Net Element's Unified Payments Supports Florida SMB Merchants Affected by Hurricane Irma with Free Mobile Point of Sale Credit Card Readers

New and existing merchants in Florida will receive a free mPOS Swiper


MIAMI, FL--(Marketwired - Sep 18, 2017) - Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) ("Net Element" or the "Company"), a global financial technology and value-added solutions group that supports electronic payments acceptance in an omni-channel environment spanning across point-of-sale (POS), e-commerce and mobile devices, today announces that its Unified Payments subsidiary has launched an mPOS credit card reader give away to all merchants affected by the storm.

Thousands of businesses in Florida are still without electric power and unable to take credit card payments from their customers. Unified Payment's Mobile Point of Sale solution helps businesses get up and running in no time. Merchants can claim their free swiper by calling Unified Payments at 1.877.614.5054 or Online at www.unifiedpayments.com and following these three easy steps:

1. Download the Unified mPOS application for Apple iOS, Android Google Play or sign-up Online
2. Get approval email
3. Login and Start Processing

"Hurricane Irma caused significant damage to thousands of businesses in Florida. We want to support all merchants affected by the storm by helping them get back to business quickly," commented Vlad Sadovskiy, President of Integrated Payments for Net Element.

About Net Element
Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) operates a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprise ("SME") in the US and selected emerging markets. In the US it aims to grow transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services such as its cloud based, restaurant and retail point-of-sale solution Aptito. Internationally, Net Element's strategy is to leverage its omni-channel platform to deliver flexible offerings to emerging markets with diverse banking, regulatory and demographic conditions such as UAE, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan where initiatives have been recently launched. Net Element was named in 2016 by South Florida Business Journal as one of the fastest growing technology companies. Further information is available at www.netelement.com.

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