TSYS Wins Industry Partner of the Year Award for Prepaid

TSYS Recognised at Middle East Prepaid Awards 2012

COLUMBUS, Ga. & DUBAI, U.A.E. - Thursday, April 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TSYS today announced it had won the prestigious Industry Partner of the Year Award at The VRL Middle East Prepaid Awards dinner and ceremony in Dubai. The award was given in recognition of TSYS’ influence over the region’s prepaid initiatives during 2011.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, a TSYS client and a leading Islamic financial group in the Middle East region, also won a special award for its newly launched Darhoom Card — a prepaid youth card designed to promote financial responsibility for younger generations, supported by TSYS’ PRIME card management software.

“TSYS would like to congratulate all the awards winners on their outstanding success. We are proud to have won Industry Partner of the Year, an achievement that reflects our on-going commitment to our clients, the region and the prepaid market. We believe in putting people at the centre of payments and our prepaid solutions are designed to reflect just that — offering consumers alternative payment options and access to services to meet the needs of modern lifestyles,” said Jaffar Agha-Jaffar, managing director of the Middle East, Africa and Pakistan, TSYS.

The independent judging panel of industry experts from VRL carefully selected winners from a host of payment card companies and partner organisations who entered the inaugural 2012 contest.

About TSYS

At TSYS, (NYSE: TSS), we believe payments should revolve around people — not the other way around. We call this belief "People-Centered Payments." By putting people at the center of every decision we make, with unmatched customer service and industry insight, TSYS is able to support financial institutions, businesses and governments in more than 80 countries. Offering merchant payment-acceptance solutions as well as services in credit, debit, prepaid, mobile, chip, healthcare and more, we make it possible for those in the global marketplace to conduct safe and secure electronic transactions with trust and convenience.

TSYS’ headquarters are located in Columbus, Georgia, with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS provides services to more than half of the top 20 international banks, is a Fortune 1000 company and was named one of the 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine. For more information, please visit us at www.tsys.com.

About The Middle East Prepaid Awards

The Middle East Prepaid Awards 2012 is a prestigious event recognising the most outstanding companies and individuals operating within the prepaid industry today. In its inaugural year the awards took place on the evening of the Prepaid Summit: Middle East 2012, in association with Visa, held at the Westin Hotel, Dubai.

Contacts

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