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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references (ideally, using inline citations). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2008) Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Type Public (NYSE: FIS) Founded February 1, 2006 Headquarters Lee A. Kennedy - President and CEO Jeffrey S. Carbiener - CFO Gary A. Norcross - President & COO Transaction Processing Services Industry Financial Sector Products mortgage loan processing, credit cards, check verification Revenue ?$14.758 billion USD (2007) Operating income ?$1745.641 million USD (2007) Net income ?$561.222 million USD (2007) Employees 30,000 Website http://www.fidelityinfoservices.com/fnfis Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE: FIS), also known as FNIS or FIS, is a publicly traded corporation that provides core processing for financial institutions, card issuer and transaction processing, mortgage processing services, and related information products and outsourcing. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Fidelity Information Services - Australasia 3 Acquisitions 4 See also 5 References 6 External links // History Fidelity National Information Services was formed on February 1, 2006 when Certegy Inc. merged with Fidelity Information Services, a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial. Following the merger, Fidelity National Financial controlled 50.8% of the outstanding common stock of the new FIS.[1] In 2007 FIS acquired eFunds Corporation The result is that FIS is a leading provider of core financial institution processing, card issuer and transaction processing services, mortgage loan processing and related information products and outsourcing services to financial institutions, retailers, mortgage lenders and real estate professionals. FIS has processing and technology relationships with 31 of the top 50 global banks, including nine of the top 10.[citation needed] On July 3, 2007, Certegy Check Services, part of FNIS, announced that a worker at one of its subsidiaries stole 2.3 million consumer records containing credit card, bank account and other personal information. This estimate was later increased to 8.5 million consumer records. The next month, a law firm filed for a class-action lawsuit against CCS and parent company FNIS based on the privacy breach; the firm claims that, since CCS provides check-verification services to many major U.S. stores, "consumers do not choose to use the services of these companies but rather are forced to do so".[2] On September 25, 2007, Fidelity National Information Services notified its employees that a laptop containing their personal information including Name, Address, Social Security Numbers, and salary information was stolen from an employee. The laptop was not protected | ||||
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