BROOKFIELD, Wis., May 18, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Jeffrey Yabuki, president and CEO of Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq: FISV), on Tuesday attended an Official Dinner at the White House in honor of John Howard, prime minister of Australia. President George W. Bush hosted the Australian leader in order to discuss bilateral relations, global peace and promoting an open international economic order, among other issues.

Fiserv is expanding its presence in the Australian financial marketplace. Last year, Fiserv entered into a long term agreement to provide Day One check processing and image archiving services for three of Australia's four largest banks and will process more than 600 million items for those banks annually. Additionally, Fiserv CBS Worldwide, with an office in Sydney, provides comprehensive technology solutions for a variety of credit unions, banks and consumer finance companies in Australia.

"We are pleased to provide our technology products and services to the Australian financial community," said Yabuki. "By working in partnership with Australia's largest financial institutions we have developed unique solutions that will deliver value for many years to come."

Fiserv, Inc. (Nasdaq:FISV), a Fortune 500 company, provides information management systems and services to the financial and health benefits industries. Leading services include transaction processing, outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO), software and systems solutions. The company serves more than 17,000 clients worldwide and is the leading provider of core processing solutions for U.S. banks, credit unions and thrifts. Fiserv was ranked the largest provider of information technology services to the financial services industry worldwide in the 2005 and 2004 FinTech 100 surveys. Fiserv Health provides health plan management, pharmacy benefits management, and BPO services to the managed care market and self-funded commercial and government employers and health plans. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., Fiserv reported more than $4 billion in total revenue for 2005. For more information, please visit www.fiserv.com.

SOURCE: Fiserv, Inc.

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