Certegy Renews Credit Card Processing Agreement With Total Card Inc. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Certegy Inc., a leading global payment services provider, today announced a five-year renewal agreement with Total Card Inc., to provide transaction processing services to over 250,000 cardholders nationwide. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Total Card is a premier provider of card support services to non- traditional lenders and issuers. Certegy's industry leading card processing platform provides Total Card with a full-service outsourcing solution. "We are very pleased to renew our relationship with Certegy in order to support our expanding financial institution base," said Greg Ticknor, president of Total Card Inc. "Certegy's complete range of options enables us to develop programs tailored specifically to meet the unique needs of our customers." "We are very excited to continue our relationship with Total Card," said Robert Bream, executive vice president and group executive, Certegy Card Services - North America. "Our ability to provide high quality solutions with speed and accuracy drives added value for our clients by enabling them to serve their customers more effectively." About Certegy Inc. Certegy Inc. provides credit and debit processing, check risk management, cash access, merchant processing and e-banking services to over 6,500 financial institutions, 117,000 retailers and 100 million consumers worldwide. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, Certegy maintains a strong global presence with operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Chile, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the Caribbean. As a leading payment services provider, Certegy offers a comprehensive range of transaction processing services, check risk management solutions and integrated customer support programs that facilitate the exchange of business and consumer payments. Certegy generated over $1.0 billion in revenue in 2004. For more information about Certegy, please visit http://www.certegy.com/ . About Total Card Inc. Total Card is a leading third party credit card servicer that specializes in providing growing financial institutions and non-traditional sub-prime lenders with world class servicing, collections, settlement, and support solutions. Total Card performs front-to-back operations for its owned portfolio of VISA credit cards issued by Plains Commerce Bank of Hoven, SD. Total Card is an approved ISO for VISA USA, Inc., and an approved MSP for MasterCard International, Inc. Forward-Looking Statement The statements in this release may include forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates, and projections about Certegy and our industry. They are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Certegy's control that may cause actual results to differ significantly from what is expressed in those statements. Factors that could, either individually or in the aggregate, affect our performance are described in detail in the section entitled "Certain Factors Affecting Forward-Looking Statements" in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 11, 2005, with the SEC. DATASOURCE: Certegy Inc. CONTACT: Mary Waggoner, SVP - Investor Relations of Certegy Inc., +1-678-867-8004 Web site: http://www.certegy.com/

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