SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 18, 2001
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                         Commission File No. 001-16111
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                              Global Payments Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          Georgia                                  58-2567903
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          (State or other jurisdiction of          (IRS Employer
          incorporation)                           Identification Number)


              Four Corporate Square, Atlanta, Georgia       30329
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              (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code (404) 728-2363
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                                      N/A
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            (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if
                            changed since last year)


Item 5.  Other Events
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      On July 18, 2001, Global Payments Inc. issued a press release, which is
filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated in this Item 5 by this
reference.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
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      (c)   99.1   -  Press Release dated July 18, 2001.
            99.2   -  Combined Quarterly Statements of Income, is presented for
                      information purposes for fiscal years 2000 and 2001.


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure
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     In order to summarize and expand our expectation on results of operations
for fiscal 2002, the following information is provided in accordance with the
SEC's Regulation FD:


For the fiscal year ended May 31,
                                              2001           2002
                                           Normalized      Expected
                                            Results         Results
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Revenue (in millions)                        $350.3     $ 455 to $ 462

Basic Earnings Per Share                     $ 1.08     $ 1.24 to $ 1.29

Diluted Earnings Per Share                   $ 1.06     $ 1.19 to $ 1.24

Impact of SFAS 142
   included in the Expected Results          $   -      $ 0.10


For the first quarter ended August 31,

                                               2001          2002
                                            Normalized     Expected
                                             Results        Results
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Revenue (in millions)                        $ 85.2     $ 111 to $114

Basic Earnings Per Share                     $ 0.32     $ 0.33 to $0.35

Diluted Earnings Per Share                   $ 0.31     $ 0.32 to $0.34

Impact of SFAS 142
   included in the Expected Results          $   -      $ 0.02



Forward-Looking Information

     When used in this Current Report on Form 8-K and elsewhere by management of
Global Payments Inc. ("Global Payments" or the "Company"), from time to time,
the words "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans" and similar
expressions and statements that are necessarily dependent on future events are
intended to identify forward-looking statements concerning the Company's
business operations, economic performance and financial condition, including in
particular, the Company's business strategy and means to implement the strategy,
the Company's objectives, the amount of future capital expenditures, the
likelihood of the Company's success in developing and introducing new products
and expanding its business, and the timing of the introduction of new and
modified products or services. For such statements, the protection of the safe
harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 is applicable and invoked.  Such statements are
based on a number of assumptions, estimates, projections or plans that are
inherently subject to significant risks, uncertainties and contingencies that
are subject to change. Actual revenues, revenue growth and margins will be
dependent upon all such factors and their results subject to risks related to
the implementation of changes by the Company, the failure to implement changes,
and customer acceptance of such changes or lack of change. Actual results of
events could differ materially from those anticipated in the Company's forward-
looking statements, as a result of a variety of factors, including: (a) those
set forth in Risk Factors in the Company's Information Statement included in the
Registration Statement on Form 10 which are incorporated herein by this
reference; (b) those set forth elsewhere herein; (c) those set forth from time
to time in the Company's press releases and reports and other filings made with
the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (d) those set forth from time to
time in the Company's analyst calls and discussions. The Company cautions that
such factors are not exclusive.  Consequently, all of the forward-looking
statements made herein are qualified by these cautionary statements and readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date hereof.  The Company undertakes no obligation to
update forward looking or other statements or to publicly release the results of
any revisions of such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect
events or circumstances after the date hereof, or thereof, as the case may be,
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.


                                  SIGNATURES
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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        GLOBAL PAYMENTS INC.
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                                           (Registrant)

                                        By: /s/ James G. Kelly
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                                        James G. Kelly
                                        Chief Financial Officer
                                        (Principal Financial Officer
                                        and Chief Accounting Officer)

Date:  July 18, 2001