Exhibit 99.1

T|SYS|(R)  News Release
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For Immediate Release

Contact:

Eric S. Bruner             Danita Gibson-Lloyd          Leo S. Berard
TSYS Media Relations       TSYS Media Relations         TSYS Investor Relations
+1.706.644.8457            +1.706.649-5578              +1.706.649.5220
ebruner@tsys.com           dglloyd@tsys.com             leoberard@synovus.com


          J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Selects TSYS for Processing Services

Columbus,  Ga.,  July 7, 2004 - J.P.  Morgan  Chase & Co. has  selected  TSYS to
provide credit card processing for the merged card portfolios of the former Bank
One Corp. and JPMorgan Chase, and complete a planned upgrade of  card-processing
technology,  according to official  notification  received  today from  JPMorgan
Chase.

     TSYS will continue  exclusive  negotiations  with JPMorgan Chase to provide
processing services for the 87 million  cardmembers of Chase Card Services.  The
companies expect to reach a definitive agreement in the near future.

About TSYS

     TSYS (NYSE: TSS) brings integrity and innovation to the world of electronic
payment services as the integral link between buyers and sellers in this rapidly
evolving universe.  Synovus (NYSE: SNV) owns an 81-percent interest in TSYS. For
more information, contact news@tsys.com.

     This press release  contains  statements that  constitute  "forward-looking
statements"  within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 as amended by the Private Securities  Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These  forward-looking  statements include  statements  regarding TSYS'
expectation that  negotiations with J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. will conclude with a
new contract in the near future.  Prospective  investors are cautioned  that any
such  forward-looking  statements are not guarantees of future  performance  and
involve risks and  uncertainties,  and that actual results may differ materially
from those contemplated by such forward-looking  statements.  Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward
looking  statements  in this press release and which are beyond TSYS' ability to
control  or  predict  include  the  inability  of TSYS  and  JPMorgan  Chase  to
satisfactorily  conclude negotiations with respect to a definitive agreement. We
believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance
should  not be  placed  on any  forward-looking  statements,  which are based on
current expectations.

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