DotsConnect Names Nicol Lloyd Woodard Director of Hosting

Information Systems Professional to Direct the Advancement of the Company’s Hosting Unit

Columbus, Ga., June 19, 2000 – DotsConnect^SM, a wholly owned TSYS e-payments subsidiary, today named Nicol Lloyd Woodard as director of its hosting unit. Woodard is a former Southeast Regional Manager of Compaq Computer Corp., Enterprise Consulting Services (ECS).

"Nicol is an experienced IS professional with more than ten years consulting, managing multiple client engagements and implementing global distributed systems," said Gaylon Jowers, president and CEO of DotsConnect. "Nicol will be a valuable team member, and his enterprise-wide consulting experience will greatly benefit DotsConnect."

"I am excited to be joining DotsConnect," said Woodard. "I look forward to leading the hosting initiatives for DotsConnect and contributing to its advancement in the electronic payment arena."

Woodard will be responsible for all hosting activities, including strategic planning, sales, product development and operations. DotsConnect’s hosting activities will include hosted application services for internal product development and third-party hosting of client applications.

As a former manager for Compaq, Woodard was responsible for leading a team of senior consultants to assist Compaq with the delivery of $3 billion in hardware and service sales for the Southeast Region. Previously, he was an engagement manager for Coopers & Lybrand LLP, handling accounts that included management of a Global Technical Architecture to support systems development initiatives, order and inventory management and distribution logistics for Avon worldwide.

Woodard has also served as site manager for IS infrastructure at Marion Merrell Dow, manager of distributed systems for MMD World Headquarters, manager of information center for Glaxo, Inc., supervisor of office systems for ITT Telecom, project leader of information systems for Gulfstream Aerospace and system engineer for IBM Corp.

About DotsConnect

DotsConnect is an e-payments company that facilitates commerce between buyers and sellers via the Internet by providing software and processing for online credit application, customer service and fulfillment processes for financial services companies and e-businesses. DotsConnect offers a single e-commerce solution that includes online credit application, scoring, decisions and customer service - all in real time.

With DotsConnect, e-businesses are given a competitive advantage for attracting and retaining customers by providing them the ability to apply, receive and manage their credit accounts in real time via the Internet. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Total System Services, Inc. (www.totalsystem.com), one of the world’s leading paperless commerce solutions providers, DotsConnect continues a quarter century of innovation by providing tailored, secure, and reliable payment solutions.

About Total System Services, Inc.

TSYS provides global commerce solutions. With more than 179 million accounts on file, TSYS facilitates the payment exchange between buyers and sellers. TSYS and its family of companies offer a full range of business services from credit application to collections for credit, debit, commercial, stored-value and retail accounts. Based in Columbus, Ga., TSYS (NYSE: "TSS") (www.totalsystem.com) is an 80.8 percent-owned subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: "SNV") (www.synovus.com), No. 5 on FORTUNE magazine’s list of "The 100 Best Companies To Work For" in 2000. For more information, contact news@totalsystem.com.

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Rebecca Stringer
Corporate Communications Specialist
ph. (706) 649-7193
rstringe@totalsystem.com

Danita Gibson-Lloyd
Corporate Communications Manager
ph. (706) 649-5578
dglloyd@totalsystem.com