Total Card, Inc. laid off 50 people Tuesday.

The cuts came weeks after one of their clients ended a business agreement. Employing more than 200 people, TCI is located near 57th Street and Interstate 29. They assist credit card companies with customer service and by processing applications.

The layoffs are a first for the Sioux Falls based company. 40 people eliminated at the Sioux Falls headquarters and another ten at their second location in Luverne, MN.

TCI co-owner Greg Ticknor told Action News that those who lost their jobs were laid off in person shortly after nine this morning. He said, "It was very unfortunate. It was very tough. We're a close knit group and we wish them all the best."

Action News spoke with one TCI employee, whose wife was one of those let go. The man spoke under conditions of anonymity because he feared more cuts. But of the lay offs, he said it's tough because everyone at Total Card is close, like a family.

Ticknor says his director of Human Resources has contacted area credit card companies in hopes that those affected by the lay off might find work elsewhere. They were provided severance packages.

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