Global Payments Inc., a leader in payment processing services, announced that Institutional Investor named its Chairman, President and CEO, Paul R. Garcia, one of "The Best CEOs in America " for the third year in a row. In the January 2007 issue, the publication ranked Garcia among the best CEOs in the "Technology: Computer Services and IT Consulting" business sector. This is the fifth time Institutional Investor magazine has identified America's most outstanding chief executives by asking the country's largest investors to evaluate leaders throughout the U.S. Congratulations Mr. Garcia!

To determine the CEOs doing the "best work," Institutional Investor surveyed more than 1,000 portfolio managers at 486 money management firms responsible for investing $6.9 trillion in U.S. stocks. The question asked was: "Who is the best CEO in the sector for which you are responsible?" The respondents gave their first, second and third choices, which were weighted to calculate a score for each CEO.

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, 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.