$VPIG Virtual Piggy Awarded Best Online Consumer P
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Posted On: 11/19/2013 8:01:58 AM
$VPIG Virtual Piggy Awarded Best Online Consumer Payments Solution
Safe youth payments technology honored at 2013 Payment Awards
Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCQB:VPIG), an innovator in safe youth payments, today announced that it received the Best Online Consumer Payments Solution award in London last Thursday at the FStech and Retail Systems Payments Awards. The company was recognized alongside payment industry companies including Barclays, VeriFone, WorldPay and Kount. The FStech and Retail Systems Payments Awards recognises payments excellence and technology innovation within the UK and EMEA.
“Virtual Piggy is an innovative solution that will change the way consumers teach their children financial management and how kids and teens learn to save,” said Scott Thompson, Chairman of the Payments Awards Judging Panel / Editor of FStech. “Their COPPA-compliant solution allows parents to empower their children with some degree of autonomy and responsibility in online shopping and gaming, while remaining in control. It is truly revolutionary.”
For information about Virtual Piggy visit www.VirtualPiggy.com.
About Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Virtual Piggy is a unique technology that promotes financial management while empowering youth under 18 to make purchasing, saving and other money management decisions for themselves, within the boundaries setup by parents. Virtual Piggy serves as a family wallet that is available online or via mobile, and is 100% free to use. The award-winning technology is the only COPPA-compliant payment solution designed to allow retailers and game publishers to reach under 18 consumers in a safe, legal and effective manner. The company is based in Hermosa Beach, CA and on the Web at: www.virtualpiggy.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
All statements herein other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to raise additional capital, our limited operating history and revenue, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, our dependence on third party developers, our ability to develop new services, market acceptance of our services, legislative, regulatory and competitive developments, enforcement of our intellectual property, general economic conditions, as well as other factors set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Forms 10-K filed with the SEC, and other filings with the SEC.
US:
Public Relations
Sarah Hall Productions
Jenna Guarneri, 212-529-1598
Jenna@SHPNY.com
or
Investor Relations
Investor Awareness
Tony Schor, 847-945-2222 ext. 221
tony@investorawareness.com
or
UK:
Suzanne Noble, +44 7957 371840
snoble@virtualpiggy.com
Safe youth payments technology honored at 2013 Payment Awards
Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCQB:VPIG), an innovator in safe youth payments, today announced that it received the Best Online Consumer Payments Solution award in London last Thursday at the FStech and Retail Systems Payments Awards. The company was recognized alongside payment industry companies including Barclays, VeriFone, WorldPay and Kount. The FStech and Retail Systems Payments Awards recognises payments excellence and technology innovation within the UK and EMEA.
“Virtual Piggy is an innovative solution that will change the way consumers teach their children financial management and how kids and teens learn to save,” said Scott Thompson, Chairman of the Payments Awards Judging Panel / Editor of FStech. “Their COPPA-compliant solution allows parents to empower their children with some degree of autonomy and responsibility in online shopping and gaming, while remaining in control. It is truly revolutionary.”
For information about Virtual Piggy visit www.VirtualPiggy.com.
About Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Virtual Piggy is a unique technology that promotes financial management while empowering youth under 18 to make purchasing, saving and other money management decisions for themselves, within the boundaries setup by parents. Virtual Piggy serves as a family wallet that is available online or via mobile, and is 100% free to use. The award-winning technology is the only COPPA-compliant payment solution designed to allow retailers and game publishers to reach under 18 consumers in a safe, legal and effective manner. The company is based in Hermosa Beach, CA and on the Web at: www.virtualpiggy.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
All statements herein other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date hereof. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to raise additional capital, our limited operating history and revenue, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, our dependence on third party developers, our ability to develop new services, market acceptance of our services, legislative, regulatory and competitive developments, enforcement of our intellectual property, general economic conditions, as well as other factors set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Forms 10-K filed with the SEC, and other filings with the SEC.
US:
Public Relations
Sarah Hall Productions
Jenna Guarneri, 212-529-1598
Jenna@SHPNY.com
or
Investor Relations
Investor Awareness
Tony Schor, 847-945-2222 ext. 221
tony@investorawareness.com
or
UK:
Suzanne Noble, +44 7957 371840
snoble@virtualpiggy.com
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