TSYS Extends Relationship With AIB
Columbus, GA, November 10, 2005 - TSYS has renewed its multi-year relationship with Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., Ireland's largest bank and one of the first clients of TSYS in Europe, to provide processing services for its portfolio of consumer, retail and commercial credit-card accounts.
"The TSYS Europe team appreciates the spirit of partnership that has been established with AIB, which we consider among our most important client relationships in this market," says Kelley C. Knutson, managing director of TSYS Europe.
AIB converted from its in-house processing system to the industry-leading TS2® payments engine in 2001.
About AIB
Based in Dublin, Allied Irish Banks is Ireland's leading banking and financial-services organisation. With total assets of €102 billion (at Dec. 31, 2004), AIB Group employs about 22,000 people at operations principally in Ireland, Britain, the United States and Poland, with other locations worldwide.
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 closely 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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