WASHINGTON: Transaction Network Services (TNS), a UK-based

electronic processor of financial data, has named Environics

Communications as its PR agency of record for the US market.



TNS, a privately held company based in Reston, VA, provides data

communications for financial transactions such as point-of-sale credit

and debit cards, remote ATM networking, healthcare, and other electronic

benefits. TNS also approves telephone calling cards and wireless prepaid

calling cards, and processes financial exchange transactions. TNS holds

more than a 70% share of the US market, and is also a market ...