content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                      Form 8-K
  
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
  
                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  
                                  August 16, 1995
                             (Earliest Event Reported)
  
  
  
                            Total System Services, Inc.
                            (Exact Name of Registrant as
                             Specified in its Charter)
  
  
   Georgia                        1-10254                              58-1493818
  (State of                    (Commission File                     (IRS Employer
   Incorporation)                Number)                           Identification
                                                                          Number)
  
  
  
                     1200 Sixth Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31901
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
  
                                   (706) 649-2267
                          (Registrant's Telephone Number)
  
  
  
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 5.           Other Events.
  
           On  August  16,  1995,  Total  System  Services,   Inc.  ("Registrant")
  announced an agreement in  principle  with Visa U.S.A.  to merge their  merchant
  processing  operations.  Consummation  of the transaction is subject to mutually
  satisfactory  due  diligence,  the  execution of a definitive  agreement and the
  approval  of  the  transaction,  or  the  expression  of  no  objection  to  the
  transaction, by the appropriate federal and state regulatory authorities.
  
           A  copy  of  Registrant's  press  release  regarding  the  announcement
  referenced  above is attached hereto as Exhibit 99, and by this reference made a
  part hereof.
  
  Item 7.           Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
                    Information and Exhibits.
  
           (a)      Financial Statements - None.
  
           (b)      Pro Forma Financial Information - None.
  
           (c)      Exhibits                                                Index
  
                    99 - Registrant's press release, August 16, 1995.......Page 4
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                                     Signature
  
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended,  Registrant  has caused  this  report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                       TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                                                              ("Registrant")
  
  
  Dated:  August 22, 1995                              By: /s/Kathleen Moates
                                                          -----------------------
                                                           Kathleen Moates
                                                           Deputy General Counsel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      Form 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
                                  August 16, 1995
                             (Earliest Event Reported)
  
                            Total System Services, Inc.
                            (Exact Name of Registrant as
                             Specified in its Charter)
  
   Georgia                        1-10254                              58-1493818
  (State of                    (Commission File                     (IRS Employer
   Incorporation)                Number)                           Identification
                                                                          Number)
  
                     1200 Sixth Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31901
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                   (706) 649-2267
                          (Registrant's Telephone Number)
  
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
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  Item 5.           Other Events.
  
           On  August  16,  1995,  Total  System  Services,   Inc.  ("Registrant")
  announced an agreement in  principle  with Visa U.S.A.  to merge their  merchant
  processing  operations.  Consummation  of the transaction is subject to mutually
  satisfactory  due  diligence,  the  execution of a definitive  agreement and the
  approval  of  the  transaction,  or  the  expression  of  no  objection  to  the
  transaction, by the appropriate federal and state regulatory authorities.
  
           A  copy  of  Registrant's  press  release  regarding  the  announcement
  referenced  above is attached hereto as Exhibit 99, and by this reference made a
  part hereof.
  
  Item 7.           Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
                    Information and Exhibits.
  
           (a)      Financial Statements - None.
  
           (b)      Pro Forma Financial Information - None.
  
           (c)      Exhibits                                                Index
  
                    99 - Registrant's press release, August 16, 1995.......Page 4
  
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  Signature
  
           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended,  Registrant  has caused  this  report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                                       TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.
                                                              ("Registrant")
  
  Dated:  August 22, 1995                              By: /s/Kathleen Moates
                                                          -----------------------
                                                           Kathleen Moates
                                                           Deputy General Counsel
  
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