First Data Names New President of First Data Resources

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2006

OMAHA, Neb. -- First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) has announced that Susan Henricks has returned to First Data as president of First Data Resources.

Henricks was a key member of the First Data leadership team in 1998 and 1999, serving as president of First Data Enterprises within First Data Resources. She was responsible for Client Services and was appointed to the position of President, Donnelley Marketing when it was sold by First Data to Info USA in late 1999.

For the last six years Henricks has been with RR Donnelley, an $8 billion dollar global print leader and the largest printer of telephone directories in the world. For the last five years she has been President, Directories, responsible for the business of printing Yellow Pages Directories and telephone directories.

Henricks past experience also includes various IT management positions in the banking and insurance industries as well as direct marketing management positions, including President and CEO of Metromail Corporation where she worked for 12 years.

"Susan brings excellent business and leadership skills along with her experience and understanding of our industry to First Data," said David Bailis, president First Data Financial Institution Services. "I am very excited to welcome her back to the First Data family."

About First Data

First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC) is a leading provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for businesses and consumers worldwide. Serving 4.6 million merchant locations, 1,700 card issuers and millions of consumers, First Data powers the global economy by making it easy, fast and secure for people and businesses around the world to buy goods and services using virtually any form of payment. The company's portfolio of services and solutions includes credit, debit, private-label, gift and other prepaid card issuing and merchant transaction processing services; money transfer services; money orders; fraud protection and authentication solutions; check guarantee and verification services through TeleCheck; as well as Internet commerce and mobile solutions. Western Union, together with its affiliates Orlandi Valuta and Vigo, are leaders in global money transfer, providing people with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send money around the world, pay bills and purchase money orders through a network of over 270,000 agent locations in more than 200 countries and territories. The company's STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at 1.9 million ATM and retail locations. For more information, visit www.firstdata.com.

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