Total System Services, Inc., Declares 1999  Cash Dividend

Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9, 1999 - Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE: "TSS") (TSYS), announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.01 per share. The cash dividend is payable on Oct. 1, 1999, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on Sept. 23, 1999.

TSYS (www.totalsystem.com) is one of the world’s leading information technology processors of credit, debit, commercial and private-label cards. An 80.8 percent owned subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: "SNV") (www.synovus.com), TSYS serves card-issuing institutions throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Creating innovative processing solutions, TSYS makes it possible for more than 192 million cardholders to use their cards and enables card-issuing institutions to profitably compete and better serve their customers through our world-class people, technology and service.

Contacts:
Patrick A. Reynolds
Director of Investor Relations
ph. (706) 649-4973
snvir@synovus.com