BA Merchant Services, Inc.
Ticker:BPI One South Van Ness Avenue
Exchange:New York Stock Exchange San Francisco, California 94103
Industry:Service (415) 241-3390

Type of Shares:Class A Common Shares Filing Date:10/11/96
U.S. Shares:11,200,000 Offer Date:12/18/96
Non-U.S. Shares:2,800,000 Filing Range:$14.00 - $16.00
Primary Shares:14,000,000 Offer Price:$15.50
Secondary Shares:0 Gross Spread:$0.88
Offering Amount: $210,000,000 Selling:$0.53
Expenses: - Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After: -
Spin out parent firm: BankAmerica Corporation

ManagerTierPhone
Goldman, Sachs & Co.Lead Manager (212) 902-1172
Montgomery SecuritiesCo-manager (415) 627-2220
Salomon Brothers Inc.Co-manager (212) 783-2947

Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/95 6/30/96 6/30/95 6/30/96
Revenue:$122.00$59.70$52.10Assets:$130.80
Net Income:$23.40$12.20$10.00Liabilities:$19.20
EPS:Equity:$111.60

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The company provides and array of payment processing and related information products and services to merchants who accept credit, charge and debit cards as payment for goods and services throughout the United States. According to published industry sources, the company is the fourth largest processor of merchant credit card transactions and the largest processor of debit card transactions in the United STates. The company's products and services include the processing of a wide variety of credit, charge and debit card transactions and the provision to merchants of the other related information, services and product support. The company provides its products and services to a merchant customer base in a wide variety of industries, including general retailers, restaurants and supermarkets. The company's customers are large multi-regional chains, middle market merchants and small merchants that collectively operate from more than 150,000 locations.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to retire short-term debt to an affiliate and for general corporate purposes.

Last updated: 12/29/96

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