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Marshall & Ilsley's Origins(TM) Subsidiary and AAA Team

24 April 2000

Marshall & Ilsley's Origins(TM) Subsidiary and AAA Team to Bring Virtual Banking to Potentially 37 Million Members Nationwide

    Origins(TM), a Leading Provider of Financial Products and Operational
Services, Joins Forces With Nation's Federation of Affiliated Automobile Clubs

    MILWAUKEE, April 24 Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI) (M&I) today announced AAA has
selected M&I, and its subsidiary companies, M&I Data Services, its Origins
division, and M&I Bank, to provide banking products and services to
potentially more than 37 million AAA members in the United States.
    Origins will provide AAA with its comprehensive virtual banking
capabilities.  Origins, in conjunction with M&I Bank, will also supply a wide
range of deposit and loan products.  Available to AAA members of participating
clubs, the products will be branded as AAA, and supported 24 hours a day,
seven days a week through AAA club web sites and M&I's ISO9002-certified
customer services.
    "We are very pleased to enter into a partnership with M&I and Origins,"
said Scott Denman, managing director, AAA Financial Services.
    "We are thrilled to team with an organization as reputable and well-known
as AAA," said Greg Schmieding, senior vice president and general manager,
Origins.  "We are also pleased to see that organizations like AAA are
realizing the value and benefits of our comprehensive Origins solution,
combined with our virtual banking capabilities," Schmieding added.  "By
integrating our 150-year banking heritage with our Origins expertise, it's
clear we can deliver proven solutions that provide measurable advantages, are
flexible and have significant speed-to-market."
    "This is a great opportunity for Origins to partner with AAA, providing
the AAA members with high-quality banking products, delivered with the type of
trust and confidence their membership expects," said Tom O'Neill, senior vice
president, Marshall & Ilsley Corporation.
    As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA
provides its 43 million members with travel, insurance, financial and
automotive-related services.  Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit,
fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and
security of all travelers.
    Marshall & Ilsley Corporation is a multibank holding company headquartered
in Milwaukee, Wis., with $24.9 billion in assets.  The Corporation has
26 banks serving the state from more than 200 offices, one bank in Phoenix,
Ariz., with 13 offices and one bank in Nevada with offices located Illinois
and Florida.  In addition, the holding company owns and operates 49 offices
throughout the country that provide trust and investment management, equipment
leasing, mortgage banking, financial planning, investments and insurance.  M&I
Data Services, a division of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation, provides
leading-edge technology solutions to the financial services industry, offering
consulting, software and processing solutions for financial institutions
worldwide.  M&I Data Services had total revenues of $583 million in 1999.