FORM 11-K




(Mark One)
  [X]         ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
              ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended           2000
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                                            OR
  [ ]         TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
              EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                        to
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Commission file number             1-10254
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            TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN



                           TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                                1600 FIRST AVENUE
                             COLUMBUS, GEORGIA 31901
                                 (706) 649-2204













                                  Exhibit 99.1








KPMG



                           TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                              Financial Statements

                        December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998


                   (With Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)




KPMG
     303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
     Suite 2000
     Atlanta, GA  30308


                          Independent Auditors' Report


The Plan Administrator
Total System Services, Inc. Employee
    Stock Purchase Plan:


We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of the Total
System Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2000 and
1999, and the related statements of operations and changes in plan equity for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's administrator. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial condition of the Total System Services,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the
results of its operations and changes in its plan equity for each of the years
in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000 in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


                                        /s/KPMG LLP



April 13, 2001






                          TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                       Statements of Financial Condition

                           December 31, 2000 and 1999



               Assets                                                2000          1999
                                                                 -----------    ----------
                                                                          
Common stock of Total System Services, Inc. at market value -
 1,612,733 shares (cost $21,969,881) in 2000 and
 1,557,070 shares (cost $19,032,710) in 1999                     $36,084,906    25,399,712
Dividends receivable                                                  20,204        15,573
Contributions receivable                                             370,049       326,837
                                                                 -----------    ----------
                                                                 $36,475,159    25,742,122
                                                                 ===========    ==========
               Plan Equity

Plan equity (5,241 and 5,072 participants at
 December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively)                       $36,475,159    25,742,122
                                                                  ==========    ==========

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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                          TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

              Statements of Operations and Changes in Plan Equity

                 Years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998



                                                        2000          1999          1998
                                                    ---------    -----------   -----------
                                                                      
Dividend income                                    $   75,035         60,016       54,247
Realized gain on distributions to participants
 (note 4)                                           2,093,104      2,576,977    3,410,267
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in common
 stock of Total System Services, Inc. (note 3)      7,748,715    (13,058,157)   6,909,967
Contributions
(notes 1 and 2):
 Participants                                       5,684,730      5,141,574    4,179,393
 Participating employers:
  Total System Services, Inc.                       2,220,960      2,071,247    1,695,051
  Columbus Depot Equipment Company                        365            411          358
  TSYS Total Solutions, Inc.                          239,780        183,889       79,930
  Columbus Productions, Inc.                           54,049         54,768       47,502
  TSYS Canada, Inc.                                    16,278         17,887       10,438
  DotsConnect, Inc.                                    28,769             --           --
  Vital Processing Services, L.L.C                    305,280        248,987      211,072
                                                    ---------    -----------   ----------
     Total employer contributions                   2,865,481      2,577,189    2,044,351
                                                    ---------    -----------   ----------
                                                   18,467,065     (2,702,401)  16,598,225
Withdrawals by participants - common stock of
 Total System Services, Inc. at market value
 (435,792 shares in 2000, 321,694 shares in 1999,
 and 281,516 shares in 1998)-(notes 2 and 4)       (7,734,028)    (6,230,333)  (6,405,895)
                                                    ---------    -----------   ----------
     Increase (decrease) in Plan equity
      for the year                                 10,733,037     (8,932,734)  10,192,330

Plan equity at beginning of year                   25,742,122     34,674,856   24,482,526
                                                    ---------    -----------   ----------
Plan equity at end of year                        $36,475,159     25,742,122   34,674,856
                                                   ==========    ===========   ==========


See accompanying notes to financial statements.


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                           TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                        December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998


(1)    Description of the Plan

       The Total System Services, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan")
       was implemented as of October 1, 1984. The Plan is designed to enable
       participating Total System Services, Inc. ("TSYS") and subsidiaries'
       employees to purchase shares of common stock of TSYS at prevailing market
       prices from contributions made by them and TSYS and subsidiaries (the
       "Participating Employers").

       Synovus Service  Corp. serves as the Plan  administrator. State Street
       Bank and Trust Company serves as the Plan agent, hereafter referred to
       as "Agent."

