FISERV INC
S-3/A, 1997-05-16
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                               File No. 333-23581
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549
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                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                      TO
                                   FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                                  Fiserv, Inc.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
              Wisconsin                            39-1506125
      (State of jurisdiction of          (I.R.S. employer identification
    incorporation or organization)                   number)
                                255 Fiserv Drive
                          Brookfield, Wisconsin  53045
                                 (414) 879-5000
     (Address, including zip code,  and  telephone  number,  including  area
                   code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
                               KENNETH R. JENSEN
                        Senior Executive Vice President
                                  Fiserv, Inc.
                                255 Fiserv Drive
                          Brookfield, Wisconsin  53045
                                 (414) 879-5000
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)
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Approximate  date of  commencement  of proposed  sale to the public:  As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
   If the only  securities  being  registered  on this  form are  being  offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.[ ]
   If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box. [x]

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


                                            Proposed     Proposed
                                             Maximum     Maximum
                               Amount       Offering    Aggregate    Amount of
Title of Shares                 to be       Price Per    Offering   Registration
to be Registered             Registered     Share (1)     Price         Fee

Common Stock, $.01 par value   631,951        $37.125  $23,461,181  $7,109.45(2)

(1)  Estimated  pursuant to Rule 457 solely for the purpose of  calculating  the
registration fee.
(2)  Of this amount, $6,909.67 has previously been paid.
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PROSPECTUS

                                  631,951 Shares

                                  Fiserv, Inc.
                       The Financial Data Services Company

                                  Common Stock

         This Prospectus may be used in connection  with the  distribution of up
to 631,951 shares of Fiserv,  Inc. Common Stock,  $.01 par value (the "Shares"),
proposed to be disposed of from time to time by the Selling  Shareholders  named
herein.  See  "Selling  Shareholders".  The Company  will not receive any of the
proceeds from the sale of the Shares.  The expenses of the registration of which
this  Prospectus  forms a part will be paid by the Company.  The Common Stock of
the  Company is traded in the NASDAQ  National  Market  System  under the symbol
"FISV".  On May 15, 1997, the reported closing sale price of the Common Stock as
quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System was $36.875 per share.




        THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY STATE  SECURITIES  COMMISSION
        PASSED  UPON  THE   ACCURACY  OR  ADEQUACY  OF  THIS   PROSPECTUS.   ANY
        REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.




         The  distribution  of the  Shares by the  Selling  Shareholders  may be
effected from time to time in one or more transactions  (which may involve block
transactions)  in the  over-the-counter  market,  on the NASDAQ  National Market
System  (or any  exchange  on which the  Common  Stock may then be  listed),  in
negotiated transactions or otherwise.  Sales will be effected at such prices and
for such  consideration  as may be  obtainable  from  time to  time.  Commission
expenses and brokerage  fees, if any, will be paid  individually  by the Selling
Shareholders. See "Plan of Distribution".

May 19,1997



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NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION  WITH THE OFFERING MADE HEREBY TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY  REPRESENTATION  NOT CONTAINED IN OR  INCORPORATED BY
REFERENCE IN THIS  PROSPECTUS,  AND ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR  REPRESENTATION  NOT
CONTAINED OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE  HEREIN MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING
BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR BY THE SELLING  SHAREHOLDERS.  THIS PROSPECTUS
DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY BY ANY
PERSON IN ANY  JURISDICTION IN WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR SUCH PERSON TO MAKE SUCH
AN OFFER OR  SOLICITATION.  NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS  PROSPECTUS AT ANY TIME
NOR ANY SALE  MADE  HEREUNDER  SHALL  UNDER  ANY  CIRCUMSTANCES  IMPLY  THAT THE
INFORMATION HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY DATE SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE HEREOF.

                                 ---------------
                 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

There are hereby incorporated by reference in this Prospectus the Company's: (i)
Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended  December 31, 1996,  filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission (the  "Commission") on February 18,
1997;  (ii)  Periodic  Report on Form 8-K dated  March 3,  1997  filed  with the
Commission;  (iii) Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q,  filed with the Commission on
April 22, 1997;  and (iv) all other reports  filed  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 1996.

