Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV), the Columbus, Georgia-based financial services company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.525 per share on the Company's Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C, no par value per share, issued on July 25, 2013. The dividend will be payable on February 3, 2014 to shareholders of record as of January 15, 2014.

Synovus is a financial services company based in Columbus, Georgia with approximately $26 billion in assets. Synovus' divisions provide commercial and retail banking, investment, and mortgage services to customers through 29 locally branded divisions, 280 offices, and 375 ATMs in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. See Synovus Bank on the web at www.synovus.com, on twitter @synovusbank, and LinkedIn. Equal Housing Lender

Synovus Financial Corp.
Patrick A. Reynolds, 706-649-4973
Director of Investor Relations