DENVER, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC)
today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.02 per common share. The
dividend is payable on January 12, 2005, to shareholders of record on
January 3, 2005.
About First Data
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 3.5 million merchant locations,
1,400 card issuers and millions of consumers, making it easy, fast and secure
for people and businesses to buy goods and services using virtually any form
of payment. With more than 30,000 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(R) Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at 1.2 million ATM and
retail locations nationwide. 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, the Middle East and Germany. Its Western Union and Orlandi
Valuta money transfer networks include approximately 202,000 Agent locations
in more than 195 countries and territories. For more information, please
visit the company's Web site at http://www.firstdata.com.
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CONTACT: David Banks, Investor Relations of First Data Corp., +1-303-967-8057
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