         All documents filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections 13(a),  13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the  "Exchange
Act"),  after the date of this  Prospectus  and prior to the  termination of the
offering of the Shares shall be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such  documents.  Any statement
contained in a document  incorporated by reference  herein shall be deemed to be
modified or  superseded  for  purposes of this  Prospectus  to the extent that a
statement  contained  herein or in any other  subsequently  filed document which
also is incorporated  or deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Prospectus.

         The Company hereby  undertakes to provide without charge to each person
to whom this  Prospectus is delivered,  upon the written or oral request of such
person, a copy of any and all of the documents incorporated by reference in this
Prospectus,  other than  exhibits to such  documents  (unless such  exhibits are
specifically  incorporated  by reference into the documents that this Prospectus
incorporates).  Written or oral  requests for such copies  should be directed to
Mr. Charles W. Sprague,  Secretary,  Fiserv, Inc., 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield,
Wisconsin 53045, telephone (414) 879-5000.

         The Company's headquarters are located at 255 Fiserv Drive, Brookfield,
Wisconsin 53045, telephone (414) 879-5000. Fiserv was incorporated as a Delaware
corporation in 1984, and reincorporated as a Wisconsin  corporation in 1992. The
terms  "Fiserv" and the "Company" as used herein mean Fiserv,  Inc. and,  unless
the context otherwise requires, its consolidated subsidiaries.


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                                   THE COMPANY

         Fiserv,  with  operations in 75 cities,  including 15 cities in Canada,
England and  Singapore,  is a leading  independent  provider of  financial  data
processing systems and related  information  management services and products to
banks, credit unions,  mortgage banks,  savings institutions and other financial
intermediaries.  These services and products are based  primarily on proprietary
software  developed  by Fiserv  and  maintained  on  computers  located  at data
processing  centers  throughout  the  United  States.  Fiserv  is  ranked as the
nation's leading data processing provider for banks and savings  institutions in
terms of total clients served and is the nation's second leading data processing
provider for credit unions and mortgage banks.  Fiserv directly supports account
and transaction  processing  software systems for approximately  3,383 financial
institutions;  maintaining  approximately  50 million  service bureau  accounts.
Fiserv  delivers  this  account and  transaction  processing  in all four of the
traditional  delivery modes:  service bureau;  facilities  management;  resource
management;  and in-house  solutions.  Fiserv also provides  electronic  banking
services,  which  include  Automated  Teller  Machine  ("ATM")/Electronic  Funds
Transfer   ("EFT")   services  to   financial   institutions,   and   processing
approximately 200 million ATM transactions annually.  Fiserv also provides check
and share draft remittance and back-office processing to financial institutions,
handling  approximately  over 3.6 billion  prime pass items per year through its
regional item processing centers located in over 45 cities in North America.  In
addition,  Fiserv  provides  trust  administration  services  for IRAs and other
retirement plans, and furnishes microcomputer software to financial institutions
for executive  information and decision support  systems.  The total client base
served by  Fiserv  includes  more  than  5,000  financial  institutions.  Fiserv
believes that its focus on customer  service and the  contractual  nature of its
business, combined with its historical renewal experience,  provide a high level
of recurring revenues.

         Since  Fiserv's  formation  in 1984,  it has  expanded  its  operations
through  over 60  acquisitions  and  internally  through  the growth of existing
clients.  From 1988 to 1996,  Fiserv's revenues increased from $125.0 million to
$798.3  million,  its operating  income  increased  from $15.5 million to $123.6
million and its net income grew from $9.2 million to $61.7 million.  During this
period, net income per common and common equivalent share increased from $.33 to
$1.34.

