TSYS Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend in 2005

Columbus, GA, August 16, 2005 - TSYS today announced its quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share. Dividends are payable on Oct. 1 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 22.

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.

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