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Westar Financial to Present at NYSSA Specialty Finance Conference

16 April 1999

Westar Financial to Present at NYSSA Specialty Finance Conference

    OLYMPIA, Wash., April 16 -- Westar Financial Services
Incorporated (OTC Bulletin Board: WEST), a prime-credit auto lessor, has been
invited to make a presentation at the Specialty Finance Conference for the
New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA) on April 22, 1999.
    "We are delighted to have been invited to share our business plan with The
New York Society of Securities Analysts, which has been described by
Institutional Investor magazine as the premier investment forum in the
United States," stated R. W. Christensen, Jr., Westar's Chairman and CEO.
"We've carved out a fast-growing niche in the prime credit auto leasing market
and we believe the members of the NYSSA will enjoy learning more about our
strategies, including our recently announced plan to deliver a new model for
auto purchase and finance over the Internet."
    Westar Financial Services Incorporated is an innovative, fast-growing,
Washington-based automobile finance company.  It has focused solely on the
prime-credit segment of the $110-billion auto-lease finance market and has
completed seven securitizations of auto lease receivable certificates for the
prime credit market.  WEST is the only publicly-traded automobile lease
finance company focused solely on this huge market.  Westar's shares are
traded over-the-counter by Hoefer & Arnett, San Francisco; Hill Thompson,
Jersey City; and Monroe Securities, Rochester, NY.