                               RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

         On March 2, 1997,  Fiserv  announced  that it had  signed a  definitive
agreement to acquire BHC Financial,  Inc. ("BHC") pursuant to a  stock-for-stock
merger under which Fiserv will acquire all of the outstanding  shares of BHC for
$33.50 per  share,  subject  to  receiving  pooling  accounting  treatment.  The
exchange  ratio will be determined by taking the average of the closing price of
Fiserv  Common  Stock for the last 20 trading days ending two trading days prior
to  closing.  The  agreement  is  subject to all  normal  conditions  of closing
including  receipt of all  necessary  regulatory  consents  and BHC  shareholder
approval.

         BHC, based in Philadelphia,  provides securities processing and support
services to banks,  insurance  companies,  brokerage  firms,  money managers and
mutual fund companies.  It currently processes  approximately  10,000 integrated
trade executions and clearings per day. In 1996, BHC reported  revenues of $81.2
million, net income of $18.0 million and earnings per share of $2.69,  increases
of 24%, 29% and 39%, respectively, over the previous year's levels.




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                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         All  proceeds  from the sale of the Shares to be sold  pursuant to this
Prospectus  will  be  for  the  account  of  the  Selling  Shareholders.   As  a
consequence,  the Company  will not receive  any  proceeds  from the sale of the
Shares offered by the Selling Shareholders.

                                 DIVIDEND POLICY

         The  Company  has not paid cash  dividends  on its  Common  Stock.  The
Company intends to retain earnings for use in its business and, therefore,  does
not  anticipate  paying  any  cash  dividends  in the  foreseeable  future.  The
Company's  existing long-term debt instruments  contain provisions  limiting the
amount of cash dividends the Company can pay.

                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

         The following table sets forth  information  with respect to the number
of  shares  of  Common  Stock   beneficially   owned  by  each  of  the  Selling
Shareholders.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              Number of                                     Number of         Percent of
                              Shares                   Number of            Shares            Shares
                              Beneficially             Shares               Beneficially      Outstanding
                              Owned Prior to           Registered           Owned After       After
Selling Shareholder           Offering (1)             Herein               Offering          Offering (2)
- -------------------           ------------             ------               --------          ------------
<S>                           <C>                     <C>                   <C>                 <C>
Arthur W. Akers                    549                     549                  -                -

W. Duane Albert, M.D.              549                     549                  -                -

Lester H. Amey                     834                     834                  -                -

Lincoln Trust FBO Wilbur F.      2,459                   2,459                  -                -
Bettis IRA

Albert J. & Patricia Clerc       1,317                   1,317                  -                -

Bill G. Coker, D.D.S.            1,098                   1,098                  -                -

Joseph P. Coladonato             2,745                   2,745                  -                -

Floyd M. & Florence                549                     549                  -                -
Davis

Lancaster Ventures,L.L.C.(3) 2,507,473                 521,495              1,985,978           4.3

Richard Gordon Felling, Sr.        549                     549                  -                -

Lincoln Trust Company Cust.        274                     274                  -                -
FBO Charles Petersen IRA
</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                              Number of                                    Number of      Percent of
                              Shares                   Number of           Shares         Shares
                              Beneficially             Shares              Beneficially   Outstanding
                              Owned Prior to           Registered          Owned After    After
Selling Shareholder           Offering (1)             Herein              Offering       Offering (2)
- -------------------           ------------             ------              --------       ------------
<S>                              <C>                     <C>                   <C>               <C>
Richard C. Reason                 1,570                   1,570                  -                -

John A. Rumsfeld, M.D.              549                     549                  -                -

Orange National Bank, Custodian   1,098                   1,098                  -                -
FBO
John A. Rumsfeld, M.D. IRA

George or Marina                  2,745                   2,745                  -                -
Schreyer, Trustees FBO
The Multilayer Technology Inc.
Defined Benefit Pension Plan

Lincoln Trust Company               274                     274                  -                -
Caroline Kay Seibert IRA

Dennis K. Senft                     549                     549                  -                -

Charles E. Smith                    329                     329                  -                -

Ronald P. or Carol A. Thon
Trustees, Thon, Inc.             24,705                  24,705                  -                -
Profit Sharing Trust

