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Global Payments Asia Pacific Wins Top Industry Performance Awards

Global Payments Asia Pacific was recently recognized with an impressive number of top industry performance awards in Greater China from the international card payment brands for the year of 2006, including all four prestigious Gold Prizes from Visa® International, two major awards from MasterCard® Worldwide and a Silver Prize from China Union Pay.

Visa International Performance Awards

• Gold Prize – Highest Merchant Sales Volume, Hong Kong
• Gold Prize – Largest Merchant Sales Volume Growth, Hong Kong
• Visa Discovery Program – Gold Prize – New Merchant Outlets, Hong Kong
• Visa Discovery Program – Gold Prize – Highest New Merchant Sales Volume, Hong Kong

MasterCard Worldwide Performance Awards

• Winner – Highest Market Share in Merchant Purchase Volume, Hong Kong
• Winner – Best Acquiring Bank of the Year, China

China Union Pay Performance Awards

• Silver Prize – Highest Merchant Sales Volume, Hong Kong

Managing Director of Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, Mr. Ian Courtnage, said: “We continue to implement an aggressive growth strategy and I am proud to lead such a strong team of talented staff.   Investing in the business will drive further development and growth in merchant acquiring and card payment processing across Asia Pacific. The industry recognition underlines our success, our strength and our leadership position in the Asia Pacific region.”

Global Payments Celebrated Seventh Anniversary and Listing on NYSE. Chairman, President and CEO, Paul R. Garcia, along with Global Payments Employees from Around the World Rang The Closing Bell^SM

Executives and employees of Global Payments visited the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, February 22 to celebrate the company's seventh anniversary and their listing on the "Big Board." Global Payments Inc. joined the NYSE on February 1, 2001, under the ticker symbol "GPN."

To celebrate the company's anniversary, Chairman, Paul R. Garcia rang The Closing Bell accompanied by delegates who were chosen by lottery to represent the company's locations around the world. Employees participating included Lisa Jones-Callands, Nora Olazagasti and Richard Schelfe representing a major operations center in Owings Mills, Maryland; Maria Elena Briseño and Andy Mendezona representing DolEx Dollar Express, Global Payments' money transfer division and Sidharth Singh from Hong Kong representing Global Payments Asia Pacific.

Also participating in the Closing Bell were Mac Schuessler, Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Corporate Communications and Phyllis McNeill, Vice President of Corporate Communications for Global Payments.

Paul R. Garcia - One of America's Best CEOs

For the fourth year in a row, Global Payments' Chairman, President, and CEO, Paul R. Garcia, is among "The Best CEOs in America," according to Institutional Investor magazine. The January 2008 issue of this leading investment publication ranked Mr. Garcia as one of the top three CEOs in the "Technology - Computer Services and IT Consulting" business sector.

To arrive at the list of the "Best U.S. CEOs," Institutional Investor surveyed 900 portfolio managers, analysts and other investment professionals at 425 institutions to name the best CEOs in the United States in the sectors in which they invest. The respondents provided their first, second and third choices and the votes were then weighted to calculate a score for each CEO.

Congratulations - Mr. Garcia.

MasterCard Recognizes Global Payments for Data Integrity and Payment Card Processing Excellence

Global Payments was recognized recently by MasterCard International with an impressive award for Data Integrity and Excellence in Processing Accuracy. The award honored our North American operations, including Canada and the United States. MasterCard International is a leading global payments solutions company.

MasterCard’s Data Integrity Performance Award Program was developed to recognize the outstanding performance of processing companies who consistently demonstrate processing excellence by providing accurate authorization messages. MasterCard’s objectives for the program are to increase sales and profitability through accurate data in the authorization messages – data messages that are used to make decisions for approval or decline of cardholder transactions.

In response to the announcement of the award, Michael L. Reidenbach, Chief Information Officer, commented, “As our merchants’ advocate, we are thrilled to be recognized by MasterCard, an industry leader, for our authorization programs. Our merchants can be confident that Global Payments relentlessly pursues accuracy and proficiency in all areas of merchant data.”

As a leading payment processor, Global Payments constantly implements systems and programs designed to help our customers use technology for greater productivity and cost savings. For more information about Global Payments comprehensive line of card and check processing solutions, click here.

Global Payments Reaches “The Global 50” Echelon

Global Payments Inc. was included in a recent listing of “The Global 50” published by InformationWeek magazine. According to the magazine, “The Global 50” is composed of the fastest-growing large companies operating in multiple countries including the United States and outside North America.

The magazine ranked businesses with U.S. headquarters, operating in multiple countries, and have the greatest year-over-year growth as a percentage of revenue. The list was compiled using information provided by Reuters, public data such as Securities and Exchange Commissions filings, Hoovers Online and InformationWeek sister publication Optimize. Global Payments was ranked 46 on the list. For additional information on the rankings and company information visit www.informationweek.com.

Introducing the Newest Member of the Global Payments Money Transfer Family - Europhil

Founded in 1989, and based in Madrid, Spain, Europhil operates 26 retail branches in Spain, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Europhil’s vast settlement network includes approximately 1,000 locations in over 20 countries. More than 80 per cent of its money transfers are sent to Latin American countries, including Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil. Most of its remaining money transfers are sent to African and Asian countries, including Morocco, the Philippines and India.

Europhil has more than 200 employees, including an experienced management team that will remain with Global Payments and will be managed through Global Payments’ DolEx channel. View fact sheet | View press release