TSYS to Release Third Quarter Earnings on Oct. 18, 2000

Columbus, Ga., Oct. 2, 2000 - Total System Services, Inc. (NYSE: "TSS") (TSYS), today announced its plans to release third quarter earnings on Oct. 18, 2000. A conference call to discuss these results, business trends and future projections will be held at 4:15 p.m. EST on the same day. Shareholders and other interested persons may listen to this conference call via simultaneous Internet broadcast at http://www.videonewswire.com/TOTALSYSTEM/101800 (link no longer valid). You must register and log on to this web site before the actual time of the call.

TSYS provides global commerce solutions. With more than 182 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 and bankruptcy services 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.

Contacts:
Leo Berard
Investor Relations Manager
ph. (706) 644-6081