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Telecom

Tagattitude Announces Partnership with Prepay Nation

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Prepay Nation enables international diasporas to transfer values to mobile wallets in Africa, Latin America and Caribbean via TagPay platforms.

Paris & Philadelphia, PA (USA), October 03, 2013 — Tagattitude, the company behind the award-winning TagPay mobile money platform, announces a partnership with Prepay Nation, a leading provider of cross-border, micro –value transfers. This partnership seeks to connect the customers in Prepay Nation’s distribution network with the mobile money services running on TagPay.

Prepay Nation has an established practice in mobile airtime transfers and currently works with key mobile operators like Airtel, Etisalat, Digicel, Tigo, America Movil, and Orange to facilitate the transfer of prepaid airtime to in-country subscribers from loved ones abroad in developed nations. Since there are no fees charged to the receiver or to the sender, the service has become tremendously popular among expatriates, especially in North America and the Middle East.

Prepay Nation’s partnership with Tagattitude complements their strong growth initiative into productized remittance opportunities that allow immigrant workers to buy goods and services for their family members back home on a real-time basis, rather than sending cash via conventional money remittance channels. . Their distribution network covers over 200,000 partner point of sale locations in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, serving millions of expatriate, immigrant, and prepaid wireless customers both banked and unbanked.

“With the increasing demand among members of various global diasporas for productized remittance opportunities to support their dependents back home, we are always looking for innovative methods to satisfy that need ,” explains Prepay Nation CEO, Anurag Jain, “Integrating with TagPay was a natural choice, as our existing customers who currently transfer airtime will now have the option to transfer value into a mobile wallet of a family member abroad. Through a single integration we have created new business opportunities for our partners and the mobile money operators using the TagPay platform.”

Over 20 existing mobile money services run on TagPay platforms and this number is steadily increasing. Companies like MobiPay (Namibia), MCash (Uganda), Celpaid (Ivory Coast), and HaitiPay (Haiti) use TagPay to offer valuable e-money services that promote financial inclusion in their countries. These services typically include account management (mobile wallet), mobile payment for retail purchases, person-to-person transfers, bill payment and more.

Thanks to the partnership between Tagattitude and Prepay Nation, all TagPay-based mobile money services can use Prepay Nation’s distribution network to facilitate transfers of value to their user base from loved ones all over the world.

“Building and maintaining an entire agent network from scratch is a major challenge and investment for any mobile money service,” explains Tagattitude CEO Yves Eonnet, “Plugging into existing networks is a great way to get around this however few networks are willing or able to do the technical integration that is often required to connect to a single service, particularly if that service is new on the market. Prepay Nation’s expertise enabled a seamless and rapid integration, which has produced a level of global connectivity that we’re excited about. Since all of Tagattitude’s clients use the same type of platform (TagPay), with just one integration Prepay Nation’s distribution network can process transactions seamlessly and securely for any TagPay-based service.”

Prepay Nation and Tagattitude will showcase their successfully completed technical integration October 6-10 on Prepay Nation’s booth #119 at the Money2020 event in Las Vegas.

With integration out of the way, Prepay Nation has begun discussions with Tagattitude’s clients who have had an overwhelmingly positive reaction to Prepay Nation’s offering.

“We are thrilled that Haitians living in the US will soon be able to send money home to a family member’s HaitiPay account just by going to a retail outlet connected to the Prepay Nation platform,” shared HaitiPay CEO Pascale Elie, “This new service will boost usage and adoption of HaitiPay. International remittances has always been part of our vision and with Prepay Nation is will be possible to offer this much sooner than we had hoped.”

Though there are regulatory, business, and other considerations to take into account, it is expected that HaitiPay and many other TagPay-based mobile money services will soon be available via Prepay Nation’s distribution network.

About Tagattitude (www.tagattitude.fr) :
Tagattitude specializes in MOBILE MONEY.

Tagattitude has developed the TagPay mobile money platform, a state-of-the-art brandable platform enabling the fullest range of mobile money services on the market. This platform is used by 20+ mobile money services worldwide and supports each facet of their ecosystem.

