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TSYS has affiliations with some of the world's most successful providers of technology and financial services. Following is a summary of those relationships, with a brief description of how each company contributes to our continual efforts to bring integrity and innovation to the world of electronic payments.
Synovus
 Synovus (NYSE: "SNV") is a financial services holding company with approximately $32 billion in assets based in Columbus, Georgia. Synovus provides commercial and retail banking, as well as investment services, to customers through 37 banks, 440 ATMs, and other Synovus offices in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. The company focuses on its unique decentralized customer delivery model, position in high-growth Southeast markets and commitment to being a great place to work to ensure the delivery of unparalleled customer experiences. Synovus has been named one of "The 100 Best Companies To Work For" in America by FORTUNE magazine, and has been recognized in its Hall of Fame for consecutive appearances on the list since its inception in 1998.
See Synovus on the Web at http://www.synovus.com
IBM
 TSYS partners with IBM for both hardware and software solutions. IBM provides the mainframes that are used in our data centers.
- IBM ranks TSYS' data centers among the top 50 in the world, the top 25 in the United States, the top 10 in the Southeast and the second-largest in Georgia (ranked by millions of instructions per second).
- TSYS IBM mainframes store 60 terabytes of data (or 60 trillion bytes) -- six times the size of the Library of Congress.
- Total processing capacity: 14.5 billion instructions per second
- Total transaction volume in 2000: 5.6 billion
Also, TSYS uses IBM's MQ Series messaging in our data streaming processes. Our partnership with IBM is constantly growing and changing.
http://www.ibm.com
Hitachi
 The Hitachi Freedom Storage 7700E accounts for about 90 percent of the total storage capacity installed at TSYS. Among all the qualities of Hitachi Freedom Storage 7700E, its renowned "bullet-proof" reliability is highly important to TSYS.
http://www.hitachi.com
Compaq
 Compaq Computer Corporation ("Compaq") is a provider of TSYS' himalaya mainframe computers. These computers are used during TSYS' robust authorization process.
http://www.compaq.com/
Europay International
 Europay International, based in Waterloo, Belgium, is the European banks' leading provider of personal payment services. At present, 240 million cards (Eurocard-MasterCard, Maestro, Cirrus and eurocheque) provide global credit and debit services to European citizens, and offer cash access to Europe's largest network of over 242,000 ATMs in 41 countries. Through its alliance with MasterCard International, Europay now offers banks products that are accepted at almost 530,000 ATMs and 17 million locations worldwide.
http://www.europay.com
Metavante
 With more than 3,300 clients, including the 20 largest banks in the United States, Metavante Corporation is a leading financial services enabler --- delivering virtually all of the technology that an organization needs to offer financial services. Metavante offers financial technology solutions that drive customer relationship management, electronic banking, electronic funds transfer card solutions, electronic presentment and payment, financial technology services, private-label banking and wealth management. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Metavante is wholly owned by the Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI).
http://www.metavante.com
CheckFree
 CheckFree helps TSYS to provide an online bill presentment and payment service. Founded in Atlanta in 1981, CheckFree designs, develops and markets services that enable its customers to make electronic payments and collections, automate recurring paper-based financial transactions and conduct secure transactions over the Internet.
In March 1997, CheckFree introduced the nation's first end-to-end system for electronic presentment of richly formatted bills over the Internet, as well as next-generation electronic payment and remittance capabilities. CheckFree's E-Bill uses existing payment systems and allows consumers to access and pay their bills through the branded home-banking services of financial institutions.
http://www.checkfree.com
Experian
 TSYS partners with Experian® to offer advanced card portfolio management tools. Through its global line of business, which supports clients in more than 60 countries, Experian Decision Analytics’ solutions deliver billions of customer–focused decisions annually, enabling connectivity to more than 70 credit reference databases worldwide. Experian Decision Analytics’ sophisticated Strategy Management software, Probe SM, is implemented into TSYS’ TS2® processing system, delivering comprehensive behavioural management to ensure that appropriate strategies are available at every key customer touch point.
