Article: Synovus Financial CEO Putting Hope on "Rocket Ship" Software. (Originated from The Atlanta Journal and Constitution)

COLUMBUS, Ga.--Oct. 4--From his office in a 140-year-old foundry that once produced artillery pieces for the Confederate Army, James Blanchard is leading Synovus Financial Corp. into a battle of its own.

And from this military town on the banks of the Chattahoochee, the banking and data processing company already has proved itself as a force in both industries.

Fresh from completing the company's largest bank acquisition ever, Synovus's extroverted chairman and chief executive is now steering its data processing subsidiary - Total System Services - through negotiations to provide credit card processing for BankAmerica Corp. If the deal goes through as analysts ...

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