TagPay includes highly innovative NSDT™ (Near Sound Data Transfer) technology developed and patented by Tagattitude. NSDT™ enables the use of all existing mobile phones worldwide as payment tools and authentication devices. NSDT™ uses the mobile phone’s audio channel to transmit secure transaction data (One Time Password, electronic signatures, certificates).

Tagattitude was founded in 2005 by Yves Eonnet and Hervé Manceron who bring over 15 years of experience in the smart-card and telecom industries. Tagattitude’s technologies and platform make contactless transactions and financial services possible for all. Tagattitude holds 10 international patents and invests over half of its resources in R&D.

About Prepay Nation (www.prepaynation.com) :
Prepay Nation is a fast growth company in the business of enabling micropayments from one person to another across international borders. Prepay Nation utilizes the prepaid mobile ecosystem to transfer values in the form of international airtime remittance. With mobile operator partnerships in Central America, South America, Caribbean, Asia, and Africa, and a varied distribution channel spanning the US, Canada, and Middle East, Prepay Nation offers its innovative services to expatriates who financially support their loved ones back home. Prepay Nation’s unique business model, highly scalable processing platform, and interconnectivity with mobile operators, allows for instantaneous and no-fee transfers for the consumers and an opportunity to generate significant revenues for the distributors.

Press & Media Contact:
Sarah Feidt
Head of Marketing
Prepay Nation
1055 Westlakes Drive, Suite 300
Berwyn, PA 19312 – USA
+1 571 213 6609
sfeidt@prepaynation.com
http://www.prepaynation.com

Travel

Vietnam’s First Luxury Travel and Tour Operator To Launch A New B2B Brochure Designed for Travel Sellers

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Luxury Travel Ltd. (LuxuryTravels.asia) to Launch New B2B Brochure for Premium Travel Professionals and Seek More Grow Through Trade Shows in The New Markets.

Hanoi, Vietnam (October 4, 2013) — Luxury Travel Ltd. (http://www.luxurytravels.asia) has released its latest annual brochure for travel professionals, featuring a wide range of tailor-made tours and luxury travel products across Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

Featuring the world’s most authentic luxury travel experiences, the 148-page full-color brochure is filled with pictures contributed by the Luxury Travel team, as well as professional and freelance photographers specialising in Southeast Asia.

Providing insider information and a wide selection of recommended hotels and resorts, the brochure also keeps travel professionals updated with the ‘What’s New?’ section discussing the latest tourism developments in each country.

“We are very excited to unveil our latest and updated Luxury Travel Ltd. brochure for premium travel professionals in conjunction with our 9th anniversary celebration. We have just launched numerous new “Lux’s Signature Travel Experiences” for discerning travelers for the next season and our brochure is truly rich in content and very educational.” says Pham Ha, founder & CEO of Luxury Travel Vietnam.

“Our team, dedicated to agents and tour operators, will be your personal experience managers and deliver you and your customers the world’s most authentic luxury travel experiences with our expertise, knowhow and solid infrastructure.”

Luxury Travel Ltd. has also announced the launch of a sophisticated new b2b website in French, English, German and Spanish for premium Travel professionals last month. Designed specifically with travel sellers in mind, Luxury Travel’s trade website (http://www.luxurytravels.asia) provides quick and easy access to travel information on Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand destinations, hotels, tourism products, selling tips and travel news. It will be updated every day and there will be free training with Luxury Travel’s online modules.

Earlier this year, the company published the Lux Guide for premium travel professionals. Also, Luxury Travel Ltd. will attend all major b2b trade shows around the world such as WTM London and Latin America, ILTM, ITB Asia and Berlin, AIME, TOP RESA, SATTE, OTM, ATF, FITUR and 40 travel shows in the USA.

“We hope that our new website and newest Luxury Travel brochure for 2013-14 helps our travel professionals to generate sales. Interested travel colleagues can make an appointment with us and have a further discussion about the profitable market share in emerging destinations such as Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar. We exhibit at almost all trade shows around the globe and work through our rep offices on five continents.” he added.

