EXHIBIT 99.1
Mobetize Enters into a Commercial Agreement with Tata Communications (America) Inc.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, February 2, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mobetize Corp.
(OTCQB:MPAY), a provider of mobile financial services (MFS) technology for the multi-billion
dollar business to business (B2B) segment of the FinTech as a Service (FaaS) sector, is
pleased to announce it has entered into a Software License, Customization Development and
Service Level Agreement (the “Commercial Agreement”) with Tata Communications (America)
Inc. (“Tata America”).
The Agreement
Mobetize and Tata America have entered into the Commercial Agreement to govern the global
deployment of products and services through the Mobetize B2B FinTech Hub (“Hub”) for Tata
America’s customers based on a licensing model.
The Agreement is a five year strategic partnership which has three distinct contractual goals
and delivery obligations tied to the relationship:
1.
the realization of revenue from anticipated service level support fees and the
sharing of transactional proceeds;
2.
a technology alliance to jointly advance Fintech innovation in order to enhance
revenue sharing opportunities;
3.
a research and development partnership intended to encourage new product
innovation
in FinTech.
Mobetize has been working with Tata America over the past 12 months under an interim
agreement as a mobile money technology partner. The execution of the Commercial Agreement
was a natural progression of its relationship with Tata America. The Commercial Agreement
also goes a long way towards validating Mobetize’s business model and its unique positioning
as an industry leading FaaS innovator.
"Mobetize is a key partner in enabling Tata America’s Mobile money strategy. The innovative
Hub platform and team of industry experts delivers unique solutions that can bridge financial
services and mobility", stated Frederic Dingemans, Head of Mobile Money Enablement for Tata
America.
“Tata America is the ideal partner to expand our global reach and scale operations. Our
partnership is clearly focused on collaboration, innovation and long term growth opportunities.
Based on the demand for Fintech over the past 12 months in collaboration with Tata’s team and
their customers, we anticipate significant growth in our technology, resources and revenues,”
stated Ajay Hans, CEO, Mobetize.
EXHIBIT 99.1
About Tata Communications (America) Inc.
Tata America is a division of Tata Communications Ltd, a global company with its roots in
emerging markets (‘Tata Communications”). Headquartered in Mumbai and Singapore, it has
more than 8,000 employees across 38 countries. The $3.2 billion company is listed on the
Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India. Tata Communications is
the flagship telecoms arm of the $103.3 billion Tata Group.
Tata Communications is the largest wholesale voice carrier carrying 53 billion minutes of
wholesale voice traffic annually and 1,600 telcos use Tata Communication’s network (70% of
the world’s mobile network operators.
http://www.tatacommunications.com/about
About Mobetize Corp.
Mobetize Corp. (OTCQB:MPAY) has developed a global B2B Fintech as a Service (FaaS)
Supermarket. Mobetize digitizes bricks and mortar financial services to deliver mobile money
services to leading telecommunications companies and financial institutions. Mobetize ensures
end-to-end integration for services such as prepaid air-time top ups, data gifting, mobile lending,
international money transfers, P2P transfers, Visa™/MasterCard™ programs and mobile bill
payments. Mobetize seamlessly integrates and white labels its secure mobile money platform
services for customers who then offer the services to millions of users. Mobetize experts to help
telecom and banking providers discover new revenues, new customer relationships and
navigate the emerging Fintech ecosystem. For more information, visit http://www.mobetize.com
.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release includes statements that are not historical in nature and may be
characterized as "forward-looking statements," including those related to future financial and
operating results, benefits, and synergies of the combined companies, statements concerning
Mobetize's outlook, pricing trends, and forces within the industry, the completion dates of capital
projects, expected sales growth, cost reduction strategies, and their results, long-term goals of
Mobetize and other statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated
events or trends, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. All
predictions as to future results contain a measure of uncertainty and, accordingly, actual results
could differ materially. Among the factors which could cause a difference are: changes in the
general economy; changes in demand for Mobetize's products or in the cost and availability of
its rawmaterials; the actions of its competitors; the success of our customers; technological
change; changes in employee relations; government regulations; litigation, including its inherent
uncertainty; difficulties in plant operations and materials; transportation, environmental matters;
and other unforeseen circumstances. A number of these factors are discussed in Mobetize's
previous filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mobetize disclaims any intention
or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring
after the date of this press release.
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