Total System Services, Inc. Declares First Quarter Cash Dividend

Columbus, Ga., February 8, 1999 -- Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE - "TSS") (TSYS), announced that the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.01 per share. The cash dividend is payable on April 1, 1999 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 25, 1999.

TSYS (www.totalsystem.com) is one of the world’s leading information technology processors of credit, debit, commercial and private-label cards. An 80.8% owned subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: "SNV")(www.synovus.com), TSYS serves card-issuing institutions throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. Creating innovative processing solutions, TSYS makes it possible for more than 117 million cardholders to use their cards and enables card-issuing institutions to profitably compete and better serve their customers through our world-class people, technology and service.

Contacts:
Patrick A. Reynolds
Director of Investor Relations
ph. (706) 649-5220
snvir@synovus.com