Ronald P. Thon or Carol A.       18,191                  18,191                  -                -
Thon, Trustees, Thon Revocable
Family Trust

William M. Thon, Trustee,         6,080                   6,080                  -                -
Carol A. Thon  Charitable
Remainder Trust Dated June 17,
1996

William M. Thon, Trustee          6,080                   6,080                  -                -
Ronald P. Thon Charitable
Remainder Trust dated June 7,
1996

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              Number of                                        Number of       Percent of
                              Shares                  Number of                Shares          Shares
                              Beneficially            Shares                   Beneficially    Outstanding
                              Owned Prior to          Registered               Owned After     After
Selling Shareholder           Offering (1)            Herein                   Offering        Offering (2)
- -------------------           ------------            ------                   --------        ------------
<S>                               <C>                     <C>                    <C>              <C>
Lincoln Trust Company             3,795                   3,795                  -                -
Custodian FBO
William M. Thon

Larry A. Urbach                 351,000                  15,000            336,000                -

Joel F. Walker                      274                     274                  -                -

Jerold Weiner                   459,000                  15,000            444,000                -

Paine Webber Custodian FBO          549                     549                  -                -
James R. Waller, Jr. IRA

Charles Zeigler, M.D.             2,745                   2,745                  -                -

</TABLE>
- ---------------------
1    Information as of May 15, 1997.
2    Assumes all shares registered herein are sold.
3    Beneficially owned by Donald F. Dillon, a Director and Vice Chairman
     of Fiserv.
                                  DISTRIBUTION

         The Shares may be sold from time to time by the Selling Shareholders or
by pledgees, donees, transferees or other successors in interest. Such sales may
be made in any one or more transactions  (which may involve block  transactions)
in the over-the-counter  market, on NASDAQ, and any exchange in which the Common
Stock  may  then  be  listed,  or  otherwise  in  negotiated  transactions  or a
combination of such methods of sale, at market prices  prevailing at the time of
sale,  at prices  related  to such  prevailing  market  prices or at  negotiated
prices. The Selling  Shareholders may effect such transactions by selling Shares
to or through  broker-dealers,  and such  broker-dealers  may sell the Shares as
agent or may  purchase  such Shares as  principal  and resell them for their own
account  pursuant  to  this   prospectus.   Such   broker-dealers   may  receive
compensation in the form of underwriting  discounts,  concessions or commissions
from the Selling Shareholders and/or purchasers of Shares from whom they may act
as agent (which compensation may be in excess of customary commissions).

The Company has informed  the Selling  Shareholders  that the  anti-manipulative
rules under the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (Regulation  M) may apply to
their sales of Shares in the market.  Also, the Company has informed the Selling
Shareholders  of the need for delivery of copies of the Prospectus in connection
with any sale of securities  registered  hereunder in accordance with applicable
prospectus delivery requirements.

         In  connection  with  such  sales,  the  Selling  Shareholders  and any
participating  brokers and dealers may be deemed to be "underwriters" as defined
in the  Securities  Act. In  addition,  any of the Shares that  qualify for sale
pursuant  to Rule 144 may be sold under Rule 144 rather  than  pursuant  to this
Prospectus.

         In order to comply with certain state securities,  laws, if applicable,
the Common Stock will not be sold in a particular  state unless such  securities
have been  registered or qualified  for sale in such state or an exemption  from
registration or qualification is available and complied with.





                                  LEGAL MATTERS

         The validity of the issuance of the shares of the Common Stock  offered
hereby  will be  passed  upon for the  Company  by  Charles  W.  Sprague,  Esq.,
Executive  Vice  President,  General  Counsel and Secretary of the Company.  Mr.
Sprague  beneficially  owns 21,461 shares of Fiserv  Common Stock,  which number
includes vested but unexercised stock options.

                                     EXPERTS

         The financial  statements  incorporated by reference in this prospectus
from the Company's  Annual  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31,
1996 have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated
in their reports,  which are incorporated herein by reference,  and have been so
incorporated  in  reliance  upon the  reports  of such  firm  given  upon  their
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.


