EXHIBIT 99.1

[SYNOVUS LOGO]                                                      NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Patrick A. Reynolds                Alison W. Dowe
         Director of Investor Relations     Director of Corporate Communications
         (706) 649-4973                     (706) 641-3781

                        SYNOVUS TERMINATES "POISON PILL"

NOVEMBER 23, 2005, COLUMBUS, GA., - Synovus announced today that its Board of
Directors has voted to terminate the company's shareholder rights plan, commonly
known as a "poison pill." The plan has been amended to provide that the existing
rights plan will expire on December 31, 2005. Prior to the amendment, the rights
plan had been scheduled to expire on May 5, 2009.

      "The termination of the rights plan at the end of this year is consistent
with our commitment to sound corporate governance practices and provides the
Board with the ability to act in the best interests of our shareholders,"
Synovus' Chief Executive Officer and President Richard E. Anthony said today.

Synovus (NYSE: "SNV") is a diversified financial services holding company with
over $27 billion in assets based in Columbus, Georgia. Synovus provides
integrated financial services including banking, financial management,
insurance, mortgage and leasing services through 39 banks and other Synovus
offices in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee; and
electronic payment processing through an 81-percent stake in TSYS (NYSE: "TSS"),
one of the world's largest companies for outsourced payment services. Synovus
has been named one of "The 100 Best Companies to Work For" in America by FORTUNE
magazine, and has been recognized in its Hall of Fame for consecutive
appearances on the list since its inception in 1998. In 2005, Synovus was also
named as one of "America's Most Admired Companies". See Synovus on the Web at
WWW.SYNOVUS.COM.

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