Partnership with Global Winning Technologies Corp

22 May 2012

Earthport plc ("Earthport" or "Company)

Partnership with Global Winning Technologies Corporation, Japan

Earthport, the cross-border payments service provider, is pleased to announce a new partnership has been signed with Global Winning Technologies Corporation ("GWT"). Under the agreement, the Tokyo-based technology firm will enable Earthport to strengthen relationships with global institutions in seeking to address their international payments requirements.

GWT provides financial institution customers including banks, hedge funds and securities firms with an extensive portfolio of advanced software solutions. Their expertise in financial solutions and relationships with key financial institutions offers Earthport the ideal local presence for multi-national institutions based in Japan. GWT will act as an extension of the existing Earthport sales team.

GWT founder Yukio Sakamoto said:

"We look forward to delivering value to our clients through Earthport's innovative payments framework as a superior payments service."

Paul Thomas, Executive Director, Earthport said:

"GWT has excellent relationships in the Japanese financial community, which will help us expand and strengthen our relationships with global institutions."

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About GWT

GWT Co., Ltd. was established in August 2008 and is focused on providing leading global technology solutions to Japanese financial institutions, promoting client competitiveness and resulting in business success. To learn more about GWT, please visit www.gwt-corp.jp.

About Earthport

Earthport plc, a regulated global financial services organisation, specialises in the provision of a white label cross-border payments service.

Through its innovative payments framework, specifically designed for high volumes of low value cross-border payments, Earthport provides a cost-effective and transparent service for secure international payments. Earthport's clients include banks, foreign exchange businesses, money transfer organisations, payment aggregators and e-commerce businesses. Through Earthport's well established payments infrastructure, clients can clear and settle payments directly to banked beneficiaries in over 50 countries.

The company is headquartered in London and is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on the London Stock Exchange. It operates globally with additional regional offices in Dubai and New York. Earthport plc is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority under the Payment Service Regulations 2009 for the provision of payment services.To learn more, please visit www.earthport.com and follow us on Twitter @Earthport.