ESC Loyalty Ranks Among Georgia's Most Innovative Companies

Alpharetta, GA, February 2, 2006 - ESC Loyalty has been selected by the Technology Association of Georgia as one of the state's "Top 40 Innovative Companies for 2006." ESC Loyalty, a subsidiary of TSYS, the global payment-services company, will join other selected companies in the "Georgia Technology Summit: Innovation on the Edge" on Feb. 7 at the Cobb Galleria Centre near Atlanta.

"Innovations like the TSYS Loyalty Platform make it possible for financial institutions and retailers to collaborate in delivering greater value through their shared consumer relationships," says Donald A. Hughes, senior vice president and chief technical officer for ESC Loyalty. "This is a great honor for our company and a wonderful recognition of our team's efforts to provide the best possible services to our clients."

The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of the state's technology industry and provides leadership in driving initiatives in the areas of policy, capital, education and giving.

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.

About ESC Loyalty
ESC Loyalty, the loyalty-services subsidiary of TSYS, is a leading provider of technology-based loyalty-marketing solutions for the financial-services and retail industries. ESC Loyalty provides clients a full range of tools to make loyalty rewarding - including loyalty processing, program design, analysis and consulting, marketing, rewards fulfillment, and member services.

Contacts
Cyle Mims
TSYS Media Relations
+1.706.644.3110
cylemims@tsys.com

Shawn Roberts
TSYS Investor Relations
+1.706.644.6081
shawnroberts@tsys.com

David C. Tate
ESC Loyalty
+1.678.297.4373
dtate@escloyalty.com