TSYS Ranks Among Georgia Trend Magazine's Top 50 Companies
Columbus, GA, Aug. 16, 2006 - TSYS, one of the world’s largest payment-services companies, has been named among “Georgia’s Top 50 Public Companies” in an annual survey by Georgia Trend magazine. TSYS is No. 29 on the list that appears in the magazine’s August 2006 issue.
Georgia Trend surveyed public companies based in Georgia and ranked them according to last year’s annual revenue. The lists of the top 50 public and top 50 private companies are available at www.georgiatrend.com.
Synovus, the parent company of TSYS, ranked No. 18 in this year’s survey. Synovus is a diversified financial-services company also based in Columbus, Ga.
“We consider it an honor to be among Georgia’s largest home-grown companies,” says Philip W. Tomlinson, chairman and chief executive officer of TSYS. “You can tell a lot about a state by the companies that are home-grown. Companies of the size featured by Georgia Trend suggest a strong and friendly environment for businesses in a broad range of economic sectors. That’s why we are proud to make our home in Columbus.”
About TSYS
TSYS (tsys.com) is one of the world’s largest payment-services companies. TSYS offers a broad range of processing and packaged technologies for issuing and acquiring, including support of consumer-finance, credit, debit and prepaid services. TSYS supports its clients’ operations in 76 countries worldwide. Based in Columbus, Ga., TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is 80-percent held by Synovus (NYSE: SNV), a $30 billion financial-services company that is 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
TSYS Media Relations
Cyle Mims
+1.706.644.3110
cylemims@tsys.com
TSYS Investor Relations
Shawn Roberts
+1.706.644.6081
shawnroberts@tsys.com