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Coastal Financial Corporation Announces U.S. Banker Magazine Ranking MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coastal Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CFCP) today announced that, for the 5th consecutive year, U.S. Banker Magazine, in its August 2004 edition, has ranked it the #1 Community Bank in the Carolinas. In this edition, U.S. Banker Magazine featured its Ranking of the Top 100 Publicly Traded Mid-Tier Banks. This ranking features Banks with assets between $1 and $5.5 billion, ranked by 3-year average Return On Average Equity. Coastal Financial Corporation was ranked 30th nationally in this listing. Michael C. Gerald, President and Chief Executive Officer of Coastal Financial Corporation, said: "Over the fourteen years since becoming a publicly owned Company, all of us at Coastal Financial Corporation have worked diligently toward achieving our Basic Corporate Objective of Maximizing The Value Of Our Shareholders' Investment by focusing on our Long-Term Goal of Being The Best Financial Services Company In Our Marketplace. To receive continuing evidence of progress in those quests is very gratifying. In the U.S. Banker Magazine rankings of the top 100 Publicly Traded Community Banks with assets less than $1 billion, Coastal Financial Corporation was ranked 1st in the Carolinas and 16th in the nation in 2000, 1st in the Carolinas and 5th in the nation in 2001 and 1st in the Carolinas and 3rd in the nation in 2002. And in its August 2003 ranking of the top Publicly Traded Mid-Tier Banks, with assets between $1 and $15 billion, Coastal Financial was ranked 1st in the Carolinas and 39th in the nation. It is particularly gratifying to have been ranked 1st in the Carolinas and 30th in the nation this year in the company of this new group of exceptionally high performing Mid-Tier banks." Coastal Financial Corporation, headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, offers a broad range of commercial, consumer and mortgage financial services through two subsidiaries, Coastal Federal Bank and Coastal Retirement, Estate and Tax Planners, Inc. Coastal Federal Bank, with assets over $1.3 Billion, is a federally chartered and FDIC insured community bank with eighteen offices serving the communities of Horry and Georgetown Counties, South Carolina and Brunswick and New Hanover Counties, North Carolina. Coastal Retirement, Estate and Tax Planners offers professional, objective, fee-based financial planning services. Additional information about Coastal Federal is available on its web site at http://www.coastalfederal.com/ . Stock Trading Information The common stock of Coastal Financial Corporation is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "CFCP." For information, contact Raymond James Financial Services at 1-843-918-7600, Herzog, Heine, Geduld, Inc. at 1-800-523-4936, Knight Securities at 212-336-8690, Spear, Leeds & Kellogg at 1-800-526-3160 or Trident Securities at 1-800-222-2618. Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan Coastal Financial Corporation offers Shareholders a Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan which provides existing and new Shareholders a convenient means for making purchases of Coastal Financial shares free of fees and brokerage commissions and at a discount to market price. Additional cash contributions, up to $1,000 per quarter, can be made to purchase additional shares. For more information, contact the Transfer Agent at 1-800-866-1340, Ext. 2511, or Investor Relations. Shareholder Services Shareholders desiring to enroll in the Coastal Financial Corporation Dividend Reinvestment Plan, change the name, address, or ownership of their stock certificates, report lost or stolen certificates, or to consolidate accounts should contact the Transfer Agent at 1-800-866-1340, Ext. 2514, or Investor Relations. Investor Relations Analysts, investors and others seeking financial information should contact: Susan J. Cooke - Senior Vice President and Secretary Coastal Financial Corporation 2619 Oak Street Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577 (843) 205-2676 Forward Looking Statements This news release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that represent Coastal Financial Corporation's (the "Company") expectations or beliefs concerning future events. Such forward-looking statements are about matters that are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could influence the matters discussed in certain forward-looking statements include the timing and amount of revenues that may be recognized by the Company, continuation of current revenue and expense trends (including trends affecting charge-offs), absence of unforeseen changes in the Company's markets, legal and regulatory changes, and general changes in the economy (particularly in the markets served by the Company). Because of the risks and uncertainties inherent in forward looking statements, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on them, whether included in this news release or made elsewhere from time to time by the Company or on its behalf. The Company disclaims any obligation to update such forward-looking statements. DATASOURCE: Coastal Financial Corporation CONTACT: Susan J. Cooke, Senior Vice President and Secretary of Coastal Financial Corporation, +1-843-205-2676 Web site: http://www.coastalfederal.com/

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