Luxury Travel Ltd. also is venturing into new markets in India and Latin America, and is recruiting more dedicated travel agent staff. They are seeking more representatives in various markets and target double digit growth in 2014 despite the uncertain global economy.

Vietnam-based Luxury Travel Ltd. is a long established Asian specialist in the art of travel and serves today’s most sophisticated travelers with luxury privately guided and fully bespoke touring holidays in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Luxury Travel Ltd. has won numerous travel awards for excellent performance, including the most recent The Guide Award 2013: “leading specialist in the art of travel with luxurious and private service.”

Media Contact:
Link Doan
Luxury Travel Group Ltd
05 Nguyen Truong To Str.,
Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
84439274120
marketing@luxurytravelvietnam.com
http://www.LuxuryTravelVietnam.com

Business

Carol Clark, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Speaks at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013

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Building off of the momentum of past conferences, Golden Networking brings back High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, October 8, at UBS Conference Center.

New York City, NY, USA (October 4, 2013) — Carol Clark, senior policy specialist in the financial markets group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, will be among other high-profile panelists at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), forum that will provide investors and speed traders on October 8 with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field.

Ms. Clark is a senior policy specialist in the financial markets group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Her work focuses on public policy issues relating to trading (high speed trading, high frequency trading and algorithmic trading), market microstructure, clearing, settlement and payments.

Prior to joining the financial markets group, Ms. Clark held a variety of positions at the Bank including national market research manager in the customer relations and support office, payments research manager in the economic research department, examiner in the capital markets unit, research coordinator in the national book-entry securities office and analyst in the loans and reserves department.

Her research has been published in the Journal of Payment Systems Law and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Chicago Fed Letter and Economic Perspectives. Ms. Clark has a B.A. from St. Xavier College and an M.A. from the University of Chicago.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” will bring insights for investors and speed traders who need to protect and refine their competitive advantage in a world dominated by algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Recognized practitioners, regulators, experts, and strategists will return to High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 to provide attendees with the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking.

Topics that will be discussed at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 include the movement toward emerging markets and multi asset trading in pursue of alpha, how new technologies are dramatically changing the game and a thorough look at the upcoming regulatory changes in America, Europe and Asia.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Business

Chicago University Professor, Yuri Balasanov, Speaker at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013

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Building off of the momentum of past conferences, Golden Networking brings back High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, October 8, at UBS Conference Center.

New York City, NY, USA (October 4, 2013) — Mr. Yuri Balasanov, Professor of Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago, will be among other high-profile panelists at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), forum that will provide investors and speed traders on October 8 with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field.

Mr. Balasanov was recently Head of Trading Research at Toji Trading Group. He serves as Faculty at The Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics and Program on Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago. Research Software International has provided consulting services for the financial industry for more than 20 years. The Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics of the University of Chicago advances the understanding of the increasingly complex world of financial markets by integrating mathematics, statistics, and economics.

Mr. Balasanov has worked in the financial industry since 1991. He has been teaching Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago since 1997. Mr. Balasanov has served as a leading quantitative researcher at Chicago Research and Trading, Bank of America, and Ritchie Capital Management. He has more than 10 years of experience as a quantitative trader and risk manager. He has held the positions of chief investment officer at Lotsoff Capital Management and AQ Strategies.

Prior to becoming an industry practitioner, Mr. Balasanov taught at the Moscow State University, Russia, where he also received his Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Ph. D. in Probability and Statistics.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Alexander Fleiss, Chairman of Rebellion Research, at Golden Networking’s HFT Conference Chicago 2013

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Building off of the momentum of past conferences, Golden Networking brings back High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, October 8, at UBS Conference Center.

New York City, NY, USA (October 4, 2013) — Alexander Fleiss, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Rebellion Research, will be among other high-profile panelists at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), forum that will provide investors and speed traders on October 8 with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field.

Rebellion Research is a global macro hedge fund and financial advisory that invests across all asset classes and is based in New York. Mr. Fleiss also oversees the firm’s institutional research division, Rebellion Economics, which offers coverage of 44 countries.

