Virtual Piggy Partners with Prepaid Industry Leader InComm
Virtual Piggy Partners with Prepaid Industry Leader InComm
Hundreds of brands to be available on shop.virtualpiggy.com
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCBB: VPIG) announced today that it has teamed with InComm, a leading prepaid product and transaction services company, to provide digital delivery of gift cards within the Virtual Piggy online store at shop.virtualpiggy.com.
Virtual Piggy provides a secure COPPA-compliant solution to allow families to purchase and manage gift cards. The Virtual Piggy shop (shop.virtualpiggy.com) already features over 40 favorite brands, including Barnes & Noble and Sephora. Virtual Piggy's Family NetworkTM allows extended family members and friends to quickly and easily give digital gift cards to the teens/tweens in their network. Virtual Piggy's mobile app allows teens/tweens to aggregate and manage their gift cards and spend in-store or online.
"Virtual Piggy is a unique distribution channel," said Mike Fletcher, SVP, InComm. "We are excited to enable digital delivery of gift cards to and for the youth market powered by the family-friendly, Virtual Piggy technology."
"InComm is an industry-leading provider of prepaid products, services and transaction technologies with an extensive inventory of family-friendly, kid-focused prepaid products," said Dr. Jo Webber, Founder and CEO of Virtual Piggy. "We are thrilled to integrate with InComm to provide digital delivery of gift cards to our youth-oriented consumer base."
For more information about Virtual Piggy visit www.VirtualPiggy.com.
About Virtual Piggy, Inc.
Virtual Piggy, Inc. is the first e-commerce solution that enables kids to manage and spend money within a parent-controlled environment. 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. Virtual Piggy enables the Under 18 audience to play, transact and socialize in a secure online environment guided by parental permission, oversight and control. The company is based in Hermosa Beach, CA and on the Web at: www.virtualpiggy.com
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