MIAMI, FL–(Jun 29, 2015) – Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) (“Net Element” or the “Company”) today announced signing by PayOnline of a new 3-year contract to process transactions for certain international dating networks, including AnastasiaDate, AmoLatina and AsianDate.

The social networks receive over 150 million online visitors annually and have over 4 million registered users that spend over 360 million hours on the sites per year.

Net Element currently manages, operates and is in the process of integrating the PayOnline group of companies pending closing of Net Element’s acquisition of the company.

The contract with the majority owner of the dating networks, Social Discovery Ventures (“SDV”), provides for minimum net revenues to Net Element in the amount of $1.2 million over 3 years and a minimum transaction processing commitment of $300 million.

The contract underscores Net Element’s advantage as a global payments-as-a-service platform that facilitates cross-border transactions yet on-boards through a single interface.

SDV’s dating networks will use PayOnline’s state-of-the-art global online payments gateway and fraud-management tools to manage its international online transaction processing.

“The millions of international users on our premium dating networks require a reliable service able to process high volume, cross-border transactions using all forms of payments,” commented Anthony Volpe, Social Discovery Ventures chief marketing officer. “We selected Net Element because they met that need.”

“This contract win demonstrates our ability to quickly derive value from strategic acquisitions and partnerships,” commented Oleg Firer, Net Element CEO. “As we emerge from a period of financial and business restructuring, we plan to see more such value driving developments as we progress into our growth phase.”

About Net Element
Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) operates a payments-as-a-service platform for small to medium enterprise (“SME”) in the US, Russian Federation and other international markets. In the US it aims to grow transactional revenue by innovating SME productivity services such as its cloud based, restaurant 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, India and Latin America. It maintains offices in Miami, FL and in Russia. Further information is available at www.netelement.com.

About Social Discovery Ventures

Social Discovery Ventures is the international umbrella brand for group of technology and software engineering companies, which provide platforms for social discovery, personal development, and online entertainment. SDV invests into, develops and supports a range of B2C Internet projects and brands under the framework of social discovery.

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