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,  Philip W. Tomlinson,  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 September
     30, 2005 (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.


November 3, 2005                                         /s/ Philip W. Tomlinson
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                                                         Philip W. Tomlinson
                                                         Chief Executive Officer


November 3, 2005                                         /s/ James B. Lipham
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                                                         James B. Lipham
                                                         Chief Financial Officer


     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.)