Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On January 2, 2009, Synovus Financial Corp. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its updated outlook for the fourth quarter of 2008. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Current Report on Form 8-K, the press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference. The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the information set forth in the press release filed as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated in, this Current Report is being "furnished" and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Exhibit 99.1 furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other documents pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Synovus press release dated January 2, 2009

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

SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. ("Synovus")

Dated: January 2, 2009 By: /s/ Samuel F. Hatcher Samuel F. Hatcher Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary