MOBILE COMMERCE STOCK ALERT: MOBILEBITS (OTCBB:MBIT) AND THE INTERNATIONAL RETAIL USER GROUP ANNOUNCE KEY FINDINGS OF THE 2013 MOBILE STRATEGY SURVEY

Sarasota, FL - April 25, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) Mobile Stock breaking news: T he International Retail User Group (IRUG) and MobileBits (OTCBB: MBIT) announced today the results of their 2013 Mobile Strategy Survey targeting leading retail IT decision makers and members of IRUG who represent the top 100 retailers in the United States. Among the findings and highlights of the survey, respondents indicated that an integrated mobile strategy, specifically including mobile marketing and customer engagement are high priorities. Further, the survey indicates that retail technology teams are viewing mobile, mobile marketing and payment solutions, such as EMV, as an integrated solution in order for the entire platform to be scalable and remain synchronized.

The survey revealed the top mobile marketing issues facing retailers:

• Mobile strategy is a critical component of IT planning in the next 24 months
• Almost 90% already or are planning a mobile strategy
• 38% are focusing on mobile offers and promotional redemptions as their top priority
• Software and systems integration is the biggest challenge to integrating a mobile strategy
• Customer engagement leads the desired objectives of mobile strategy with customer service, increased revenue and operational efficiencies also high priorities

"Our members, as key technology influencers in their organizations, realize that integrating mobile solutions into their IT strategy is no longer a wish list item, but a necessity," said Ervin Jones, Director of Marketing and Logistics for IRUG. "With the growing demand consumer's are exhibiting using mobile devices as a preferred communication channel; our members are thinking about how to integrate EMV, mobile payments and marketing together into an all inclusive mobile strategy. The survey reveled that while there are priority levels, the mobile strategy must address all the elements".

The survey focused on understanding where key decision makers where in the process of planning and integrating various mobile functionality strategies into their IT planning process. The survey helped to identify the most relevant and pressing issues, challenges and timelines that organizations are currently facing. The data suggest the large majority are already incorporating or planning a mobile strategy and that direct consumer calls to actions (i.e. deals and promotions) are a top
priority as part of that planning.
"The survey results reinforces our efforts as we continue to help merchants, retailers and businesses by providing them with the SAMY solution ," said Walter Kostiuk, CEO of MobileBits. "It squarely addresses their mobile marketing needs and integration challenges by providing a complete turn-key solution that can be incorporated into almost any existing IT configuration."
To download a complimentary copy of the mobile marketing portion of the results, please click the following link 2013 MobileBits - IRUG Survey .
To learn more about MobileBits' SAMY solution, please visit www.samy.net .
To learn more about becoming a member of IRUG, please visit www.Intrug .org .
About IRUG
The International Retail Users Group has, for over thirty five years, provided a platform for hundreds of retailers and solution providers to advance retail systems technology. One of the last of the "true" user groups, it is owned and run by the representatives of the over 300 retail companies that make up it's membership. The group focuses on advancing the state of the art of retail technology for all aspects of the retail enterprise. It is an independently-run, mutual benefit organization of retailers, and providers of retail solution products and services . For more information, visit us at: www.Intrug .org .
About MobileBits Corporation
MobileBits, provider of SAMY, the fast growing 'Mobile Mall' that enables any merchant, retailer or brand to connect with mobile consumers in their local area through various touch points and helps increase sales. The solution provides business a complete set of tools to connect with, create and manage mobile campaigns, deals, offers, loyalty and rewards to a subscribed mobile consumer. MobileBits operates offices in Los Angeles, Sarasota, FL and Zurich, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.mobilebits.com or www.samy.net .

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Investing Idea; India's 700 Million Unbanked Population: Mobile Payment Stocks to Watch: (C), (CLPI), (VOD)

Point Roberts, WA - April 22, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in investing ideas in leading sectors reports on the emerging mobile payment sector in India, estimated to represent a 700 Million unbanked population and how investors can participate in the play.

