Unique Collaboration Enables Maryland Community Banks to Provide
Investment Services

RICHMOND, Va.

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"Bankers Investments Group is a bank-owned alternative organized by the
Virginia Bankers Association to help community banks take advantage of the
economies of scale of the consortium, training programs and platform of
investment services to effectively provide quality investment services to bank
customers ," said Eads.

Financial services include banks, trust companies, lenders, insurers, and investment houses .

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"Most community banks realize they need a full-scale investment program,
but are not large enough or lack the in-house expertise to develop and manage
their own," said Jim Eads, Managing Director , Bankers Investments Group, LLC.

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"We chose to endorse Bankers Investments Group for a number of reasons,"
said John Cavanaugh, Vice President of Administration + Member Services,
Maryland Bankers Association. The second meeting
will be held in Easton on March 23 at 9:00 a.

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The dividend is payable June 15, 2005 to shareholders of
record on May 31, 2005. A regular dividend of $.

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Bankers Investments Group is only one of two broker-dealers owned by a
consortium of banks in the United States.

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WEST POINT, Va.

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The other is Infinex, a firm created
by the Connecticut Bankers Association .

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The Group is projecting to have
15 Maryland community banks become members over the next three years
representing $3. The corporation provides mortgage, title and settlement
services through C+F Mortgage Corporation's 17 offices.

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, the for-profit
subsidiary of the Maryland Bankers Association, marks the first time Bankers
Investments Group has offered its bank-owned brokerage services to community
banks outside of Virginia and provides Maryland community banks the
opportunity to be competitive in the financial services marketplace.m.

C+F Financial Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend

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Bankers Investments Group and the Maryland Bankers Association will be
holding informational meetings to prospective Maryland community banks
interested in the investment services program.

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24 per share is payable April
1, 2005 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2005. C+F Finance Company
provides automobile loans through its offices in Richmond, Roanoke and
Hampton, Va.

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KeyCorp Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

325 per share on
its common stock.

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Unlike third-party marketing groups sometimes utilized by smaller or
community-based banks to provide investment services, Bankers Investments
Group provides a unique opportunity for community banks to have equity
ownership of their investment program as well as control over the products and
services they offer. The first meeting will be held
in Baltimore on March 22 at 11 a.m.

C+F Financial Corporation operates 14 retail bank branches located
throughout the Newport News to Richmond corridor in Virginia through C+F Bank
and offers full investment services through its subsidiary C+F Investment
Services, Inc.

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, The Maryland Bankers Association
has endorsed Bankers Investments Group, LLC, a for-profit organization formed
by the Virginia Bankers Association , to provide brokerage services to Maryland
community banks.

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Key
companies provide investment management , retail and commercial banking,
consumer finance, and investment banking products and services to individuals
and companies throughout the United States and, for certain businesses,
internationally .
The endorsement made through Maryland Bank Services, Inc., The directors of C+F
Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CFFI) declared a cash dividend at their
February board meeting.

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CLEVELAND, The Board of Directors of
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) declared a regular cash dividend of $0.
Cleveland-based KeyCorp is one of the nation's largest bank-based
financial services companies, with assets of approximately $90 billion.

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Currently, Bankers Investments Group has 32 owner banks throughout
Virginia representing over 250 bank branches.

Financial services that follow a cooperative business model.

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Maryland Bankers Association Endorses Bankers Investments Group

5 million in annual non-interest income for the owner banks. "The VBA's solid history of success in providing
other management services to bank-owned consortiums, the ability to provide
platform sales programs ensuring integration of the investment program within
a bank's branch network, the experienced Bankers Investments Group management
team, and its outstanding training program gave us a comfort level we could
not find with any other organization.
Registration is required.

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For additional information about the meetings or to register, call Amanda
Potter, Maryland Bankers Association at 443-837-1605 .