Experian Decision Analytics combines its sophisticated and intelligent decision–making software with some of the world’s most comprehensive databases of information on consumers, businesses, vehicles and property. Through multichannel delivery of its Web–based products and services, Experian enables its clients to conduct secure and profitable e–business and develop state–of–the–art Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems for communicating and building relationships with customers.
http://www.experian-da.com/
Fair Isaac Corporation
 Fair Isaac's predictive analytics, decision technology, intelligence management and consulting services power more than 25 billion mission-critical customer decisions a year. Founded in 1956, Fair, Isaac helps thousands of companies in over 60 countries acquire customers more efficiently, increase customer value, reduce fraud and credit losses, lower operating expenses and enter new markets more profitably. Together, TSYS and Fair, Isaac offer our clients a team approach to behavioral scoring. Fair, Isaac's TRIAD® adaptive control system makes the most of data, behavioral analytics and business expertise to maximize portfolio profitability through the automation of key decision points in customer relationship management.
As of August 2002, HNC Software Inc., a leading provider of high-end analytic and decision management software, is part of Fair, Isaac. This merger expands the FIC and TSYS strategic marketing alliance for the continual support of real-time, transaction-based, predictive software solutions for credit, debit and retail cards into TS2. As a component of the TSYS fraud detection system, TSYS CardGuardSM delivers the advanced warning needed to detect a counterfeit card outbreak as soon as possible so you can move quickly to identify-and take appropriate actions on-additional cards at risk.
http://www.fairisaac.com
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TSYS CardGuardSM
GlobalPlatform
 TSYS is a member of GlobalPlatform, the cross-industry membership organization created to advance standards for smart card growth. It combines the interests of smart card issuers, vendors, industry groups, public entities and technology suppliers and works to define requirements and technology standards for multi-application smart cards.
GlobalPlatform also develops conventions to allow for application loading, key management and personalization. The infrastructure provided by GlobalPlatform will enable issuers from a variety of industries to deploy applications through various channels. Visa International has transferred its Open Platform specifications to GlobalPlatform.
http://www.globalplatform.org
Air2Web
 Air2Web provides the most powerful, comprehensive programming environment to deliver wireless applications, regardless of the carrier, network, or device. Air2Web is a privately held company based in Atlanta and focused on the wireless data market. Air2Web offers expertise in wireless security, audio streaming and enterprise software to help enterprises enable wireless applications for an increasingly mobile workforce and customer base.
http://www.air2web.com/
ACI
 TSYS is poised to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing debit payments market with its licensing of software from ACI Worldwide. Our partnership with ACI, an industry-leader software provider, enhances TSYS' strategy to capitalize on the growth of debit domestically and the strength of debit internationally while providing its clients with brand-neutral support for any card product.
TSYS is implementing ACI's software with its newly designed Integrated Payments Platform, providing the ability to conduct domestic and international PIN-based debit transactions, including on-line transaction processing, switching, routing and ATM terminal driving.
http://www.aciworldwide.com/
Austin Logistics
 Austin Logistics partners with TSYS to provide clients with integrated solutions that leverage TSYS' advanced processing platforms and Austin Logistics' innovative scoring and decision software. Since 1992, companies around the world have gained exceptional results by using Austin Logistics' innovative predictive-analytic solutions to drive more intelligent, efficient and results-focused financial transactions with their customers.
