12.19.06 | TRANSFIRST and Georgia Dental Association announce a credit card processing program designed for GDA members

Members will have access to consultative expertise of one of the leading processors in the healthcare industry today.

DALLAS and ATLANTA (December 19, 2006) — TRANSFIRST Health Services, Inc. a division of TRANSFIRST HOLDINGS, INC., a leading provider of credit card processing services and payment enabling technologies, and the Georgia Dental Association (GDA), announced today a new partnership that will provide GDA members with a member benefit program aimed at improving payment processing services at the practice level. The new services offered to the members will include standard card processing programs and products, recurring payment processing via the TRANSFIRST TRANSACTION CENTRAL™ system, plus check servicing, ACH processing, and other healthcare specific tools to increase patient payment options and practice cash flow.

The Georgia Dental Association was established in 1859 to promote the highest professional and ethical standards of oral health care and currently represents over 3,200 dentists through the state of Georgia. The GDA empowers individual dentists to be collectively effective with issues that confront them and serves as an advocate for the advancement of the profession. Martha S Phillips, GDA Executive Director, explains how the TRANSFIRST program fits with the service goals of the GDA. "The Georgia Dental Association reviews its member benefits program annually to ensure that those programs offered are both financially competitive as well as carry a high standard of service for our membership," says Phillips. "It was actually one of our GDA board members that suggested that we take a look at our current payment processing program and throughout the information gathering process, it was TRANSFIRST that was always at the top of the list in the areas of rates, revenues and service."

Christy Corey, President of TRANSFIRST's Health Services division explains, "TRANSFIRST's proven expertise in servicing the needs of the dental profession makes us an excellent partner for the GDA as well as each of their members. Since 2001, one of our primary focuses has been creating, implementing and servicing programs designed for dental professionals throughout the U.S. The GDA members that engage TRANSFIRST Health Services for consultation, product assistance, payment processing strategy, and eventual merchant processing contracts will be met with the exclusive expertise that comes from years of full-service experience with thousands of practices just like theirs."

About Georgia Dental Association
The Georgia Dental Association was established in 1859 to promote the highest professional and ethical standards of oral health care and currently represents over 3000 dentists through the state of Georgia. The GDA empowers individual dentists to be collectively effective with issues that confront them and serves as an advocate for the advancement of the profession. GDA headquarters are in Atlanta, GA. GDA can be reached at www.gadental.org OR via telephone at (404) 636-7553.

About TRANSFIRST
A premier provider of transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, TRANSFIRST offers a first-rate suite of products and services and customized processing programs uniquely tailored for the special business needs of financial institutions, independent sales organizations and agents and its referral and reseller partners. Through its in-depth industry knowledge, partnership strategy and innovative solutions, TRANSFIRST provides a specialized approach to transaction processing for healthcare providers, public entities, online and other non-traditional merchants, as well as brick and mortar retailers. Founded in 1995, TRANSFIRST is a market leader in strategic mergers and acquisitions, which has allowed the company to gain significant market share and world-class expertise in growing and profitable industry segments. Built on a platform of personal service, customer commitment and flexible pricing, TRANSFIRST is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has operations facilities in Louisville, Colo., Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Kan., Newport Beach, Calif., and Milwaukee, Wis. Company wide, TRANSFIRST currently processes approximately $25 billion in annual sales volume for more than 160,000 merchants and more than 965 financial institutions. TRANSFIRST can be reached at 1-800-745-2659 or at www.TRANSFIRST.com.