According to a recent article in Times of India, venture capitalists see the significant opportunity and are investing heavily in the e-payment sector . "A combination of positive regulatory intent and growing market demand is leading to a burst of entrepreneurial activity in the country's electronic payments sector. A number of new ventures offering innovative cashless payment methods are coming up as investors step up to fund and support them."
For investors looking for publicly traded companies in the space, there are a handful of companies already gaining traction.
India Mobile Payment Stocks Snapshot
Calpian, Inc. (OTCQB: CLPI) reported in early April that its Indian subsidiary, Money-on-Mobile, had its largest growth month to date. According to the press release, " As of March 31, 2013, the Money-on-Mobile service offered by its Indian subsidiary, is now being supported by over 130,250 retail locations, increased from 126,200 on February 28, 2013, and accessed by approximately 44 million unique phone number customers, up from the 39.5 million reported from the previous month. The March 2013 processed transaction volume, measured in Indian rupees, was 810 million INR - an approximate 149 million increase over February 2013 processed volume. At current exchange rates, March processed transaction volume was approximately $15 million.
Calpian's (OTCQB: CLPI) stock is trading in the $2.00 range with a 52 week high of $3.25.
According to Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery, "The growth of Money-on-Mobile is nothing short of astounding. We continue to see, month after month, the number of unique users, retail outlets and processed volume increase dramatically. We could not be more pleased that Money-on-Mobile is thriving in the Indian marketplace."
Last week Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) India and ICICI Bank launched M-Pesa - a leading mobile money transfer and payment service .
According to the press release, " Pesa was launched by Vodafone in 2007 and is now available in eight countries, including Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The service allows customers to send and receive small amounts of money via their mobile phones as securely and simply as sending a text message. Prior to M-Pesa, many people in developing markets had no choice but to move cash around in person or by public transport, exposing them to delays, personal risk and loss of money in certain cases.
Following a successful trial, the service will be offered initially through more than 8,300 specially trained and authorised M-Pesa agents in eastern areas of India, including Kolkata, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, covering a population of around 220 million people. The service will be rolled out across the rest of India in a phased approach."
Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) is trading at $29.71, up 0.12(0.41%) 9:49AM EDT on just under 900,000 shares.
Citibank Indiaa subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) announced earlier this year its launch of a fully integrated and certified mobile payment solution in India and across the Citigroup network, globally. The stock is trading at $44.91 on just over 1.8 million shares in early morning trading.
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Mobile Stock News; Calpian, Inc. (CLPI) Goes Mobile on Two Continents

April 18, 2013 (Investorideas.com mobile payment stocks newswire) Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research for independent investors, reports on recent developments with Calpian, Inc. (OTCQB:CLPI). Calpian is a Dallas-based company which acquires retail credit and debit card processing cash flows from Independent Sales Organizations (“ISOs”) in the United States. The company also is a substantial owner of the largest mobile money transfer company in India, known as Money- on - Mobile, which allows consumers to pay bills and send money to other users throughout India, a service which regulatory changes made possible in just 2011 and which provides a greenfield opportunity in this country of 1.2 billion people. Additionally, Calpian's recent acquisition has expanded the company's mobile payment presence to now include the U.S., in addition to its Money-on-Mobile subsidiary in Mumbai, India.

On March 18 th Calpian announced it had completed the purchase of the assets of Pipeline Data, including its proprietary payments-related software and services and access to third-party payment platforms.
According to recent filings in the bankruptcy court for Pipeline Data, the company generated roughly $27 million in gross revenues.
Calpian, Inc.'s President, Craig Jessen, said in a March 18 th press release, "This acquisition represents Calpian Inc.'s commitment to becoming a world-class payments company with leading-edge solutions for virtually every payment scenario.”
According to the company's website, Calpian appears to be rebranding the new acquisition as Calpian Commerce, and rethinking its marketing strategy.
From recent additions to the company's website for Calpian Commerce, it describes its mobile payments solution, AIRCHARGE™, as a wireless terminal that communicates with the processor via the company's proprietary payment gateway, SecurePay™.  AIRCHARGE™ may be ideally suited for any merchant - large or small - with a mobile business.  It is different from other mobile solutions as it supports payment processing for merchants with one or multiple business operations allowing for simpler, quicker and more accurate reconciliation, all through the company's proprietary gateway, SecurePay™. A plumbing service with a fleet of trucks, for example, can completely process electronic payments with real-time authorizations and printed receipts while at each service location.  The company's products are expected to cut down on the cost of accepting electronic payments and help the merchant be more competitive by offering its customers cost -effective preferred payment options.
According to the company's March 18 th press release, "Calpian Commerce offers access to leading third party payment platforms to process credit and debit card transactions [through its SecurePay™ payment gateway], ACH, [and] mobile acceptance [through its AIRCHARGE™ product] to merchants in the U.S. operating in the physical “brick and mortar” environment as well as over the Internet, and in settings requiring wired as well as wireless/portable payment solutions."
On April 3 th, Calpian, Inc. reported that, as of March 31 st, 2013, Money-on-Mobile is now being supported by over 130,250 retail locations, increased from 126,200 on February 28 th and accessed by approximately 44 million unique phone number customers, up from the 39.5 million reported from the previous month. The March 2013 processed transaction volume, measured in Indian rupees, was 810 million INR - an approximate 26.6% increase over February 2013 processed volume. At current exchange rates, March processed transaction volume was approximately $15 million.
Going forward, it will be interesting to see whether the company might soon qualify for listing on a major exchange where it could enjoy greater visibility and build a more robust following of its shares. If that were to happen, acting ahead of such a move could represent a buying opportunity. However, it is impossible to say whether or not such a move is likely and /or predict how it might affect the performance of the stock.
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Mobile Payment Stock Alert; Calpian's (OTCQB: CLPI) Emerging Market Mobile Payments Solution Experiences Largest Growth Month to Date

DALLAS, Texas - April 4, 2013 (Investorideas.com mobile payment stocks newswire) Calpian, Inc. (OTCQB:CLPI) announces that, as of March 31, 2013, the Money-on-Mobile service offered by its Indian subsidiary is now being supported by over 130,250 retail locations, increased from 126,200 on February 28, 2013, and accessed by approximately 44 million unique phone number customers, up from the 39.5 million reported from the previous month. The March 2013 processed transaction volume, measured in Indian rupees, was 810 million INR � an approximate 149 million increase over February 2013 processed volume. At current exchange rates, March processed transaction volume was approximately $15 million.

According to Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery, "The growth of Money-on-Mobile is nothing short of astounding. We continue to see, month after month, the number of unique users, retail outlets and processed volume increase dramatically. We could not be more pleased that Money-on-Mobile is thriving in the Indian marketplace."
About Calpian, Inc.
Calpian, Inc. (OTCQB:CLPI) is a publicly traded company with corporate offices in Dallas, Texas, operating centers in Georgia, New York and Illinois and mobile payments emerging-market operations through its subsidiary in India.
Calpian's wholly owned subsidiary, Calpian Commerce, provides the merchant community with an integrated suite of payment platforms and related software based products. Calpian Commerce offers access to leading third party payment platforms to process credit and debit card transactions, ACH, mobile acceptance and gateway payment solutions to merchants in the U.S. operating in the physical �brick and mortar� environment as well as over the Internet, and in settings requiring wired as well as wireless/portable payment solutions. Calpian Commerce delivers its products and services to merchants via three delivery chains: a direct sales force, ISOs and Agent Banks.
Calpian's Indian subsidiary offers Money-on-Mobile, a pre-paid mobile payment solution, to more than 126,000 Indian retail locations. Calpian's management team has over 70 years in combined experience in the payments business. Calpian's CEO, Harold Montgomery, is a recognized industry leader who has provided expert testimony to the U.S. Congress and Federal Reserve Bank on payments-related issues and regularly appears in numerous industry publications, such as Transaction World Magazine. Please visit our website at www.calpian.com for more information.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or to the Company's future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Investors should not place any undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects the Company's current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy, liquidity, and building a larger credit facility. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could impact the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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Investing Idea; India's Emerging Mobile Payment Market: Stocks to Watch: (BBRY), (CLPI), (C)

Point Roberts, WA - April 3, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in investing ideas in leading sectors reports on the emerging mobile payment sector in India and publicly traded companies participating in the growth opportunity.

What is the opportunity? Telecom Lead recently reported "Infonetics' Mobile Contactless Payments forecast predicts 158 million mobile payment users or 2.9 percent of total cellular users in 2017. And according to Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IMRB, India is expected to have close to 165 million mobile Internet users by March 2014, up from 87.1 million in December 2012 as more people are accessing the web through mobile devices and dongles."
India Mobile Payment Stocks Snapshot
Research In Motion (doing business as BlackBerry) (NASDAQ:BBRY) (BB.TO) is trading at 14.73, down 0.40 (2.68%), with a morning high of $15, 05. According to Mobile World Live, " India's PVR Cinemas has launched the country's first NFC-based mobile payments system, according to Information Week. The event was designed to coincide with the availability of the new BlackBerry 10 platform. The NFC system will initially only work with BB10-based smartphones."
Calpian, Inc. (OTCQB: CLPI), trading at $2, 00, reported in mid -March that, as of February 28, 2013, the Money-on-Mobile service offered by its Indian subsidiary is now being supported by over 126,200 retail locations, increased from 122,340 on January 31, 2013, and accessed by approximately 39.5 million unique phone number customers, up from the 35.8 million reported from the previous month. The February 2013 processed transaction volume, measured in Indian rupees, was 661 million INR - an approximate 24 million increase over January 2013 processed volume. At current exchange rates, February processed transaction volume was approximately $12.2 million.
According to Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery, "Despite the fact that February was a short month, we are pleased to see continued growth in both usage and processed transaction volume during this time. In fact, in February, Money-on-Mobile experienced even greater monthly growth than we've seen in previous months - a true indication that Money-on-Mobile is becoming entrenched in the daily lives of Indian consumers."
Citibank, a subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) is trading at $43.28, down 0.83, with a high of $44.10. Citibank India announced earlier this year the launch of a fully integrated and certified mobile payment solution in India and across the Citigroup network, globally. The mobile payment solution, developed by Citi's partner Ezetap Mobile Solutions, allows for more than 320 million card customers in India to make payments through their debit and credit cards at the point of payment. The secured paperless transaction not only does away with managing charge slips but also combines the many benefits enjoyed by Citibank card customers, including instant redemption of reward points, accelerated rewards as well as the ability to opt for the popular EMI payment option while using this new payment alternative. Merchant partners using this device for customer payments and collections will be given real time information during the payment and collection process, providing an integrated, secured and efficient receivables payment solution.
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Investing Idea; Invest in Your Social Network: Social Media Stocks to Watch (FB), (GOOG), (GRPN), (LNKD), (MYRY)

Investing Idea; Invest in Your Social Network: Social Media Stocks to Watch (FB), (GOOG), (GRPN), (LNKD), (MYRY)

Point Roberts WA – March 28^th, 2013 – (www.investorideas.com newswire, Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in investing ideas in leading sectors reports on trading for social media stocks for  March 28^th, 2013. For investors seeking to invest in products and services they know and use daily, today’s snapshot gives insight into the social media and social networking sector.

Over the past year, investing in social media has been a risky endeavor with many social media companies having over inflated valuations, which have lead to unhappy investors and multiple lawsuits citing that the companies misled investors prior to their IPOs. However these same companies now show upward trends as shares swing to unpredictable highs from unprecedented lows as U.S. social media companies like Facebook, Google and Groupon saw the largest percentage upswings in short interest between the February 28 and March 15 settlement dates.

Social Media Stocks Trading and News Snapshot:  

Facebook Inc., (NASDAQ:FB), one of the leading and most recognizable social media site in the market, continues its recent downward trend trading down at $25.58 dropping $-0.51 or -1.95% on a high volume of 15,314,097 shares. Many investors are still in debate of Facebook’s investing future as the company has recovered most of its 2012 losses leaving many questioning whether another large loss is forthcoming.

Google Inc., (NASDAQ:GOOG), a company currently competing on more than one market, is also trading down today at $794.42 lowering by $-8.24 or -1.03% on a volume of 1,127,164 shares.

One of the Google’s newest enterprises begins today as the company moves to deliver physical goods to people’s offices and homes on the same day that they order them online.

Starting today Google announced a casting call for people who can sign up to test its Google Shopping Express service, which it said is available to a small number of people in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Google said it able to deliver goods to those testers from retailers including Target, Walgreens, Staples, American Eagle and Toys “R” Us, along with “locally distinct” retailers such as San Francisco’s Blue Bottle Coffee.

Google is asking San Francisco residents or people who live between San Mateo and San Jose to register as a new tester. Registered testers get six months of free, unlimited same-day delivery.

Google hopes the quick-shipping service will attract more consumers to its product-search service, increasing the revenue it gets from product-related ads on the search site, people familiar with the matter have said

Groupon Inc., (NASDAQ:GRPN), unlike most other social media stocks, moved upwards today, trading up at $6.25 gaining $0.04 or 0.66% on a volume of 9,550,245 shares.

Just yesterday Groupon honored many of its top local merchants with a ''Best of Groupon Merchants'' collection. These featured local businesses boast some of the most popular deals in their markets and consistently deliver the highest levels of customer service.

More than 1,700 merchants were recognized with the ''Best of Groupon Merchants'' distinction and are identified with a special badge on their Groupon deal pages. Merchants in the collection span a wide range of geographies and industries, with providers of health and beauty services representing the largest category, followed by food and drink and activities-based businesses. For a complete list of merchants, sortable by city and category, visit http://www.grouponworks.com/best-merchants-of-2012/

LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD) showed a slight drop today trading at $176.37 lowering by $-1.51 or -0.85% on a volume of 497,712 shares.

With social media playing such a large role in today’s marketing and business development, companies who specialize in social media marketing are becoming invaluable. Myriad Interactive Media Inc., (OTCBB:MYRY), a company currently developing a new social media SEO technology is one such company, trading at $0.02 showing a gain of  6.67% on a light volume of 32,900 shares.

Just last week Myriad Interactive Media, Inc. was pleased to announce that we have initiated client integration of our new social media SEO technology, allowing investors to experience a front-end demo here: http://www.myriadim.com/community

Mingle Suite, the name of this new social media site, will help clients to redirect fresh media content like articles, videos, pictures and blogs to their own website as well as embed social media interactions consisting of – likes, posts, comments, tweets and many other elements of social media sharing and engagement. The company thrives to make social media work for small, medium and large businesses all by giving these businesses a fighting chance in the competitive world of SEO.

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