Mobile Payments in India; Calpian's (OTCQB: CLPI) Indian Subsidiary Money-on-Mobile Grows to Serve over 57 Million Unique Users and adds Android Solution

Point Roberts, WA, New York, NY - July 17, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, a research portal featuring investing ideas in leading sectors, issues a snapshot of India’s mobile payment market and news from Calpian, Inc. (OTCQB: CLPI ), a company in the mobile payments emerging-market through its subsidiary in India.

According to a report from Gartner in June, "Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will reach $235.4 billion in 2013, a 44 percent increase from 2012 values of $163.1 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The number of mobile payment users worldwide will reach 245.2 million in 2013, up from 200.8 million in 2012. From a regional perspective, Asia/Pacific's transaction value is expected to grow 38 percent in 2013 to reach $74 billion. Deployments in developed markets such as South Korea and Singapore and in developing markets such as India are expected drive healthy growth in this region."
In April Gartner reported India’s mobile services market will reach Rs.1.2 trillion in 2013, up 8 percent from 2012 revenue of Rs. 1.1 trillion, according to Gartner, inc. Mobile connections will grow to 770 million in 2013, an 11 percent increase from 712 million connections in 2012.
Calpian, Inc. ( OTCQB:CLPI ), one of the first companies in the space, reported this week that as of June 30, 2013, the Money-on-Mobile service offered by its Indian subsidiary is now being supported by 143,057 retail locations, increased from 138,711 on May 31, 2013. Additionally, Money-on-Mobile was accessed by approximately 57.8 million unique phone number customers as of June 30, 2013, up from the 53 million reported from the previous month.
According to Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery, "With the recent launch of an Android solution, Money-on-Mobile is poised to extend its growth into entirely new Indian consumer markets. We could not be more pleased with its performance."
Calpian, Inc. (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 Indian subsidiary offers Money-on-Mobile, a pre-paid mobile payment solution, to more than 143,057 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. www.calpian.com
Money-on-Mobile was just featured in Lightreading.com - Indian Telecom Startups Set To Beat The Downturn
http://www.lightreading.in/lightreadingindia/special-feature/172009/indian-telecom-startups-set-beat-downturn
In other news Mobikwik, an India-based recharge and online payment service provider announced a new release of its Android application.
Gartner also noted in its report in April, "As India plays catch up with the rest of the world in terms of mobile broadband adoption, telecom operators need to think of growing the top line through innovative services. Further rural expansion of mobile services will come at a cost. In India, innovation in utility apps that help bring efficiencies in a consumer’s life will bring in sustained revenue and will be relatively more difficult to replicate by new entrants. While social and video apps are doing extremely well in India, Ms. Verma said it is time to look beyond these and deliver apps that can have a sustained business model. Operators need to insert themselves into the value chain of these new apps and services. "
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Mobile Payment Stock Alert: CALPIAN'S (CLPI) Money-on-Mobile grows to serve over 57 million unique users

July 16, 2013 (Investorideas.com mobile payment stocks newswire) Mobile Payment stock breaking news; Calpian, Inc. ( OTCQB:CLPI ) announced today that, as of June 30, 2013, the Money-on-Mobile service offered by its Indian subsidiary is now being supported by 143,057 retail locations, increased from 138,711 on May 31, 2013. Additionally, Money-on-Mobile was accessed by approximately 57.8 million unique phone number customers as of June 30 , 2013, up from the 53 million reported from the previous month.

According to Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery, "With the recent launch of an Android solution, Money-on-Mobile is poised to extend its growth into entirely new Indian consumer markets. We could not be more pleased with its performance."
About Calpian, Inc.
Calpian, Inc. (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 Indian subsidiary offers Money-on-Mobile, a pre-paid mobile payment solution, to more than 143,057 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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China's Online Education Market: Stocks to Watch: UMEWF, EDU, DL, XRS

New York, NY, Point Roberts, WA - July 15, 2013 (www.investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research for independent investors issues a sector snapshot of the online China education market and some of the publicly traded companies going after market share.

