Midpoint Adds Three New Currencies to Its Payments Platform

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Midpoint Holdings Ltd. ("Midpoint") (TSX VENTURE:MPT) is pleased to announce it has added three new currencies to its patented payments platform. Midpoint, which operates the world's first true peer to peer foreign currency payments service, has added United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED), Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) and Polish Zloty (PLN) to its matching (netting) platform. It currently offers the service in: Canadian Dollar (CAD), US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Swiss Franc (CHF), Danish Krone (DKK), Norwegian Krone (NOK), Swedish Krona (SEK) Australian Dollar (AUD) and New Zealand Dollar (NZD).

John Booth, Chairman & CEO of Midpoint, said, "The Middle East and Asia are both huge markets where Midpoint can offer true value to users. We are excited about offering peer-to-peer transactions that will provide cheaper, transparent cross border payments to millions more people. These new currency additions will both help expand use among our existing customers whilst opening up the platform to a whole new customer base. We continue to look at new geographies and plan to launch more currencies soon."

Following continued triple digit transaction growth quarter on quarter since inception, Midpoint reported over 176% growth in transactions from June 30, 2014 to end of Q1 just finished (September 30, 2014).

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