Hansapank                     NEWS RELEASE                01/24/2003 12:00



CORRECTED: PLANNED EUROBOND ISSUE



Hansapank appointed Barclays Capital as Sole Bookrunner and Swedbank

as Senior Co-Manager for its upcoming Eurobond issue.





Additional Information:

Petteri Lappalainen

Group Treasurer

+372 6131 925





Mart Toevere

Head of investor relations

Tel. +372 6131 569