank serves
consumers and businesses by offering a full
complement of deposit, loan, and cash management
services through its fourteen banking offices
located in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Nassau
County. The Bank also operates an online banking
division, iGObanking.com(r), which enables the
Bank to expand outside of its current geographic
footprint. In 2007, the Bank established Flushing
Commercial Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary, to
provide banking services to public entities
including counties, towns, villages, school
districts, libraries, fire districts and the
various courts throughout the metropolitan area.
WHAT
WHERE / WHEN Presentation at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Ninth
Annual Community Bank Conference. New York, New
York at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July
30, 2008.
PRESENTATION The presentation will focus on the Company's
performance and its strategic operating
objectives. The simultaneous webcast of the
presentation will be available on the Company's
website, www.flushingsavings.com, on Wednesday,
July 30, 2008, and will remain available through
August 31, 2008. The webcast will also be
accessible via:
http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/072908a_ak/
RECENT NEWS * July 22,2008 - Flushing Financial Corporation
Reports 2008 Second Quarter Earnings Increased 36
Percent From Prior Year Comparable Quarter.
* July 17, 2008 - Flushing Savings Bank Provides
Financing to Distinguished New York Military
Veteran with the SBA-Guaranteed Patriot Express
Loan.
* June 16, 2008 - Flushing Financial Corporation
Announces Richard Eng to Receive the Empire State
Certified Development Corporation's 2008 Lender of
the Year Award.
* June 13, 2008 - Flushing Savings Bank Finances
State-of-the-Art Medical & Rehabilitation Services
Center in Bronx Community.
Additional information on Flushing Financial Corporation may be obtained by visiting the Company's web site at http://www.flushingsavings.com.
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