Delta Financial Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell

Company Celebrates Its Transfer From the American Stock Exchange to NASDAQ


ADVISORY, March 21, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 Hugh Miller, president and chief executive officer of Delta
 Financial Corporation (DFC), will preside over the opening bell
 to celebrate the Company's switch to the NASDAQ from the AMEX.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast
 Studio

 When:
 Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Jayne Cavuoto-Krafchik; 516.812.8217
 jcavuoto@deltafinancial.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Jolene Libretto; 646.441.5220; mobile - 347.219.9539
 Jolene.Libretto@NASDAQ.com

Feed Information:

The opening bell is available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can also be found on Waterfront fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Jolene Libretto at (646) 441-5220.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the opening bell is also available from 9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Waterfront fiber 1623 as well.

Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Opening Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm or in the Corporate Highlights portion of the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.deltafinancial.com

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Open, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market open of your choice.

About Delta Financial Corporation (DFC): Founded in 1982, Delta Financial Corporation is a Woodbury, New York-based specialty consumer finance company that originates, securitizes and sells non-conforming mortgage loans. The Company's loans are primarily fixed rate and secured by first mortgages on one- to four-family residential properties. The Company originates non-conforming loans through a network of approximately 3,200 independent brokers and the Company's retail offices. Since 1991, Delta has completed 50 asset-backed securitizations, collateralized by approximately $18.0 billion in mortgage loans.


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