According to an article in technode.com quoting CEO of New Oriental, “ 40% of China’s Existing Education Market Will Be Online in 3-5 Years.
The online education industry is still in its infancy compared to the potential it represents down the road as China’s hunger for education explodes..
A recent article in Techcrunch.comn said, “ education institutions are now struggling with demand, especially in fast-growing markets like China. Schools there literally can’t build enough buildings to put people in their colleges, he said, and are trying to figure out how to handle issues like students that are sometimes seven hours away from their nearest physical campus. Online education means you can scale immensely without worrying about growing the physical plant and those costs, and it also means students need only a phone to participate, lowering costs immensely."
According to data from MarketResearchReports.Biz,"in China, the market size of the education and training industry soared from RMB610 billion in 2008 to RMB955.4 billion in 2012, with the CAGR of 11.87%."
Wall Street Journal said in its recent article, Online Education, A New Frontier in China , "Changing views of education in China make a shift to more online education inevitable. Chinese students are becoming less fixated on tests. Parents are increasingly sending their children to English-immersion camps abroad rather than classrooms. Today's children are more comfortable with e-learning."
UMeWorld (OTCQB: UMEWF) operates UMeLook (www.umelook.com), an online video platform focused on bringing foreign video content to China and has recently branched out into the online education market. The Company just announced the launch of its SmartStar Home Version Subscription Service. The Company is a step closer to commercializing its digital education platform and is on track to becoming a leading education service provider in China.
SmartStar Home Version will be available through a monthly subscription of CNY$75 (US$12), enabling the user to have unlimited service access via the internet. This will initially target students in Grades 5 through 9. The Company will introduce other grades systematically over the coming quarters.
The stock closed at $0.4760, up 0.0360 or 8.18% in Friday’s session.
New Oriental Education (NYSE:EDU) will report its financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2013, before the U.S. market opens on July 23, 2013.. The company is the largest provider of private educational services in China based on the number of program offerings, total student enrollments and geographic presence. The stock has a 52 week range of $9.410 $24.15 and is currently trading around its highs .
China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:DL) online courses are designed to help professionals and other course participants obtain and maintain the skills, licenses and certifications necessary to pursue careers in China in the areas of accounting, law, healthcare, construction engineering, and other industries. The Company also offers online test preparation courses to self-taught learners pursuing higher education diplomas or degrees and to secondary school and college students preparing for various academic and entrance exams. In addition, the Company offers online foreign language courses and offline business start-up training courses. The stock closed at $7.65 on Friday and has had a significant move in the past few months, moving up from a base of around $5.00
TAL Education Group (NYSE:XRS) will release its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 ended May 31, 2013, before the market opens on Monday, July 22, 2013.
The company operates www.eduu.com, a leading online education platform in China.
Additional stocks in the sector include China Education Alliance Inc. (OTC:CEAI) and ChinaCast Education Corp. (OTC:CAST)
MarketResearchReports.Biz also note ,"More and More Education Groups and Internet Enterprises Are Tapping Online Education Field. Education institutions are launching online courses covering a wide range of domains, such as foreign language, qualification test, skill education, and tutoring for students at elementary and secondary schools; on the other hand, internet enterprises are making positive efforts in building platform to share education content.
Article sources :
http://technode.com/2013/05/28/40-of-china-existing-education-market-will-be-online-in-3-5-years-ceo-of-new-oriental-education-technology/
http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/11/blackboard-co-founders-says-online-education-set-to-put-price-pressure-on-traditional-schools/
http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/laetst-research-china-education-and-training-industry-report-2013-2016-at-marketresearchreportsbiz-279609.htm
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324879504578599083482117730.html
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China Social Media Stock Alert: UMeWorld (OTCQB:UMEWF) Unveils SmartStar Home Version Pricing and Charge Cards for Online Education Services in China

HONG KONG - July 10, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) MeWorld Limited (OTCQB: UMEWF) is pleased to announce the launch of its SmartStar Home Version Subscription Service. The Company is a step closer to commercializing its digital education platform and is on track to becoming a leading education service provider in China.

