First Data International Strengthens Its Footprint across Latin America; Three Leading Financial Institutions Sign Agreements with the Company's Latin American Payment Processing Company

Processing Center, S.A. (PROCESA), a First Data company offeringpayment processing solutions customized for its clients in LatinAmerica and the Caribbean, will provide card issuing processingservices to these financial institutions.

Bank of Bahamas will use PROCESA's services for its credit cardand prepaid portfolios. The credit card portfolios of Fidelity Bank,located in the Cayman Islands, will convert to the PROCESA platformfor account processing. In addition, PROCESA will support a prepaidproduct for the New England Bankcard Association's client ButterfieldBank (Barbados) Ltd.

"We are pleased to join with PROCESA to provide leading-edgeprepaid card products for our newest client in Barbados and theButterfield Bank family," said Ted Keith, president, New EnglandBankcard Association (NEBA). "We are looking forward to continuing toexpand our service offering to financial institutions across theCaribbean."

"These agreements signal the great success of PROCESA since itsinception just over two years ago, and we are grateful for theopportunity to work with these leading financial institutions in thisregion," said Pam Patsley, president, First Data International. "Thesecompanies selected First Data based on their confidence in our abilityto provide flexible and competitive services that allow them to growand expand their businesses."

"PROCESA is a true success story for First Data's internationalstrategy," said Peter Harrington, president, Latin America and Canada."We provide market-tailored solutions and a regionally experiencedstaff to bring our clients an unmatched product and service offeringin the region."

Across Latin America, First Data provides a variety of cardissuing and merchant acquiring processing services, Western Union(R)money transfer and related payment services. PROCESA, located inPanama City, Panama, uses First Data's VisionPLUS(R) platform to offerflexible and diverse payment processing services for credit, prepaid,gift and corporate cards. Together with its global network, First Datahas the ability to service clients in this region from offices inBrazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and Florida.

About Bank of Bahamas

The Bank was incorporated in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas onApril 17, 1970, as Bank of Montreal (Bahamas & Caribbean) Limited. Thetrading name Bank of The Bahamas International was introduced in 2002.The Bank provides retail and commercial services. Its full range ofproducts includes deposit accounts, credit, commercial and residentialmortgages, foreign exchange, American Express, money transfers, trustand fiduciary services. Bank of The Bahamas International operatesfrom 11 locations throughout The Bahamas including New ProvidenceGrand Bahama, Andros, Inagua and San Salvador.

About Fidelity

Headquartered in The Bahamas, Fidelity is a financial servicesgroup offering a comprehensive range of both domestic andinternational banking, insurance and other financial products andservices. A knowledgeable and experienced management team utilizes alocal and global perspective for a well-rounded, objective andcosmopolitan business approach. With origins in The Bahamas since 1978and in the Cayman Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands since 1980,Fidelity is an active, supportive and well respected participant inthe communities it serves.

About New England Bankcard Association

New England Bankcard Association (NEBA) was founded in 1969 as acredit card and merchant acquiring data processing company forfinancial institutions throughout New England. NEBA was one of theoriginal regional MasterCharge associations that later formedMasterCard International. Today, NEBA provides services to financialinstitutions throughout the United States, Bermuda, Barbados and theCayman Islands. Members can choose to offer a full range of paymentsystem products and services, including credit cards, private labelcredit cards, ATM and debit cards, ATM processing and merchantacceptance services. For more information, please visit www.neba.com.

About Butterfield Bank (Barbados) Limited

Butterfield Bank (Barbados) Limited is a subsidiary of The Bank ofN.T. Butterfield and Son Limited. The Bank of N.T. Butterfield wasestablished in Bermuda in 1858 and has offices in Barbados, Bahamas,Cayman Islands, Guernsey and the United Kingdom. The Butterfield Groupreported net income for the full year ended December 31, 2005, of$109.4 million, a record for the Group and up 20.9% year on year.

The Group is present in Barbados as Butterfield Bank (Barbados)Limited which is a full-service commercial bank and as aninternational business corporation, Butterfield Asset Management(Barbados) Limited catering to the investment needs of the offshoresector.

About First Data International

First Data International, part of First Data Corp. (NYSE:FDC), isa leading provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions forfinancial institutions and merchants around the world. First DataInternational serves a diverse range of markets, leveraging globalscale through a local presence and maintaining focus on individualclient needs. It has more than 5,800 employees and operates acrossEurope, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Canada, Australia,Asia-pacific.

First Data serves 4.6 million merchant locations, 1,500 cardissuers and millions of consumers. First Data powers the globaleconomy by making it easy, fast and secure for people and businessesaround the world to buy goods and services using virtually any form ofpayment. The company's portfolio of services and solutions includescredit, debit, private-label, smart and stored-value card issuing andmerchant transaction processing services; money transfer services;money orders; fraud protection and authentication solutions; checkguarantee and verification services through TeleCheck; as well asInternet commerce and mobile solutions. Western Union, together withOrlandi Valuta and Vigo, make up one of the world's largest moneytransfer networks with more than 271,000 Agent locations in more than200 countries and territories. For more information, visitwww.firstdata.com.

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