TSYS Announces Executive Promotion

Columbus, GA, December 5, 2005 - TSYS has promoted Kathy L. Wills to group executive of product and knowledge development, effective immediately.

Ms. Wills oversees client education, documentation, team member education, client assessment and consulting, product development, and intranet portal development and administration. She reports to Connie C. Dudley, executive vice president for client and product development.

Soon after joining the Synovus family of companies in 1977, Ms. Wills was part of the team that managed the bank's new ATM network. In 1981, Ms. Wills joined the division that would later be incorporated as TSYS, serving as the company's liaison with the major payment associations. Since then, she has played key roles in critical stages of the company's evolution. Ms. Wills was a member of the original TS2 development team, working closely with clients to collect and define the system's requirements. Later, she developed and refined the processes that govern new client conversions to the processing platform, including supervision of client enhancements and testing. Ms. Wills also directed the company's research to enter the U.K., ultimately through winning a relationship with The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

"TSYS is known by our clients as a service-driven organization largely because of the tireless efforts of team members like Kathy Wills," says Philip W. Tomlinson, chief executive officer of TSYS. "We're proud of her accomplishments, and confident that she will continue our drive for constant improvement."

Ms. Wills, a resident of Columbus since 1977, graduated from the former Canal Zone College in Panama.

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.

Contacts
Cyle Mims
TSYS Media Relations
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cylemims@tsys.com