SmartStar Home Version will be available through a monthly subscription of CNY$75 (US$12), enabling the user to have unlimited service access via the internet. This will initially target students in Grades 5 through 9. The Company will introduce other grades systematically over the coming quarters.
UMeWorld is currently in advance stage negotiations with several companies for the national distribution of SmartStar Charge Cards, in CNY$200 (US$33), CNY$500 (US$82) and CNY$1,000 ($163) denominations. These Charge Cards will be used solely as payment for product purchases over the SmartStar platform and will carry a 12 months expiration limit once activated.
About SmartStar
SmartStar is a cloud-based adaptive learning education platform. Unlike traditional online courseware, SmartStar provides a concept-level assessment and evaluation of a student's learning progress. It identifies the student's strengths and weaknesses, their proficiency in a given subject area and personalizes the delivery of proprietary educational items according the student's learning needs.
About UMeWorld
UMeWorld's mission is to facilitate the interaction between people -- "You" and "Me," through its digital platform. Currently, UMeWorld operates UMeLook (www.umelook.com), an online video platform focused on bringing foreign video content to China. UMeLook is deployed through a sophisticated CDN (Content Delivery Network) with broad coverage throughout mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan. UMeLook plans to be a source of foreign video content for the Chinese viewer across any Internet-enabled device in China. UMeWorld intends to focus its future operations on digital media and the digital education market.
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Mobile Commerce Stock Alert: SAMY Launching in the Middle East - GCC Region and Turkey

DUBAI AND SARASOTA, Fla. - July 8, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) via PRWEB - Ignivia Technologies FZCO, a leading services provider, and MobileBits Corp., (OTCBB: MBIT), provider of the SAMYSMmobile marketing and engagement network, today announced they have signed a multi-year, exclusive master agreement to sell SAMY in Turkey and the Middle East's Gulf Cooperation Council Region (GCC), which includes the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Lebanon.
SAMY is the award-winning, patent-pending direct mobile marketing and engagement network that enables merchants and shopping centers to extend their brand to popular smartphones and engage with new and existing customers. SAMY also provides merchants an easy way to quickly integrate all the important retail touch points including point of sale (POS), gift cards, mobile offers, loyalty systems and more into one single, synchronized mobile platform.
"MobileBits has been gaining significant inroads in the European and American markets; we are delighted with this partnership and look forward to contributing to its continued success by adding another success story in the Middle East. There is a particularly robust outlook for mobile marketing and engagement solutions and our role will be to bring the best benefits and experience to both retailers and end users," said Mr. Yousef Shreim, President, Igniva Technologies.
According to AT Kearney, four of the Gulf States are in the top 20 countries of the 2013 Global Retail Development index with the UAE ranked fifth (5th), Kuwait ninth (9th), Saudi Arabia sixteenth (16th) and Oman seventeenth (17th).
"The Middle East has emerged as a hotbed of technology initiatives given the aggressive modernization projects being undertaken across the region. We view this as a very important strategic move that will strengthen both MobileBits and Igniva Technologies' presence in the region," added Mr. Yousef Shreim.
"We welcome the teams in the GCC region and Turkey. We believe that our SAMY re-seller model is uniquely designed for partners who have the ability to operate and manage the SAMY program in their country of experience," said Walter Kostiuk, President & CEO of MobileBits. "Ignivia brings an important sales and support component which will enable them to deliver tremendous value to the region's merchants and brands."
The GCC is the third territory where MobileBits has signed agreements with a master reseller partner to distribute SAMY. Earlier, MobileBits signed master agreements with partners in Italy and Russia, who recently expanded their partnership to include Ukraine; bringing the new total number of countries to sixteen (16).
About MobileBits Corporation
MobileBits, provider of SAMY, the fast growing 'Mobile Mall' that provides any merchant, retailer or brand with an out-of-the box, ready to deploy, mobile commerce platform to connect with consumers in their local area and help increase sales in the physical store. The solution provides businesses a complete set of tools to connect with, create and manage mobile campaigns, deals, offers, commerce, loyalty and rewards to a subscribed mobile consumer. For more information, visit http://www.mobilebits.com or http://www.samy.com.
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China Social Media Stock Alert: UMeWorld's (OTCQB:UMEWF) Video Platform Reaches 2.7 Million Unique Visitors

HONG KONG - June 25, 2013 (Investorideas.com newswire) Chinese Internet Stock Alert : MeWorld Limited (OTCQB: UMEWF) is pleased to announce that UMeLook.com, an online video platform focused on bringing foreign video content to China, has reached 2.7 million unique visitors since launching the newly redesigned site on May 24, 2013. UMeLook.com also enjoyed over 9.4 million page views in the same period. The page views have been steadily increasing to over 500,000 a day.

