Atlanta based Global Payments Inc., a leader in payment processing services, announced today that Institutional Investor has, for the fourth year in a row, named its Chairman, President and CEO, Paul R. Garcia, among "The Best CEOs in America." The January 2008 issue of the leading investment publication ranked Garcia among the best CEOs in the "Technology - Computer Services and IT Consulting" business sector. This is the sixth time Institutional Investor magazine has identified America's most outstanding chief executives by asking the country's largest investors to evaluate leaders throughout the United States.

To arrive at the list of the "Best U.S. CEOs," Institutional Investor surveyed 900 portfolio managers, analysts and other investment professionals at 425 institutions to name the best U.S. CEOs in the sectors in which they invest. The respondents provided their first, second and third choices and the votes were then weighted with first place votes counting the most. The complete listing is available at www.iimagazine.com.

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) 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, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. 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, and the Philippines.