Optimal Payments wins prestigious AIM award

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Optimal Payments wins prestigious AIM award for international company

London, Friday 11th October 2013- Optimal Payments Plc (AIM: OPAY) ("Optimal Payments"), a leading global online payments provider, was named last night as the winner of the prestigious AIM Award for international company of the year.

The AIM awards identify the quoted companies and entrepreneurs who have harnessed their AIM listing on the London Stock Exchange to help them fulfil their ambition and growth potential in the last twelve months. The award recognises Optimal Payments' outstanding achievements, including a share price appreciation of 180 per cent in the year to 10th October.

The borderless commerce of the internet can only be fuelled by companies that facilitate secure and compliant cross-border payments. Optimal Payments is one such company, having seen 40% revenue growth in the last financial year by processing more than $11 billion of payment transactions of which more than 60% was outside of the UK; performance in the first half of 2013 saw a continuation of this growth with revenues up 50% year on year reflecting strength in all areas of the business.

Joel Leonoff, Optimal Payments CEO and president, said: "We are delighted to have received this award which recognises the rapid expansion of the business during the past 12 months, which is set to continue in the year ahead. This could not have been achieved without the help of all our employees who have worked together to ensure that Optimal Payments consolidates its position as a leading global online payment provider."

AIM is the most successful growth market in the world. Since its launch in 1995, over 3,000 companies from across the globe have chosen to join AIM.

For further information contact:

Optimal Payments Plc, Investor Relations

Jessica Stalley +44 (0) 207 182 1707

Email:  [email protected]

Media Relations: Citigate Dewe Rogerson

Caroline Merrell / Nicola Swift / Priscilla Garcia / Shelly Chadda + 44 (0) 207 638 9571

About Optimal Payments PLC

Optimal Payments is a global provider of online payment solutions. Trusted by businesses and consumers in over 200 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, merchants use the NETBANX® processing service to simplify how they accept and settle credit card, direct-from-bank, and cash payments; and the NETELLER® payment service to increase margins, capture new customers and increase their lifetime value. Being an independent provider has allowed the company to support tens-of-thousands of merchants around the globe across a wide range of industries. Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market, with a ticker symbol of OPAY. Subsidiary company Optimal Payments Ltd is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 900015).

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