COLUMBUS, Ga. & ATLANTA - (Business Wire) TSYS announced today that it was chosen as the 2009 Excalibur Award winner in the “Most Creative” category by the Technology Association of Georgia. The company also finished as a runner-up for the Excalibur Award in the “Large Company” category. The Technology Association of Georgia held the fifth annual Excalibur Awards ceremony Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 to recognize technology companies in Georgia that demonstrate excellence in utilizing technology to enhance their business. TSYS received the awards for its mobile wallet, loyalty and ease of merchant acceptance product.
“We are honored to be recognized for our innovation,” said Philip W. Tomlinson, chairman and chief executive officer of TSYS. “In today’s economic environment, providing tools like mobile as a wallet or a point-of-sale device, are key to meeting merchant needs and consumer demands as we shift toward becoming a mobile society.”
About Technology Association of Georgia
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support its members by generating opportunities for personal, professional and business growth. By forging strategic alliances, TAG serves as a primary catalyst to foster a rich environment for economic development in Georgia's technology community. TAG is made up of over 8,300 members representing technology leaders from over 1,700 Georgia-based companies, affiliated technology and business organizations. For more information on TAG, visit www.tagonline.org.
About TSYS
TSYS (NYSE: TSS) is one of the world’s largest companies for outsourced payment services, offering a broad range of issuer- and acquirer-processing technologies that support consumer-finance, credit, debit, healthcare, loyalty and prepaid services for financial institutions and retail companies in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information contact news@tsys.com or log on to www.tsys.com. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its website.
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