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Optimal Payments - Trading ahead of expectations

February 2014

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A fabulous month for the shares after Optimal said that following a strong H2,results for 2013 will exceed market expectations. No surprises there! Sales should be not less than US$245m with ebitda more than doubling year-on-year to US51.5m.â€ The Neteller eWallet began to process US gaming transactions for the first time during H2 2013 and headcount has been increased. The Netbanx STP business performed strongly, especially in Asia. A key development is that Optimal has obtained principal membership for merchant acquiring from MasterCard Europe and Visa Europe. Optimal's process of taking on new merchants, until now, has involved its own client approval process along with that of the related card-acquiring bank but this c ...

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