Optimal Payments to Exhibit and Speak at Money20/20 Payments Conference

First conference where 4-Star Sponsor Optimal Payments co-exhibits with recently acquired Meritus

LONDON, MONTREAL and NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Optimal Payments (LSE AIM: OPAY), a leading global online payments provider, and its California-based payment company, Meritus Payment Solutions (Meritus), are active participants in next week's Money20/20 payments and financial services conference and exhibition.

Money20/20, which runs from Nov. 2 – 5 at the Aria Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, marks the first time that Optimal Payments and Meritus will co-exhibit (booth #601) since the acquisition was completed on July 24, 2014.

Optimal Payments is a 4-Star sponsor of the event and is featuring a number of services and products including its NETBANX® platform, used by merchants to simplify how they accept credit and debit card, direct-from-bank, and alternative and local payments. The company will also spotlight its NETELLER® service, used to increase revenues and capture new customers; and the multi-lingual/multi-currency NETELLER and Net+® stored-value offering, used to make secure and convenient payments.

Optimal Payments President and CEO, Joel Leonoff, will be speaking on a panel session entitled, "E-Commerce: Online Payments for New Shopping Experiences." The session, focusing on the current state of online shopping and how to leverage payment services to drive returns, will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 10:40 a.m.

The company will also be making several announcements just prior to, and at Money20/20, regarding its expanding international offerings, updates to NETELLER and more.

About Money20/20

Money20/20 is the world's largest event enabling payments and financial services innovation for connected commerce at the intersection of mobile, retail, marketing services, data and technology. With 7,000 attendees, including more than 600 CEOs, from over 2,250 companies and 60 countries, Money20/20 is critical to realizing the vision of disruptive ways in which consumers and businesses manage, spend and borrow money. The next Money20/20 will be held on Nov. 2-5, 2014 in Las Vegas, and will be preceded by the Money20/20 Hackathon, which runs Nov. 1-2. To learn more about Money20/20, visit www.money2020.com.

About Optimal Payments Plc
Optimal Payments is a global provider of online payment solutions, trusted by businesses and consumers in over 200 countries and territories to move and manage billions of dollars each year.  Merchants use the NETBANX® platform and services to simplify how they accept credit and debit card, direct-from-bank, and alternative and local payments; and the NETELLER® service to increase revenues and capture new customers.  Consumers use the multilingual and multicurrency NETELLER and Net+® Card stored-value offering to make secure and convenient payments. In July 2014, Optimal Payments acquired Meritus Payment Solutions and GMA as part of the company's commitment to strengthen its presence in the US market. Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM, 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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SOURCE: Optimal Payments Plc

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