                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The  Company  is  subject  to  the  informational  requirements  of the
Exchange Act and in accordance  therewith  files reports,  proxy  statements and
other  information  with the  Commission.  This  Prospectus does not contain all
information  set forth in the  Registration  Statement and the exhibits  thereto
which the  Company has filed with the  Commission  under the  Securities  Act of
1933,  as amended (the  "Act"),  and to which  reference  is hereby  made.  Such
reports,  proxy statements and other  information  filed by the Company with the
Commission  can be  inspected  and  copied at the  public  reference  facilities
maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street,  N.W., Room 1024,  Washington,
D.C. 20549; Seven World Trade Center,  13th Floor, New York, New York 10048; and
Northwestern  Atrium  Center,  500 West  Madison  Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,
Illinois 60661. Copies of such material can be obtained at prescribed rates upon
request from the Public Reference  Section of the Commission at Room 1024 at 450
Fifth  Street,  N.W.,   Washington,   D.C.  20549.  The  Company's  registration
statements,  proxy statements and other information may also be inspected at the
offices of the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc., 1735 K Street,
N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.  20006.  The Commission also maintains a website on the
internet at http://www.sec.gov.

         This Prospectus  constitutes a part of a Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (together with all amendments thereto,  the "Registration  Statement") filed
by the Company  with the  Commission  under the Act.  This  Prospectus  does not
contain all of the information included in the Registration  Statement,  certain
parts of which are omitted in accordance  with the rules and  regulations of the
Commission. Reference is made to such Registration Statement and to the Exhibits
relating  thereto for further  information  with  respect to the Company and the
Common Stock offered hereby.

         No  person  is  authorized  to give  any  information  or to  make  any
representation,   other  than  those  contained  in  this  Prospectus,  and  any
information  or  representations  not contained in this  Prospectus  must not be
relied upon as having been  authorized.  This  Prospectus does not constitute an
offer to sell or solicitation  of an offer to buy any securities  other than the
registered  securities to which it relates.  This Prospectus does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy such securities  under any
circumstances where such offer of solicitation is unlawful. Neither the delivery
of this Prospectus nor any sales made hereunder shall,  under any circumstances,
create  any  implication  that  there has been no change in the  affairs  of the
Company  since  the date  hereof  or that the  information  contained  herein is
correct as of any time subsequent to its date.


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                                     PART II

                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

         The following table sets forth the various  expenses in connection with
the sale  and  distribution  of the  securities  being  registered,  other  than
underwriting  discounts and commissions.  All amounts shown are estimates except
the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee, the NASD filing fee and
the NASDAQ listing fee.

                       Item                                   Amount
                       ----                                   ------
     SEC registration fee                                    $7,109.45
     NASDAQ listing fee                                       2,000.00
     Legal fees and expenses                                  1,000.00
     Accounting fees and expenses                             2,000.00
     Miscellaneous                                            1,090.55
                                                            ==========
          Total                                             $13,200.00
                                                            ==========

ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         In general,  the  Wisconsin  Business  Corporation  Law provides that a
corporation shall indemnify  directors and officers for all reasonable  expenses
incurred  in  connection  with the  successful  defense  of  actions  arising in
connection with their service as directors and officers of the  corporation.  In
other cases, the Wisconsin statute provides that the corporation shall indemnify
a director or officer against  liability unless the director or officer breached
or failed to perform a duty owed to the  corporation  and such breach or failure
meets  certain  specified  criteria  constituting,   in  general,  some  act  of
misconduct. In addition, the corporation may reimburse a director or officer for
his  expenses  in  defending  against  actions  as they  are  incurred  upon the
director's or officer's written request  accompanied by a written affirmation of
his good faith  belief that he has not  breached or failed to perform his duties
to the corporation and a written  undertaking to repay amounts advanced if it is
ultimately  determined that  indemnification is not required under the Wisconsin
Business  Corporation Law. A court of law may order that the corporation provide
indemnification  to a  director  or officer  if it finds  that the  director  or
officer is entitled  thereto  under the  applicable  statutory  provision  or is
fairly  and   reasonably   entitled   thereto  in  view  of  all  the   relevant
circumstances,  whether  or not  such  indemnification  is  required  under  the
applicable statutory provision.

