TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
Exhibit 32

                        CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT


     Pursuant  to  Section  906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002,  18  U.S.C.
Section 1350,  Richard W. Ussery,  the Chief  Executive  Officer of Total System
Services, Inc. (the "Company"), and James B. Lipham, the Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, hereby certify that, to the best of his knowledge:

     (1)  The Company's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June
          30,  2003 (the  "Report")  fully  complies  with the  requirements  of
          section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
          and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Company.


August 12, 2003                             /s/ Richard W. Ussery
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            Richard W. Ussery
                                            Chief Executive Officer


August 12, 2003                             /s/ James B. Lipham
                                            ---------------------------------
                                            James B. Lipham
                                            Chief Financial Officer


A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the  electronic  version of this written  statement
required by Section 906, has been  provided to Total System  Services,  Inc. and
will be retained by Total System Services,  Inc. and furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

This  certification  "accompanies"  the Form  10-Q to which it  relates,  is not
deemed filed with the SEC and is not to be  incorporated  by reference  into any
filing of the Company  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  or the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended  (whether made before or after the
date of the  Form  10-Q,  irrespective  of any  general  incorporation  language
contained in such filing.)