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13Aug/12

Payment News – August 13, 2012: TapPay, TapWallet, Xsolla, Openbucks, Mobile Payment Commitee

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TapBase Introduces TapPay and TapWallet Mobile

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Xsolla Partners With Openbucks for new Online Games Payment Option

Openbucks to integrate their Gift Card Payment Network to provide a new payment option for online games. The partnership allows users in the United States and Canada to spend money from gift cards of trusted retail brands (such as Subway, Burger King, Circle K, CITGO, and CVS/Pharmacy) for online games in-game items, subscriptions and more.

ETA Launches Mobile Payment Committee

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26Jan/12

Xsolla Partners with ZipZap for Cash Transactions

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Xsolla, which specializes in online games, announced today that they have partnered with ZipZap, an alternative payments company that enables cash transactions for online purchases.

Xsolla offers a wide range of different payment options to gaming publishers across the globe, including credit cards, online banking, and mobile payments. Their new partner operates a global cash transaction network of over 700,000 payment centers, enabling consumers to use cash to make online purchases, pay bills and top-up e-Wallets, prepaid cards and mobile.

Adding ZipZap’s CashPay payment option to Xsolla will help publishers to expand their player base to teens and others who don’t have a credit card, or prefer to pay with cash. At big part of the gamer population, especially tweens and teens, do not have access to traditional financial services, but still want to be able to pay for virtual currency in their favorite games. Others prefer to pay with cash because they are concerned about credit card safety and privacy of their personal information.

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6Dec/11

Xsolla and SafetyPay Join Forces To Monetize Online Games

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SafetyPay to provide payment solutions for online games and social networks in Central and Latin America.

Xsolla partners with over 200 payment service providers and works with more than 300 publishers such as Valve, Gameforge and Bigpoint. The integration with Xsolla will help SafetyPay to gain market share in the growing online gaming industry. According to SuperData Research, the online gaming and virtual goods market is worth billions of USD, and Latin American is currently one of the top emerging regions.

Albert Donahue, VP and Co-Founder of Xsolla commented: “We are excited about partnering with SafetyPay, which specializes in providing secure online payments in Central and South America, regions that are experiencing rapid growth in online gaming. SafetyPay’s mantra is “shop globally, pay locally,” which is exactly how Xsolla has experienced so much success- providing global opportunities for gaming publishers with localized payment options. Partnering with SafetyPay will help Xsolla’s partners to expand into the growing Latin American market.”

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4Nov/11

Virtual Piggy And Xsolla Team Up to Provide an Online Payment Service For The Youth Market

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Xsolla, to integrate its service into Xsolla’s e-commerce platform. Virtual Piggy is a technology company that delivers an online security platform designed to provide a secure mechanism so children can initiate purchases online.

Virtual Piggy technology enables online businesses to operate consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar international children’s privacy laws. The agreement enables online game companies using Xsolla to access the global youth market in a secure COPPA compliant way.

Albert Donahue, Vice President and Co-Founder of Xsolla commeted: “Virtual Piggy will allow our customers who create and deliver online games for the under 18 age group to provide a safe, parent approved transaction mechanism and to operate in a COPPA compliant manner.”

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