         The Wisconsin  Business  Corporation Law specifies  various  procedures
pursuant  to  which  a  director  or  officer   may   establish   his  right  to
indemnification.

         Provided that it is not  determined by or on behalf of the  corporation
that the  director  or officer  breached or failed to perform a duty owed to the
corporation  and  such  breach  or  failure  meets  certain  specified  criteria
constituting,  in general,  some act of misconduct,  a Wisconsin corporation may
provide additional rights to indemnification under its articles of incorporation
or by-laws, by written agreement,  by resolution of its board of directors or by
a vote of the holders of a majority of its outstanding shares.



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         The Registrant's By-laws provide for indemnification and advancement of
expenses  of  directors  and  officers  to the  fullest  extent  provided by the
Wisconsin Business Corporation Law. This provision is not exclusive of any other
rights to  indemnification or the advancement of expenses to which a director or
officer may be entitled  under any written  agreement,  resolution of directors,
vote of shareholders, by law or otherwise.

ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT
NUMBER    DESCRIPTION

 2.1     Stock Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of April 6, 1995, by and between
         Fiserv,  Inc. and  Information  Technology,  Inc. (Filed as Exhibit 2.1
         to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-58709,
         and incorporated herein by reference)

 3.1     Restated Articles of Incorporation.  (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
         Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-23349,
         and incorporated herein by reference.)

 3.2     By-laws,  (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's  Registration
         Statement on Form S-4, File No. 33-62870,  and incorporated herein
         by reference).

 4.1     Credit  Agreement  dated as of May 17, 1995, as amended,  among Fiserv,
         Inc., the Lenders Party Thereto,  First Bank National  Association,  as
         Co-Agent,  and  The  Bank of New  York,  as  Agent.  (Not  being  filed
         herewith,  but will be provided  to the  Commission  upon its  request,
         pursuant to Item 601(b) (4) (iii) (A) of Regulation S-K.)

 4.2     Note Purchase  Agreement dated as of March 15, 1991, as amended,  among
         Fiserv, Inc., Aid Association for Lutherans, Northwestern National Life
         Insurance  Company,  Northern  Life  Insurance  Company  and The  North
         Atlantic Life Insurance Company of America.  (Not being filed herewith,
         but will be provided to the Commission upon its request, pursuant to
         Item 601(b) (4) (iii) (A) of Regulation S-K.)

 4.3     Note Purchase  Agreement dated as of April 30, 1990, as amended,  among
         Fiserv, Inc. and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America.
         (Not being filed herewith,  but will be provided to the Commission upon
         its request, pursuant to Item 601(b) (4) (iii) (A) of Regulation S-K.)

 4.4     Note Purchase  Agreement  dated as of May 17, 1995 among Fiserv,  Inc.,
         Teachers  Insurance and Annuity  Association of America,  Massachusetts
         Mutual Life Insurance  Company and Aid Association for Lutherans.  (Not
         being filed  herewith,  but will be provided to the Commission upon its
         request, pursuant to Item 601(b) (4) (iii) (A) of Regulation S-K.)

 5.1     Opinion of Charles W. Sprague, Esq.



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EXHIBIT
NUMBER    DESCRIPTION

23.1     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

23.2     Consent of Charles W. Sprague, Esq.(included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

*24.      Powers of Attorney.

* Previously filed.

ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.

         The undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes to include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
the  registration  statement or any material  change to such  information in the
information statement.

         The   undersigned   registrant   hereby   undertakes   to  remove  from
registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         The  undersigned  Registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the Registrant's  annual
report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (and, where applicable,  each filing of an
employee  benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act), that is incorporated by reference in the  registration  statement shall be
deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities  offered
therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.

Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the  Act  may be
permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the  Registrant
pursuant  to the  provisions  described  in Item 15  above,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.



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         The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that:

         (1) For  purposes  of  determining  any  liability  under the Act,  the
         information  omitted from the form of prospectus  filed as part of this
         registration  statement in reliance  upon Rule 430A and  contained in a
         form of prospectus  filed by the Registrant  pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1)
         or (4) or  497(h)  under  the Act  shall be  deemed  to be part of this
         registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

         (2) For the purpose of  determining  any liability  under the Act, each
         post-effective  amendment  that contains a form of prospectus  shall be
         deemed to be a new  registration  statement  relating to the securities
         offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
         be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



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                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  the  Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this  Amendment No.1 to
the  Registration  Statement  to be  signed on its  behalf  by the  undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brookfield, State of Wisconsin, on the
16th day of May 1997.

                         FISERV, INC.

                         By   /S/ K.R. JENSEN
                              --------------------------
                              Kenneth R. Jensen,
                              Senior Executive Vice  President
                              and Treasurer

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment
No.1 to the  Registration  Statement  has been  signed  below  by the  following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

               *                  Chairman of the Board             May 16, 1997
- -------------------               and Director
(George D. Dalton)                (Principal Executive Officer)

               *                  Vice Chairman, President          May 16, 1997
- -------------------               and Director
(Leslie M. Muma)

                                  Senior Executive Vice             May 16, 1997
               *                  President, Treasurer and Director
- -------------------
(Kenneth R. Jensen)               (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

               *                  Vice Chairman, President -        May 16, 1997
- -------------------
(Donald F. Dillon)                Information Technology, Inc. and Director

               *                  Director                          May 16, 1997
- -------------------
(Gerald J. Levy)

               *                  Director                          May 16, 1997
- -------------------
(L. William Seidman)

               *                  Director                          May 16, 1997
- -------------------
(Thekla R. Shackelford)

               *                  Director                          May 16, 1997
- -------------------
(Roland D. Sullivan)

*By: /S/ K.R. JENSEN
(Kenneth R. Jensen, individually and as
attorney-in-fact for the persons indicated)



May 16, 1997


Fiserv, Inc.
255 Fiserv Drive
Brookfield, WI 53045

Fiserv, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3


Dear Sirs:

         I have  acted as  counsel  to Fiserv,  Inc.,  a  Wisconsin  corporation
("Fiserv"),  in  connection  with its  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3 (the
"Registration  Statement"),  filed under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"),
relating to the proposed  resales of up to 631,951  shares of its Common  Stock,
$.01 par value (the "Shares"), by certain Selling Shareholders.

         In that connection,  I have examined originals,  or copies certified or
otherwise  identified to our satisfaction of such documents,  corporate  records
and other  instruments as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for purposes of
this opinion, including the Articles of Incorporation,  as amended, and By-Laws,
as amended, of Fiserv.

         Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

         1. The  Company  has been  duly  organized  and is  validly  existing
            as a  corporation  under  the laws of the State of Wisconsin.

         2. The Shares  have been duly authorized  and are validly issued
            and fully paid and nonassessable.

         I  hereby  consent  to the use of this  opinion  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration  Statement and to the reference to me under "Legal  Matters" in the
Prospectus  comprising  a part of the  Registration  Statement.  By  giving  the
foregoing  consent,  I do not admit that I come  within the  category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act.

Very truly yours,


/S/ CHARLES W. SPRAGUE
Charles W. Sprague
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary




INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in this  Amendment  No.  1 to
Registration  Statement No. 333-23581 of Fiserv,  Inc. on Form S-3 of our report
dated January 31, 1997,  incorporated  by reference in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Fiserv,  Inc. for the year ended  December 31, 1996 and to the reference
to us under  the  heading  "Experts"  in the  Prospectus,  which is part of this
Registration Statement.





/S/DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

May 16, 1997



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