CEY Certegy

Certegy to Provide Check Warranty Services to Gottschalks Department Stores ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Certegy Inc. (NYSE:CEY), a leading global payment services provider, today announced an agreement with Gottschalks to provide comprehensive check risk management services to over 60 department and specialty apparel stores in six western states. Headquartered in Fresno, California, Gottschalks operates stores in California, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, Nevada and Idaho. It is the largest independently owned department store chain in California. "We remain committed to providing what our founder, Emil Gottschalk, called a 'total' shopping experience for our customers," stated Greg Ambro, chief administrative and financial officer of Gottschalks. "In addition to offering quality merchandise and a great value, that includes providing friendly and efficient service at the point of sale. Certegy's reputation for delivering excellent customer service and industry leading risk management solutions, were the determining factors in our choice of a check services provider." "We are very pleased to add Gottschalks to our growing customer base," said Jeff Carbiener, executive vice president and group executive, Certegy Check Services. "Our ability to provide retailers with accurate and reliable check risk management services and high quality customer care on a consistent basis is the key to our success." About Certegy Inc. Certegy (NYSE:CEY) provides credit and debit processing, check risk management, cash access, merchant processing and e-banking services to over 6,500 financial institutions, 117,000 retailers and 100 million consumers worldwide. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, Certegy maintains a strong global presence with operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Chile, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and the Caribbean. As a leading payment services provider, Certegy offers a comprehensive range of transaction processing services, check risk management solutions and integrated customer support programs that facilitate the exchange of business and consumer payments. Certegy generated over $1.0 billion in revenue in 2004. For more information on Certegy, please visit http://www.certegy.com/ . About Gottschalks Gottschalks is a regional department store chain, currently operating 63 department stores and six specialty apparel stores in six western states, including California (39), Washington (12), Alaska (6), Oregon (2), Nevada (2) and Idaho (2). Gottschalks offers better to moderate brand-name fashion apparel, cosmetics, shoes, accessories and home merchandise. Gottschalks offers corporate information and selected merchandise on its website located at http://www.gottschalks.com/ . Forward-Looking Statement The statements in this release may include forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates, and projections about Certegy and our industry. They are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Certegy's control that may cause actual results to differ significantly from what is expressed in those statements. Factors that could, either individually or in the aggregate, affect our performance are described in detail in the section entitled "Certain Factors Affecting Forward-Looking Statements" in our 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 11, 2005, with the SEC. DATASOURCE: Certegy Inc. CONTACT: Mary Waggoner, SVP - Investor Relations of Certegy Inc., +1-678-867-8004 Web site: http://www.certegy.com/ http://www.gottschalks.com/

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