Global Payments Announces Agreement With Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino

ATLANTA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Payments Inc. , a leader in both payment processing and gaming cash access services, today announced an agreement to provide Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino with its VIP LightSpeed(R) suite of cash access products and services. Located outside of San Diego, Barona is one of the country's premier Native American casinos and one of the largest employers in San Diego County. The casino will utilize LightSpeed's VIP Preferred(R) check-cashing services, PlayerCash @dvantage(R) credit and debit card cash advance services, and the recently-launched and well-received ATM Cash @dvantage(R) product, which allows gaming patrons to initiate electronic check transactions at the ATM without casino cage assistance.

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"Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino is renowned for our commitment to world-class customer service," said Gradon Warner, Director of Cage/Credit at Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino. "Our partnership with Global Payments will allow us to further enhance our service by providing our guests with the most convenient, fastest and easiest check cashing system available."

Already a leader in the gaming industry, Global Payments continues to enhance its position in the gaming cash access services market with the announcement of this new relationship. "We are excited to add Barona Valley Ranch -- one of the largest casinos in California -- as a customer. We look forward to delivering our suite of products to Barona and assisting its management team in improving cash access efficiencies through new technology, automated cashier procedures, and increased transaction speed," said Senior Vice President of Global Payments Gaming Services, Dean DeCristoforo.

VIP LightSpeed is an Internet-accessible, PC-based platform that provides cash access services for traditional and electronic check cashing, ATM check cashing, credit and debit card cash advances, player histories and credit reports. In addition, VIP LightSpeed provides a full spectrum of management reporting tools that speed the processing of transactions and reduce the risk associated with check-cashing and cash advance services.

Blending the best of San Diego's most elegant resorts with the gaming excitement of Las Vegas, the Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino is San Diego's leading destination resort featuring 400 luxury guest rooms and suites, a 300,000 square foot casino, a lakefront wedding chapel, the AmBience Day Spa, a full-service events center, and the 18-hole championship Barona Creek Golf Club, rated the 3rd best resort course in California by Golfweek Magazine. For Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino reservations and information, visit http://www.barona.com/ or call toll free 888-7-BARONA (722-7662).

Global Payments Inc. is a leading provider of electronic transaction processing services for consumers, merchants, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), financial institutions, government agencies, multi- national corporations and gaming establishments 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, check 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, the Philippines and India. For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.globalpaymentsinc.com/

This announcement may contain forward-looking statements pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties such as product demand, market and customer acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, competition, pricing, development difficulties, foreign currency risks, costs of capital, continued certification by credit card associations, the ability to consummate and integrate acquisitions, and other risks detailed in the Company's SEC filings, including the most recently filed Form 10-Q or Form 10K, as applicable. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future circumstances or the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact: Phyllis McNeill 770-829-8245 phyllis.mcneill@globalpay.com