As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2004

Registration No. 333 — ___________


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM S-8
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 or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)

255 Fiserv Drive  
Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Fiserv, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Australian Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Canadian Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Singapore Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Fiserv Group Savings-Related Share Option Plan

(Full title of the plans)

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Kenneth R. Jensen
Senior Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
and Assistant Secretary
Fiserv, Inc.
255 Fiserv, Inc.
Brookfield, Wisconsin 53045
(262) 879-5000
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be
Registered

Amount
to be
Registered (1)(2)

Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share

Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price

Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, 2,000,000 shares $35.53 (3) $71,060,000.00 (3) $9,003.31
$.01 par value, with attached and rights
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

(1) Each share of Fiserv, Inc. Common Stock has attached thereto one Preferred Stock Purchase Right.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Fiserv, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(3) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for Fiserv, Inc. Common Stock on The Nasdaq National Market on November 3, 2004. The value attributed to the Rights is reflected in the price of the Common Stock.


STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8

        On April 10, 2000 and October 29, 1999, Fiserv, Inc. (the “Registrant”), filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Reg. Nos. 333-34396 and 333-89957) to register 1,800,000 and 1,200,000 shares, respectively (each as adjusted to reflect the Registrant’s three-for-two stock split effective August 2001), of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), issuable under the Fiserv, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Australian Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Canadian Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Singapore Employee Stock Purchase Plan and The Fiserv Group Savings-Related Share Option Plan (the “Purchase Plans”).

        The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 2,000,000 additional shares of the Common Stock in connection with the Purchase Plans.

        Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant’s Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Reg. Nos. 333-34396 and 333-89957), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.    Exhibits.

        The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached Exhibit Index.









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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-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brookfield, State of Wisconsin, on this 10th day of November, 2004.

FISERV, INC.


 
By:  /s/ Kenneth R. Jensen
        Kenneth R. Jensen
        Senior Executive Vice President,
        Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
        and Assistant Secretary

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

/s/ Leslie M. Muma
President and Chief Executive Officer and November 10, 2004
Leslie M. Muma Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Kenneth R. Jensen

Senior Executive Vice President, Chief November 10, 2004
Kenneth R. Jensen Financial Officer, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)

                *

Chairman of the Board and Director November 10, 2004
Donald F. Dillon

                *

Director November 10, 2004
Bruce K. Anderson

                *

Director November 10, 2004
Daniel P. Kearney

                *

Director November 10, 2004
Gerald J. Levy

                *

Director November 10, 2004
Glenn M. Renwick

                *

Director November 10, 2004
Kim M. Roback

                *

Director November 10, 2004
L. William Seidman

                *

Director November 10, 2004
Thomas C. Wertheimer

*By:  /s/ Kenneth R. Jensen
(Kenneth R. Jensen, as attorney-in-fact for the persons indicated)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
Description

4.1 Fiserv, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-34396) and incorporated herein by reference).

4.2 Australian Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-34396) and incorporated herein by reference).

4.3 Canadian Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-34396) and incorporated herein by reference).

4.4 Singapore Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-34396) and incorporated herein by reference).

4.5 The Fiserv Group Savings-Related Share Option Plan (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-34396) and incorporated herein by reference).

4.6 Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference (File No. 0-14948)).

4.7 By-laws, as amended and restated (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference (File No. 0-14948)).

4.8 Shareholder Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 23, 1998 and incorporated herein by reference (File No. 0-14948)).

4.9 First Amendment to Shareholder Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated April 7, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference (Reg. No. 333-34310)).

4.10 Second Amendment to Shareholder Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 (File No. 0-14948)).

5.1 Opinion of Charles W. Sprague, Esq.

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.

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