Global Payments Announces First Quarter Dividend

ATLANTA, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Payments Inc. , a leader in electronic transaction payment processing, announced today that its board of directors approved a first quarter dividend of $0.02 per common share payable November 30, 2005 to shareholders of record as of November 16, 2005. In July 2005, the company declared a two-for-one split of its common stock, which was completed on October 28, 2005. The first quarter dividend is payable on post-split shares and is equivalent to a dividend of $0.04 per share on pre-split shares.

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Global Payments Inc. is a leading provider of electronic transaction processing services for consumers, merchants, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), financial institutions, government agencies and multi- national corporations located throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. Global Payments offers a comprehensive line of processing solutions for credit and debit cards, business-to-business purchasing cards, gift cards, electronic check conversion and check guarantee, verification and recovery, as well as terminal management. The company also provides consumer money transfer services from the U.S. and Europe to destinations in Latin America, Morocco, and the Philippines. For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/.

Contact: Jane Forbes 770-829-8234 Voice 770-829-8267 Fax investor.relations@globalpay.com

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