TSYS Appoints Sneijers as European Sales Director

London, 13 September 2007 — TSYS Europe has appointed Arnold Sneijers, a veteran of the European payments industry, as European Sales Director. He will be based in Amersfoort, The Netherlands and will be responsible for all sales efforts in continental Europe.

During his 15–year career in the payments industry Mr. Sneijers held several senior sales and customer relations positions for companies spanning Western Europe. Most recently, he was director of commerce and business development at SiNSYS, the first pan–European interbanking company serving the card payments industry.

“The European market is vital to the overall growth of our company, and we have sharpened our focus immensely throughout the continent in the past several months,” said Kelley Knutson, group executive of global services for TSYS. “Mr. Sneijers brings valuable experience in this region, and understands the importance of continuously expanding our leading–edge service offerings to bring TSYS Europe to the next level.”

Before his tenure at SiNSYS, Mr. Sneijers was general manager of e–commerce services for Interpay Nederland B.V. During this time he was responsible for mobile and internet payments operations, strategy, and several large investment projects.

Mr. Sneijers earned a bachelor’s degree in information technology engineering and a master’s degree in business administration, with a concentration in international management.

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 the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. 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” for 10 consecutive years. For more information, contact news@tsys.com.

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