<HTML>"American Express Company and Pacific Century Financial Corporation (PCFC) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for American Express Centurion Bank to acquire the credit card portfolio of Bank of Hawaii, a PCFC subsidiary." Read the full story <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-20-2000/0001391218&EDATE=">here</a>. </HTML>
