Filed by First Data Corporation
                           pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                                        and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
                                          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                                                   Commission File No: 001-31527
                                              Subject Company: Concord EFS, Inc.


First Data Corporation issued the following press release today:

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Investor Relations Contact:                Media Relations Contact:
David Banks                                Rodney D Bell
First Data                                 First Data
303-967-8057                               303-967-6547


           First Data Announces Date of Shareholder Meeting to Vote on
                        Proposed Merger with Concord EFS

DENVER - Sep 24, 2003 - First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), today announced that it
has scheduled a special meeting of shareholders for Tuesday, October 28, 2003 to
vote on the issuance of shares of First Data common stock in accordance with the
merger agreement between Concord EFS (NYSE: CE) and First Data. The meeting for
First Data shareholders is scheduled for 10 a.m. MDT at the Inverness Hotel, 200
Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colo. First Data shareholders of record at the
close of business on September 8, 2003 will be entitled to vote at the meeting.

On April 2, 2003, First Data and Concord announced a definitive merger agreement
for First Data to acquire all outstanding stock of Concord in an all-stock
transaction valued at approximately $7 billion, based on the close of market
price on April 1, 2003. Under the merger agreement, First Data will exchange
0.40 First Data common shares for every Concord common share. To complete the
transaction, First Data will issue approximately 200 million common shares to
Concord shareholders.

On September 24, 2003, the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to First
Data's proposed merger with Concord was declared effective by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. This Registration Statement includes a joint proxy
statement/prospectus that will be sent to the shareholders of both companies.
First Data anticipates that it will commence mailing of the joint proxy
statement/prospectus on or about September 26, 2003.

About First Data
First Data Corp. (NYSE: FDC), with global headquarters in Denver, helps power
the global economy. As an electronic commerce and payment services company,
First Data serves approximately 3 million merchant locations, 1,400 card issuers
and millions of consumers, making it easy, fast and secure for people and
businesses to buy goods and services using virtually any form of payment. With
29,000 employees worldwide, the company provides credit, debit, smart card and
stored-value card issuing and merchant transaction processing services; Internet
commerce solutions; money transfer services; money orders; and check processing
and verification services throughout the United States. First Data also offers a
variety of payment services in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan,
Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, the Middle East and Germany. Its Western Union
and Orlandi Valuta money transfer networks include approximately 165,000 agent
locations in more than 195 countries and territories.



About Concord
Concord EFS, Inc., a vertically integrated electronic transaction processor,
provides the technology and network systems that make payments and other
financial transactions faster, more efficient, and more secure than paper-based
alternatives. Concord acquires, routes, authorizes, captures, and settles
virtually all types of electronic payment and deposit access transactions for
financial institutions and merchants nationwide. Concord's primary activities
include Network Services, which provides automated teller machine (ATM)
processing, debit card processing, deposit risk management, and STARsm network
access principally for financial institutions; and Payment Services, which
provides point of sale processing, settlement, and related services, with
specialized systems focusing on supermarkets, major retailers, gas stations,
convenience stores, restaurants and trucking companies.

Not a Proxy Solicitation

This communication is not a solicitation of a proxy from any security holder of
First Data Corporation or Concord EFS, Inc. First Data has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a joint proxy statement/prospectus
concerning the planned merger of Concord with a subsidiary of First Data. WE
URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ANY OTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. Investors will be able to obtain the documents free of charge at
the SEC's website, www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed with the SEC by
First Data will be available free of charge from First Data Investor Relations,
6200 S. Quebec St., Suite 340, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Documents filed with
the SEC by Concord will be available free of charge from Concord Investor
Relations, 2525 Horizon Lake Drive, Suite 120, Memphis, TN 38133.

First Data and its directors and executive officers and other members of its
management and employees, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation
of proxies from the stockholders of First Data in connection with the planned
merger. Information about the directors and executive officers of First Data and
their ownership of First Data stock is set forth in the proxy statement for
First Data's 2003 annual meeting of stockholders. Investors may obtain
additional information regarding the interests of the participants by reading
the joint proxy statement/prospectus when it becomes available.