Calpian, Inc. is pleased to announce its launch as a publicly-traded company trading under the ticker symbol CLPI:OB, and its new public company business model targeted at leveraging the power of the public market to present ISOs and MSPs with unique opportunities to maximize the amount of return on their portfolios beyond their current monthly residual payments. Under the Company’s model, ISOs can become instantly more profitable with the potential to yield more real dollars per merchant with the same amount of sales effort.

Calpian CEO, Harold Montgomery, commented, "Calpian has created a once-in-a-generation opportunity for ISOs to maximize the value of their merchant portfolios by partnering with Calpian to take advantage of Calpian’s public company status and financial opportunities available to it as a publicly-traded entity. ISOs may also receive ongoing cash for their sales production and stay in control of their businesses."

About Calpian, Inc.

Calpian is a Dallas, Texas-based publicly-traded company operating in the electronic payments industry. The Company’s management team, with over 60 years experience in the electronic payments business, has been acquiring residuals successfully since 2002 under the “Calpian” brand through previous partnerships, and now is focusing its residuals acquisition efforts through the new Calpian publicly-traded entity. In that time, members of the Company management team have developed substantial experience in the industry and proprietary underwriting and portfolio monitoring capabilities that they now bring to the new Calpian public entity. Please visit our website at www.calpian.com.

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