       All employees who work twenty hours per week or more are eligible to
       participate in the Plan after completing three months of continuous
       employment prior to the beginning of a calendar quarter. Participants who
       have previously withdrawn shares from their Plan account remain eligible
       to participate, but with certain exceptions, are precluded from receiving
       matching contributions from the Plan sponsor for a specified period of
       time. A participant may contribute to the Plan based on a formula through
       payroll deductions in multiples of $1 with a minimum deduction of $10 per
       month and a maximum deduction not to exceed a specified percentage of
       compensation (ranging from 3% to 7%). Effective January 1, 1999,
       participants initially joining the Plan, requesting reinstatement in the
       Plan or making a change under the Plan must select their payroll
       deduction amount as a percentage of compensation, with a minimum
       contribution level of 0.5%. Participants in the Plan prior to January 1,
       1999 may continue contributing to the Plan through payroll deductions in
       whole dollar amounts. Contributions to the Plan are to be made by the
       Participating Employers in an amount equal to one-half of each
       participant's contribution. Participants are immediately vested in their
       contributions and Participating Employers' matching contributions.

       The Plan provides, among other things, that all expenses of the Plan and
       its administration shall be paid by TSYS with the exception of brokers'
       fees, commissions, postage, and transaction costs which are included in
       the cost of each participant's investment in common stock of TSYS.

       The Plan provides that upon withdrawal from the Plan, each participant
       may elect to receive the proceeds from his account balance in the form of
       shares of common stock of TSYS and a check for any fractional shares and
       cash held, a lump-sum cash distribution, or a combination of both.

       TSYS expects to maintain the Plan indefinitely, but reserves the right to
       terminate or amend the Plan at any time, provided, however, that no
       termination or amendment shall affect or diminish any participant's right
       to the benefit of contributions made by him or TSYS prior to the date of
       such amendment or termination.

       On April 16, 1998, the TSYS Board of Directors approved a three-for-two
       stock split which was effected on May 8, 1998 in the form of a 50% stock
       dividend to shareholders of record as of April 27, 1998.

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                           TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                        December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998

       All share and per share data for all periods presented in the
       accompanying financial statements and related notes has been restated to
       reflect the additional shares resulting from this stock split.


(2)    Summary of Accounting Policies

       The investment in common stock of TSYS is stated at market value. The
       2000 and 1999 market values are based on the closing price at year-end.
       The December 31, 2000 and 1999 market values were $22.375 and $16.31 per
       share, respectively.

       The realized gain on distributions to participants is determined by
       computing the difference between the average cost per common stock share
       and the market value per share at the date of the distribution to the
       participants.

       Contributions to and withdrawals from the Plan are accounted for on the
       accrual basis. Common stock contributions are recorded at fair value.

       During the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, TSYS
       contributed one share of stock to each new employee, upon reaching three
       months of employment with TSYS. Such contributions were made to the
       employees' accounts with the Plan, and resulted in an increase of
       employer contributions of approximately $22,650, $25,000, and $21,000 for
       the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, respectively.

       Dividend income is accrued on the record date.

       The Plan is not qualified under Sections 401(a) or 501(a) of the Internal
       Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Plan does not provide for income
       taxes because any income is taxable to the participants. Participants in
       the Plan must treat as compensation income their pro rata share of
       contributions made to the Plan by their employer. Cash dividends paid on
       common stock of TSYS purchased under the Plan will be taxed to the
       participants on a pro rata basis for Federal and state income tax
       purposes during the year any such dividend is received by the participant
       or the Plan. Upon disposition of the common stock of TSYS purchased under
       the Plan, participants must treat any gain or loss as long-term or
       short-term capital gain or loss depending upon when such disposition
       occurs.

       The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting
       principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
       management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
       amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosure of
       contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those
       estimates.

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                           TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                          EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                          Notes to Financial Statements

                        December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998

(3)    Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) in Common Stock of TSYS

       Changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in common stock of TSYS
are as follows:



                                                                     2000                 1999                 1998
                                                                ----------------    -----------------     ---------------
                                                                                                 
       Unrealized appreciation at end of year                $    14,115,717             6,367,002          19,425,159
       Unrealized appreciation at beginning of year                6,367,002            19,425,159          12,515,192
                                                                ----------------    -----------------     ---------------

                  Unrealized appreciation
                    (depreciation) for the year
                                                             $     7,748,715           (13,058,157)          6,909,967
                                                                ================    =================     ===============



(4)    Realized Gain on Withdrawal Distributions to Participants

       The gain realized on withdrawal distributions to participants is
summarized as follows:


                                                                     2000                 1999                 1998
                                                                ---------------     -----------------     ---------------
                                                                                                 
       Market value at dates of distribution or
           redemption of shares of common stock
           of TSYS                                           $     7,734,028              6,230,333          6,405,895
       Less cost (computed on an average
           cost basis) of shares of common
           stock of TSYS distributed or
           redeemed                                                5,640,924              3,653,356          2,995,628
                                                                ---------------     -----------------     ---------------

                   Total realized gain                       $     2,093,104              2,576,977          3,410,267
                                                                ===============     =================     ===============



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