TSYS Extends Relationships With Three Clients

Columbus, GA, August 18, 2005 - TSYS has renewed its agreements with three clients that use the TS1 processing system to support multiple product segments and a broad range of services:

 

  • AmSouth Bank has renewed its multi-year agreement for consumer-credit accounts. Based in Birmingham, Ala., AmSouth is a subsidiary of AmSouth Bancorporation, a top-20 U.S. bank-holding company. AmSouth has been a client of TSYS since 1993.

  • Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, Canada's largest credit union, has renewed its multi-year agreement. VanCity, based in Vancouver, B.C., has been a client of TSYS since 1997.

  • Trustmark National Bank has extended its long-term agreement. Trustmark is a subsidiary of Trustmark Corporation, a financial-services holding company based in Jackson, Miss. Trustmark has been a client of TSYS since 1983.
This year, TSYS has renewed agreements with a total of six clients that use TS1 to support more than 4.1 million cardholder accounts.

 

"These renewed client relationships demonstrate the value that many institutions continue to place on all levels of our processing technologies," says M. Troy Woods, president and chief operating officer of TSYS. "Because of its value in the market, especially for credit unions and regional banks, we remain committed to offering these clients access to regular enhancements and upgrades on this system."

About TSYS
TSYS (www.tsys.com) is one of the world's largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer and acquirer processing technologies that support consumer finance, credit, debit and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific. Based in Columbus, Ga., TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is 80 percent held by Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV), one of FORTUNE magazine's "Most Admired Companies" and a member of its "100 Best Companies to Work For" Hall of Fame. For more information, contact news@tsys.com.

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TSYS Media Relations
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TSYS Investor Relations
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