Intuit Hosts Town Hall on Small Business Credit

Report Finds Credit Available but Small Businesses Need to Learn How to Get it

Intuit (Nasdaq:INTU):

        Intuit (Nasdaq:INTU) will host a virtual town hall on Twitter, featuring
        small business owners, financial institution representatives and small
WHAT:   business experts. This discussion will focus on access to capital for
        small businesses and provide insights and tips on how they can obtain
        credit, build relationships with their bankers and the steps small
        businesses need to take to get credit now.

        While some of the world's largest companies are lining up to receive
        tens of billions of dollars in federal bailouts, small businesses along
WHY:    Main Street USA are scrambling just to obtain credit. The ability to
        access credit is critical for small businesses to start, grow and
        innovate.

        The recent Intuit Future of Small Business Report on the Small Business
        Credit Outlook identified that community banks and credit unions are an
        excellent and accessible source of credit. As a leader in helping small
        businesses thrive and survive, Intuit is continuing its efforts to help
        small businesses save and make money by hosting another event as part of
        its Town Hall series.

WHO:

        -- Small businesses looking to understand, or give advice on, how to
        qualify for credit or obtain a loan.

        -- A financial institution that is actually lending.

        -- Phil Bryan, senior vice president of retail and lending at Metro
        Credit Union in Massachusetts, which is one of the largest credit unions
        in the state. Phil has managed small business lending programs at banks
        and credit unions since 1999. Metro is also the top SBA loan producer
        for credit unions in Massachusetts.

        -- Industry experts who can offer their perspective and give advice.

        -- Steve King, partner at Emergent Research, research affiliate at the
        Institute for the Future, fellow at the Society for New Communications
        Research, co-author of the Intuit Future of Small Business report
        series.

        -- Gene Marks, small business owner, expert and author. He recently
        co-moderated a series of Intuit Town Halls.

WHEN:   Tuesday June 30, 2009

        11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pacific; 2-3 p.m. Eastern

WHERE:
        Twitter. Join the conversation at http://tweetchat.com and enter the
        room #intuitth. For more information on how to participate, click here.

    Source: Intuit

Released June 25, 2009