Calpian, Inc. (CLPI) announces today that Harold Montgomery, Calpian Chairman and CEO, will lead a panel discussion at the American Conference Institute’s 5th National Forum on Emerging Payment Systems being held at the Omni San Francisco Hotel, San Francisco, CA on March 22-23, 2013.

On March 22, from 11:10 am-12:30 pm, Mr. Montgomery’s panel will address the subject of the International Emerging Payments Landscape. Also in attendance will be industry leaders from PayPal, American Express, Square, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Stripe, WalMart, Western Union, Visa, Citigroup, Skrill, Payza, Wells Fargo, MoneyGram, BillFloat, Green Dot, TSYS, PayNearMe, PreCash, VANTIV, Paysafecard.com and many other leading organizations in the financial and payments industries.

For more information about The National Forum on Emerging Payment Systems, please visit: www.AmericanConference.com/EmergingPayments

About Calpian, Inc.

Calpian, Inc. (OTC:CLPI) is a publicly traded company with corporate offices in Dallas, Texas and mobile payments emerging-market operations through its subsidiary in India. Calpian’s U.S. business focuses on the 10,000 Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) that serve approximately two million small merchants across all industries in the U.S. who pay an estimated $1 billion in annual residuals. Calpian’s Indian subsidiary offers Money-on-Mobile, a pre-paid mobile payment solution, to more than 122,340 Indian retail locations. Calpian’s management team has over 70 years in combined experience in the payments business. Calpian’s CEO, Harold Montgomery, is a recognized industry leader who has provided expert testimony to the U.S. Congress and Federal Reserve Bank on payments-related issues and regularly appears in numerous industry publications, such as Transaction World Magazine. Please visit our website at www.calpian.com for more information.