Mr. Fleiss has been featured on Fox News, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal. Prior to co-founding Rebellion Research in 2007, Mr. Fleiss served as a Principal at KMF Partners LP, a long-short US equity fund. While at KMF, he was primarily responsible for investments in the financial service, technology and consumer industries.

Mr. Fleiss began his investment career as an analyst for Sloate, Weisman, Murray & Co which was acquired by Neuberger Berman. Mr. Fleiss developed investment algorithms. Mr. Fleiss received a BA Degree from Amherst College.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” will bring insights for investors and speed traders who need to protect and refine their competitive advantage in a world dominated by algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Recognized practitioners, regulators, experts, and strategists will return to High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 to provide attendees with the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Blog Beast Creates A Home Business Marketing System

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Blog Beast Creates A Home Business Marketing System. Blog Beast has created a marketing plate form to help any local business get found by their customers.

Eagan, MN, October 03, 2013 – Blog Beast Creates A Home Business Marketing System. Blog Beast has created a marketing plate form to help any local business get found by their customers. This new viral marketing system makes it easy to dominate a local community Nilsson says because it eliminates the technical problems in building a website.

Blog Beast will help all business to dominate your local or even regional market and explode your business online, all without spending more than a couple extra hours a week. AND it will cost you WAY less than traditional advertising methods such as yellow book ads, direct mail campaigns, bill boards, or newspaper ads.

Blog Beast simplifies the audio/video blogging experience by allowing the user to record video or audio with the aid of a mobile app. With two simple clicks, anyone can post a podcast or video online from a smartphone or computer, making Blog Beast essentially “grandma-proof.”

Sharing is also easier because Blog Beast allows users to reblog posts from other Blog Beast sites, giving the original author credit, while posting the content within their own blogs. A new proprietary commenting feature allows readers to share blogs and their blog comments on social media platforms with links back to the original blog posts.

Nilsson says, After intentionally staying on the fringe of the Home Business/Network Marketing Industry for a dozen years, the careful evaluation and due diligence of a dozen different top internet marketing systems, it was obvious that Blog Beast had the perfect combination of product, leadership, training and appropriate market timing. It’s very rare to have all of these elements come together in one powerful structure all at the same time. Together we can make a huge and important difference in people’s lives.

If you are interested in learning more on how Chad Nilsson can help you, Mr. Nilsson can be reached at 651-330-8032 Or visit him online at: Chad.nilsson@gmail.com or http://WhoIsChadNilsson.com

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Contact:
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Travel

VIETNAM-based Luxury Travel Marks the Debut of Cambodia’s first High-End Tour Operator through a Joint-Venture

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Cambodia’s First Premium Travel and Tour Operator Launches.

Hanoi, Vietnam, October 3, 2013 — A new joint venture between a Vietnamese and Cambodian partner has taken place to promote quality tourism in the Kingdom of Cambodia as Luxury Travel Ltd. (http://www.luxurytravels.asia) is set to launch “Asia Premium Travel” to promote luxury travel in the kingdom of Cambodia as part of its expansion strategy.

Consolidating the talent of other travel experts in Cambodia, Luxury Travel Ltd. has set up a joint venture, “Asia Premium Travel http://www.asiapremiumtravel.com“, which will launch this October, with its head office in Siem Reap and a branch office in Phnom Penh.

Explaining the rationale behind a Cambodian joint venture operation, Pham Ha, CEO of Luxury Travel and the main shareholder of the joint-venture, said: “Luxury tourism is booming in Cambodia, and our luxury bookings to Cambodia increased remarkably last year and continued to rise in 2013. We have series bookings for 2014.”

“We have two friends who are passionate about developing quality tourism in Cambodia and are tourism experts with vast local knowledge, (while) I have the market (reach) and know-how in luxury travel.”

