Optimal Payments sponsors Canadian Gaming Summit

Optimal Payments sponsors Canadian Gaming Summit

MONTREAL, Canada - Monday 11th June 2012 - Optimal Payments Plc (LSE: OPAY), a leading provider of online payments, is pleased to announce that it is sponsoring part of this year's premier event for the Canadian Gaming Industry, the 16th Annual Canadian Gaming Summit.

The 2012 Summit is taking place at the Scotiabank Convention Centre located in Niagara Falls, Ontario from 11th to 13th June. The Summit attracts many of the leading figures and corporations from the Gaming world, both online and offline, with an extensive educational programme, expansive exhibition and enjoyable social events. http://www.canadiangamingsummit.com/

Optimal Payments is proud to be sponsoring the "Journey Behind the Falls" experience, allowing delegates to enjoy the awesome spectacle of one-fifth of the world's fresh water crashing down to the basin below as they walk behind the amazing Niagara Falls.

Optimal Payments has a long standing track record in delivering innovative and customised solutions for its customers, bringing together the payments, fraud and risk management and technology solutions required for today's fast-moving markets. With a large number of the largest gaming merchants as customers, Optimal Payments specializes in creating innovative solutions that help gaming companies bridge the online and offline worlds.

Optimal has a strong track record of success and awards in the gaming industry - Optimal was recently named as the winner of the "Innovation in Payment Solutions" Award at the eGaming Review B2B Awards. This follows successes earlier this year where Optimal won "Best Mobile Billing Application" at the mGaming Awards in April, and the "Best Payment Solution Provider - Company of the Year" award - won earlier this year at the International Gaming Awards.

Neil Erlick, Senior Vice President Business Development at Optimal Payments, said: "We are pleased to show our support for the Canadian Gaming Summit through our sponsorship of this leading event. With many of Canada's leading gaming companies and suppliers at this event, we welcome the opportunity to contribute at an important time for the industry. Our commitment to develop innovative and differentiated products remains and we will continue to work with our partners to deliver industry leading solutions."

Neil will be attending the Canadian Gaming Summit and is available to talk about any aspect of Optimal Payments' business. To contact Neildirectly, email [email protected] or call him on + 1.514.947.7310 during the Summit.

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For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc

Andrew Gilchrist, EVP Corporate Affairs Tel: + 44 (0) 1624 698 713

Email: [email protected]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/optimalpayments

About Optimal Payments Plc

Trusted by businesses and consumers in over 180 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, Optimal Payments Plc is the leading payments company offering a true alternative to banks and card schemes. Merchants use the NETBANX® processing service to simplify how they accept and settle card, direct-from-bank, and cash payments; and the NETELLER® payment account to increase margins, capture new customers and increase their lifetime value. Being independent has allowed the company to support tens-of-thousands of retailers and merchants in many geographies and across multiple industries.

Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, with a ticker symbol of OPAY. Subsidiary company NETELLER (UK) Ltd is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA).

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