UNITED STATES
                       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

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2005

                               GLOBAL AXCESS CORP
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

           Nevada                      000-17874               88-0199674
           ------                      ----------              ----------
  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)             File Number)          Identification No.)

224 Ponte Vedra Park Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida            32082
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       (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (904) 280-3950

                                   Copies to:
                             Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
                            Stephen M. Fleming, Esq.
                       Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
                           1065 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10018
                              Phone: (212) 930-9700
                               Fax: (212) 930-9725

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[_]   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

[_]   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

[_]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[_]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
          Appointment of Principal Officers.

      On May 12,  2005,  the Board of  Directors  of Global  Axcess  Corp.  (the
"Company")  voted to appoint  Robert C.  Pearson as a director  of the  Company.
There are no  understandings  or arrangements  between Mr. Pearson and any other
person  pursuant to which Mr.  Pearson was selected as a director.  Mr.  Pearson
presently does not serve on any Company committee.  Mr. Pearson may be appointed
to serve as a member  of a  committee  although  there are no  current  plans to
appoint Mr.  Pearson to a committee as of the date hereof.  Mr. Pearson does not
have any family  relationship  with any  director,  executive  officer or person
nominated  or chosen by the Company to become a director or  executive  officer.
Additionally, Mr. Pearson has never entered into a transaction, nor is there any
proposed transaction, between Mr. Pearson and the Company.

      Robert C. Pearson,  age 69, joined RENN Capital Group in April 1997 and is
Senior  Vice-President  -  Investments.  RENN Capital Group serves as investment
adviser for Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc., Renaissance U.S.
Growth Investment Trust PLC, and BFS U.S. Special Opportunities Trust PLC, which
each individually own approximately 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock
of the Company as well as common stock purchase warrants. From 1994 to 1997, Mr.
Pearson was an independent financial management  consultant.  From 1990 to 1994,
he served as Chief  Financial  Officer and  Executive  Vice-President  of Thomas
Group,  Inc., a  management  consulting  firm.  Prior to 1990,  Mr.  Pearson was
responsible  for all  administrative  activities for the  Superconducting  Super
Collider  Laboratory.  In addition,  from 1960 to 1986,  Mr. Pearson served in a
variety of positions at Texas  Instruments  in financial  planning and analysis,
holding such  positions as  Vice-President  - Controller  and  Vice-President  -
Finance.  Mr. Pearson holds a BS in Business from the University of Maryland and
was a W.A.  Paton Scholar with an MBA from the  University of Michigan.  He is a
director of eOriginal,  Inc., CaminoSoft Corp., Laserscope,  Simtek Corporation,
and Advanced Power Technologies, Inc.
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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                               GLOBAL AXCESS CORP


Dated: May 17, 2005                            By: /s/ David Fann
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:  David Fann
                                               Title: President
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UNITED STATES
                       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

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 12, 2005

                               GLOBAL AXCESS CORP
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

           Nevada                      000-17874               88-0199674
           ------                      ----------              ----------
  (State or other jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)             File Number)          Identification No.)

224 Ponte Vedra Park Drive, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida            32082
------------------------------------------------------            -----
       (Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (904) 280-3950

                                   Copies to:
                             Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
                            Stephen M. Fleming, Esq.
                       Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
                           1065 Avenue of the Americas
                            New York, New York 10018
                              Phone: (212) 930-9700
                               Fax: (212) 930-9725

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

[_]   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

[_]   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)

[_]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[_]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
          Appointment of Principal Officers.

      On May 12,  2005,  the Board of  Directors  of Global  Axcess  Corp.  (the
"Company")  voted to appoint  Robert C.  Pearson as a director  of the  Company.
There are no  understandings  or arrangements  between Mr. Pearson and any other
person  pursuant to which Mr.  Pearson was selected as a director.  Mr.  Pearson
presently does not serve on any Company committee.  Mr. Pearson may be appointed
to serve as a member  of a  committee  although  there are no  current  plans to
appoint Mr.  Pearson to a committee as of the date hereof.  Mr. Pearson does not
have any family  relationship  with any  director,  executive  officer or person
nominated  or chosen by the Company to become a director or  executive  officer.
Additionally, Mr. Pearson has never entered into a transaction, nor is there any
proposed transaction, between Mr. Pearson and the Company.

      Robert C. Pearson,  age 69, joined RENN Capital Group in April 1997 and is
Senior  Vice-President  -  Investments.  RENN Capital Group serves as investment
adviser for Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc., Renaissance U.S.
Growth Investment Trust PLC, and BFS U.S. Special Opportunities Trust PLC, which
each individually own approximately 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock
of the Company as well as common stock purchase warrants. From 1994 to 1997, Mr.
Pearson was an independent financial management  consultant.  From 1990 to 1994,
he served as Chief  Financial  Officer and  Executive  Vice-President  of Thomas
Group,  Inc., a  management  consulting  firm.  Prior to 1990,  Mr.  Pearson was
responsible  for all  administrative  activities for the  Superconducting  Super
Collider  Laboratory.  In addition,  from 1960 to 1986,  Mr. Pearson served in a
variety of positions at Texas  Instruments  in financial  planning and analysis,
holding such  positions as  Vice-President  - Controller  and  Vice-President  -
Finance.  Mr. Pearson holds a BS in Business from the University of Maryland and
was a W.A.  Paton Scholar with an MBA from the  University of Michigan.  He is a
director of eOriginal,  Inc., CaminoSoft Corp., Laserscope,  Simtek Corporation,
and Advanced Power Technologies, Inc.
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                               GLOBAL AXCESS CORP

Dated: May 17, 2005                            By: /s/ David Fann
                                               ---------------------------------
                                               Name:  David Fann
                                               Title: President