Virtual Piggy Teams Up with Live Gamer
Virtual Piggy Teams Up with Live Gamer
Partnership with Live Gamer delivers safe youth transaction solutions to Digital Media and Online Gaming industries
LOS ANGELES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCBB: VPIG), an innovator in safe youth payments, today announced that it will provide its youth-friendly payment system to Live Gamer.
Live Gamer is the leading global monetization provider, with an advanced industry-leading micro-transaction engine, and global payment gateways covering more than 200 countries, including hard to reach territories in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and Russia.
"Virtual Piggy provides an innovative new addition to our platform," said Clayton Foster, General Manager of Global Payments at Live Gamer. "Now all our major publishers will have access to safe youth payments online, giving them a new way to monetize an untapped market. We think this partnership will make a huge impact for their revenue opportunities."
"This partnership with Live Gamer will not only expand our technology to a large new user base, but will also make our payment option accessible to many of North America's leading game publishers," said Virtual Piggy Founder and CEO Dr. Jo Webber. "It's a huge leap forward for our presence online in the gaming and digital entertainment space, and we're extremely excited by the potential."
For information about Virtual Piggy visit www.VirtualPiggy.com
About Live Gamer
Live Gamer is the world's leading provider of e-commerce solutions for the gaming and digital entertainment industries. With an advanced microtransaction and virtual economy engine, global payment gateways, worldwide ad network and video incentive advertising platform, Live Gamer helps online entertainment companies drive maximize revenue from their content, and connects advertisers to a network of over 60 million users across the US and Europe. Live Gamer's technology has been adopted by leading publishers in gaming, entertainment and social including Facebook, GREE, Electronic Arts, EMI, Take 2, Sony Online and Conde Nast. Advertisers on the Live Gamer Media network include Blizzard, KFC, Best Buy and Sony Computer Entertainment. For more information on Live Gamer and its Elements, Ad Elements, and gamerDNA media services, please visit www.livegamer.com.
About Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Virtual Piggy, Inc. is the first e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage and spend money within parental controls. It enables parents to teach financial management through the use secure family wallet that is available online or via mobile and is always 100% free to use. The technology company delivers online security platforms designed for the Under 18 age group in the global online market, and also enables online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") and similar international children's privacy laws. The company is based in Hermosa Beach, CA and on the Web at: www.virtualpiggy.com
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Public Relations
Sarah Hall Productions
Jenna Guarneri, 212-529-1598
Jenna@SHPNY.com
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Investor Relations
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Peter Seltzberg, 646-415-8972
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Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Suzanne Noble, +44 7957 371840
snoble@virtualpiggy.com
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