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First Data to Release First Quarter 2005 Earnings

                  CEO Charlie Fote Will Host Conference Call

    DENVER, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Thursday, April 14 First Data
(NYSE: FDC) will release its first quarter results.  The news release will be
available on the First Data website, http://www.firstdata.com.
    The company will sponsor a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EDT to review
first quarter 2005 results.  Charlie Fote, chairman and CEO of First Data will
lead the call.  Also participating will be Kim Patmore, chief financial
officer and David Banks, senior vice president Investor Relations.
    To listen to the call, dial 888-831-9087 (U.S. only) or +1-415-228-5043
(international) ten minutes prior to the start of the call.  The passcode is
"FDC".
    The call will also be webcast on the First Data homepage,
http://www.firstdata.com.  Please click on the webcast link at least 15 minutes prior
to the call.
    A replay of the call will be available one hour after the call ends
through April 21 at 5:00 p.m. EDT at 866-420-4827 (U.S.) or +1-203-369-0789
(international) and via webcast on http://www.firstdata.com.

    First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), with global headquarters in Denver, helps
power the global economy. As a leader in electronic commerce and payment
services, First Data serves approximately 4.1 million merchant locations,
1,400 card issuers and millions of consumers, making it easy, fast and secure
for people and businesses around the world to buy goods and services using
virtually any form of payment.  With approximately 32,000 employees worldwide,
the company provides credit, debit, private-label, smart and stored-value card
issuing and merchant transaction processing services; Internet commerce
solutions; money transfer services; money orders; and check guarantee and
verification services.  The STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance
at 1.4 million ATM and retail locations.  First Data also offers a variety of
payment services to businesses around the world including those in the United
Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Spain, Panama, Brazil, China, the
Netherlands, Greece, the Middle East and Germany.  Its Western Union and
Orlandi Valuta money transfer networks include approximately 220,000 agent
locations in more than 195 countries and territories.  Visit http://www.firstdata.com
for more information.

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SOURCE First Data Corp.




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    CONTACT:
    David Banks, Investor Relations,
    +1-303-967-8057, or Colin Wheeler, Media Relations,
    +1-303-967-6553, both of First Data Corp.