HIB Hibernia Corp Cla

Hibernia (NYSE:HIB) made the following announcements today regarding small-business customers and the bank's employees: -- For small businesses: Hibernia's small-business customers in areas affected by the hurricane should call the bank's Customer Service area at 1-800-262-5689 if they have not already been in touch with their bankers so that Hibernia can be of assistance during this challenging time. -- For Hibernia employees: Hibernia is making financial assistance available to employees affected by the hurricane. To learn details regarding emergency assistance and housing assistance, as well as a temporary expense policy, employees should go to Hibernia.com and locate the red emergency section at the top and click on the VIEW UPDATES section to reach a Q&A with details. The Q&A also contains information about employee pay. -- Also for employees in the impacted areas: Please call 1-800-707-0489 or go to the same area of Hibernia.com and look for the CHECK-IN form in the emergency section at the top. Operators will help identify a banking location if assistance is needed. Hibernia is on Forbes magazine's list of the world's 2,000 largest companies and Fortune magazine's list of America's top 1,000 companies according to annual revenue. Hibernia has $22.1 billion in assets and 321 locations in 34 Louisiana parishes and 36 Texas counties.