Earthport plc : - Agreement with American Express

Earthport Signs American Expressfor its Cross-Border Payments Service

London, UK, March 06, 2013 - Earthport today announced an agreement with American Express (NYSE: AXP) to expand its existing foreign exchange international payment service. The launch of the service is expected later in 2013.

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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 customers include banks, foreign exchange businesses, money transfer organisations, payment aggregators and e-commerce businesses.  Through Earthport's well established payments infrastructure, customers 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 visitwww.earthport.comand follow us on Twitter@Earthport.