Net Element's PayOnline Launches Loyalty Program f

MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - May 30, 2017) - Net Element, Inc. ( NASDAQ : NETE ), a global financial technology and value-added solutions group that supports companies in accepting electronic payments in an omni-channel environment that spans across point-of-sale (POS), e-commerce and mobile devices, today announces that its PayOnline subsidiary launched a Loyalty Program offering to its merchants.

The PayOnline Loyalty Program, available at http://payonline.ru/en/whoweare/ , provides merchants access to valuable discounts and special deals for relevant business services. Livetex, CoMagic, VertComm, Trilan, ISPserver, UiS and ExpressRMS are offering PayOnline's merchants with special terms of service. All active PayOnline merchants in Russia and Kazakhstan now have access to the program.

The Loyalty Program allows PayOnline's merchants to obtain special deals for important services required for each Internet business:

• SEO optimization and competitive analysis ("Trilan"),
• Online consultant (Livetex),
• Digital telephony (UiS),
• Website hosting and domain registration (ISPserver),
• Analysis of the effectiveness of advertising on the Internet (CoMagic),
• Fulfillment and courier services (ExpressRMS),
• Souvenir products for business (VertComm).

"Payment is at the heart of any online company, but by providing access to a select few business service providers PayOnline is aiming to become a gateway for merchants starting or developing their business," commented Marat Abasaliev, CEO of PayOnline.

PayOnline invites professional e-commerce service providers to join the Loyalty Program at: http://payonline.ru/en/whoweare/ .

About Net Element Net Element, Inc. ( NASDAQ : NETE ) operates a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprise ("SME") in the US and selected emerging markets. In the US it aims to grow transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services such as its cloud based, restaurant and retail point-of-sale solution Aptito. Internationally, Net Element's strategy is to leverage its omni-channel platform to deliver flexible offerings to emerging markets with diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions such as UAE, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan where initiatives have been recently launched. Net Element was named in 2016 by South Florida Business Journal as one of the fastest growing technology companies. Further information is available at www.netelement.com .

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