"I'm enormously pleased that UMeLook.com has reached this impressive milestone," said Michael Lee, President & CEO of UMeWorld. "This traffic number is all the more impressive given that it has been achieved in just over one month. However, this is just a sign-post on the way to UMeLook.com becoming a global e-commerce platform assisting small and medium brands worldwide to expand into the Chinese market."
About UMeWorld
UMeWorld's mission is to facilitate the interaction between people -- "You" and "Me," through its digital platform. Currently, UMeWorld operates UMeLook (www.umelook.com), an online video platform focused on bringing foreign video content to China. UMeLook is deployed through a sophisticated CDN (Content Delivery Network) with broad coverage throughout mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan. UMeLook plans to be a source of foreign video content for the Chinese viewer across any Internet-enabled device in China. UMeWorld intends to focus its future operations on digital media and the digital education market.
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Chinese Internet Stocks to Watch: (BIDU), (UMEWF), (YOKU) and the Chinese Online Video Market

New York, NY / Point Roberts, WA - June 20, 2013 (www.investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector research for independent investors issues a snapshot for the online Chinese video market and some of the publicly traded companies in the space. The big players are targeting the growing online and mobile market in China with acquisitions and strategic partnering, while new start-up company UMeWorld (OTCQB: UMEWF) is aiming for its audience with foreign content.

Search engine company Baidu, Inc. (NasdaqGS: BIDU), currently with the largest online video platform, announced in May its acquisition of the online video business of leading Internet video provider PPS for US $370 million.
Baidu and PPS expect the transaction to close in the second quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the transaction, the PPS online video business will be consolidated into Baidu's financial statements. PPS's online video business will be merged with Baidu's own video platform iQiyi.
UMeWorld (OTCQB: UMEWF) operates UMeLook (www.umelook.com), an online video platform focused on bringing foreign video content to China. UMeLook is deployed through a sophisticated CDN (Content Delivery Network) with broad coverage throughout Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan. UMeLook plans to be a source of foreign video content for the Chinese viewer across any Internet-enabled device within China. UMeWorld intends to focus its future operations on digital media and the digital education market.
According to a recent press release from the company, "China has a population of 550 million "webizens," many of whom are glued to tablets or smartphones as they make their daily commute; mobile Web users last year totaled 420 million, an increase of nearly 18% from the previous year. However, the competition for "eyeballs" is fierce. Unlike many local online video companies who focus on local TV series and movies, UMeLook is uniquely positioned to provide foreign UGC video content of 3 to 8 minutes duration. UMeLook is targeting Chinese viewers between the ages of 18 and 45 years old who are interested in foreign information, products and brands.”
A recent report from www.iresearchchina.com notes, "Revenue of China online video attained 2.42 billion Yuan in Q1 2013, with a year on year growth of 39.5% and a quarter on quarter drop of 11.0% influenced by decreasing seasonal advertising. As the online video markets are gradually driven by multi-devices, commercialization of mobile internet will affect whole video industry in the future.”
Youku Tudou (NYSE: YOKU) recently signed a deal with SINA Corporation (NasdaqGS: SINA) to promote its video content on PC and mobile platforms.
Youku Tudou reported, "Under the deal, in exchange for access to Youku Tudou's video library, SINA will leverage their PC and mobile platform to promote Youku Tudou's licensed content to its users on Weibo. The multi-screen strategic collaboration also draws on huge gains in mobile traffic for both companies – 76% of Weibo's daily active users access Weibo through mobile devices, while Youku Tudou counts 170 million daily mobile views.”
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