TSYS provides financial and retail clients, worldwide, with the opportunity to integrate the Austin Logistics' market entry management solution, EarlyDetection System™, via the TSYS processing platform. EarlyDetection System will allow card issuers to reliably predict new accounts' revenue potential and delinquency risk on the first day of credit activity. This day-one predictive analytic assessment empowers TSYS clients to better manage the risks and leverage the rewards of new credit card customers.
http://www.AustinLogistics.com/
E.piphany Software
 TSYS and E.piphany are developing a new generation of workflow management tools. E.piphany is the leading provider of Internet Relationship Management (iRM) applications and infrastructure, supporting the success of today''s electronic businesses --- The Digital 1000. Built by a team of electronic customer relationship management (eCRM) industry experts, E.piphany is focused exclusively on helping its Digital 1000 customers use real-time, interactive customer care to compete in the new e-business economy.
http://www.epiphany.com/
EPSIIA
 TSYS' partnership with EPSIIA enables TSYS to offer clients state-of-the-art electronic document management and statement processing services. Founded in 1982, EPSIIA is a leader in developing technologies for document archival and Internet statement presentment and delivery. The company''s DXR product suite is a comprehensive client-server report and statement management solution that provides an alternative to manual paper or microfiche storage and delivery.
TSROMSM
http://www.EPSIIA.com
Varolii Corporation
 Seattle-based Varolii Corporation, is leading the next generation of customer relationship management with its interactive event-based notification solution. Varolii's Intelligent Response PlatformTM enables businesses and their customers to participate in an active relationship through highly personalized, interactive notification messages. Businesses use Varolii's technology to leverage their rich enterprise-level customer data to proactively contact their customers with timely, relevant information via telephone, email, pager, fax or other wireless device. As a member of Varolii's Alliance Network, TSYS joins other VARs, integrators and contact center outsourcers who are adding value to the notification platform and making it available to corporate clients.
TSYS Notification
http://www.varolii.com
Paymentflex Technologies, LLC
 The flagship technology, Paymentflex®, is a customer friendly patented credit system that allows customers to choose their interest rate each month based on the amount of the balance they choose to pay off: the more they pay...the lower their interest rate the next month.
With Paymentflex® Powered Cards, customers always have access to low interest rates. This transformational product represents the ultimate in choice, control, flexibility and savings. And, once enabled, no customer interface is needed with the issuer.
Paymentflex® is a personal financial management tool that promotes responsible credit use and addresses “low-interest-rate” requests from customers. Issuers benefit with a new, compelling, differentiated and profitable alternative to traditional credit card enhancements and features. The technology is programmed and accessible for license globally.
TSYS’ partnership with Paymentflex Technologies enables TSYS to offer clients unassailable pro-consumer solutions aligned with the current regulatory and consumer advocacy environment. Toronto-based, Paymentflex Technologies, LLC is leading the next generation of credit card value propositions with simple, seamless and transparent solutions for acquisition and portfolio management.
http://www.paymentflex.com
Ontario Systems, LLC
 Partnering with TSYS, Ontario Systems enables the TSYS Collections and Recovery System to increase cash flow and reduce delinquencies by better managing accounts both internally and during placement.
Ontario Systems, LLC, provides collections and recovery solutions to organizations that manage large volumes of accounts receivables. These organizations include bankcard issuers and other financial service companies, auto lenders, hospitals and collection agencies. As the largest provider of receivables management products, the company is recognized throughout the industry as the leader in technology and customer service. With operations in Indiana and Ohio, Ontario Systems is a privately held company based in Muncie, Ind.
http://www.ontariosystems.com.
Telrock
 TSYS partners with Telrock to enable cardholders to manage their account via mobile SMS messaging.
The Telrock mobile banking platform provides the necessary tools to migrate your customers onto self-serviced account management through SMS messaging. Via text messaging, your customers can make payments to their credit card, reload prepaid cards, request account information, receive fraud alerts and fully manage their accounts via their phone’s mobile internet facility.
Mobile banking is an extension of the existing online services that present an innovative, customer driven approach to account management. It supports your relationship with your customers through a channel that has the potential to significantly exceed current levels of online banking penetration, at a comparatively low cost.
Telrock maintains strict Information Security standards due to the sensitive nature of the data it processes and stores in relation to mobile services. Its security policies, standards and procedures adhere to ISO27001 standards and are certified as compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and TSYS Info Security Standards.
With more than five years of experience in mobile channel management, Telrock is the ideal partner to help you implement a mobile strategy.
http://www.telrock.com
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