Teeming with history, marvelous architecture and awash in natural beauty, Cambodia is fast becoming a must see destination in Southeast Asia. And, although a lengthy period of internal strife and civil war curtailed travel to Cambodia for the better part of three decades, the establishment of peace has spurred a rise in tourism, which (accompanied by a hotel construction boom in Siem Reap, Phnom Penh and Sihanouk Ville) has made the area an exotic, high-end destination in the Mekong region.

“Luxury accommodation options in Cambodia are increasing in number, citing Song Saa Private Island in Sihanoukville and Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra in Phnom Penh, Park Hyatt in Siem Reap as examples.” Chea Win, co-founder and CEO of Asia Premium Travel Ltd.

“Our purpose is to build the first Cambodia-based premium luxury travel company which provides full travel service and develops luxury hotel stays, cruises and restaurant visits in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Mekong sub region. Our team will be our clients’ personal experience guides and our mission will be to provide the world’s most authentic luxury travel experiences in Cambodia and the region.”

Asia Premium Travel’s (http://www.asiapremiumtravel.com) main business activities will focus on chic inbound/outbound operations, luxury adventures, custom tours, romance, wellness and spa destinations, MICE, family travel and private travel arrangements for stars, celebrities, royal and government clientele. All of this will include arranging private jet and yacht cruises and anything else required, as nothing is impossible our estimation.

“We define premium travel as experiential. The beauty of our Cambodian high-end travel experience tours is the flavors of first-hand knowledge plus unique, sophisticated and excellent service handled by local travel experts. We focus on FIT, MICE and tailor made experiences for special interests” says Phan An, co-founder and DOSM of Asia Premium Travel.

“Each experience has been carefully designed to capture the crème de la crème, essence, culture or food of each region, allowing clients to really absorb the experience and engage in a cultural exchange, while flowing smoothly from place to place, and allowing time for relaxation and exploration at their own pace. Of course, any travel experience can be modified to suit their tastes, timeframe, budget, and special interests.”

Asia Pacific is the main force for Cambodian tourism, and Vietnam is a big market in particular, but the company will also aim to attract long haul travelers from Europe, America and Australia, who are seeking to explore Cambodia.

Luxury Travel Ltd. (http://www.luxurytravels.asia) has a very good reputation, as well as offices throughout Vietnam, which makes this a good partnership due to more airline and road connections between the two countries. Also, international travelers also prefer combining Vietnam and Cambodia into one single destination.

Cambodia received some 3.5 million foreign arrivals last year, a 24 per cent year-on-year rise. About 75 per cent of tourists were from the Asia-Pacific region, 16 per cent from Europe and the rest from other parts of the world.

About Asia Premium Travel Ltd.
The first Cambodia-based premium travel and tour operator for the Mekong region, Asia Premium Travel will be known for their custom high-end journeys, first-hand destination knowledge, dedication to highly personalized experiences, insider access, and unsurpassed service to an elite clientele. Asia Premium Travel (http://www.asiapremiumtravel.com) provides travelers the world’s most authentic luxury travel experiences, and their travel advisors work with the discerning, adventurous and curious travelers across the globe seeking a highly personalized luxury travel experiences. Their team of luxury travel specialists will customize the trip of a life time experience for their clients.

About Luxury Travel
Vietnam’s first luxury tour operator/DMC (http://www.luxurytravels.asia) and based in Hanoi, with offices throughout Vietnam, Luxury Travel Ltd. opened in 2004. The Luxury Travel Company Limited has its own offices, luxury vehicles, luxury travel advisors, and representative offices in California, London, Paris, Berlin, Brisbane, and a joint-venture company Cambodia. The company’s depth of experience and large infrastructure enable it to create unique itineraries with the operational confidence to fulfill the most sophisticated traveler’s expectations. Luxury Travel Ltd. has won numerous travel awards for excellent performance including the most recent Guide Award 2013: “The leading specialist in the art of travel with luxurious and private service”.

Media Contact:
Link Doan
Luxury Travel Group Ltd
05 Nguyen Truong To Str.,
Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
84439274120
marketing13@luxurytravelvietnam.com
http://www.LuxuryTravelVietnam.com