Planet Payment (PLPM) to Present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference

LONG BEACH, N.Y., Jan. 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Planet Payment, Inc. (Nasdaq:PLPM) (LSE:PPT) (LSE:PPTR), a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services, today announced that the Company will present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, N.Y. on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. The presentation will begin at 10:40 AM ET.

Investors and interested parties can access a live presentation by visiting the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.planetpayment.com at the appropriate time.

About Planet Payment

Planet Payment is a leading provider of international payment processing and multi-currency processing services. We provide our services in 18 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, primarily through our more than 45 acquiring bank and processor customers. Our point-of-sale and e-commerce services help merchants sell more goods and services to consumers, and together with our ATM services are integrated within the payment card transaction flow enabling our acquiring customers, their merchants and consumers to shop, pay, transact and reconcile payment transactions in multiple currencies, geographies and channels.

Planet Payment is headquartered in New York and has offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Bermuda, Delaware, Dubai, Dublin, London, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Shanghai and Singapore. Visit ww.planetpayment.com for more information about the Company and its services. For up-to-date information follow Planet Payment on Twitter at @PlanetPayment or join Planet Payment’s Facebook page.

CONTACT: Media Relations:

         Planet Payment
         Contact: Robert Cox, CFO
         Telephone: +1.516.670.3200 

         Redleaf Polhill (UK PR for Planet Payment)
         Contacts: Emma Kane / Henry Columbine / David Ison
         Telephone: +44.20.7566.6720
         Email:  planet@redleafpolhill.com

         ICR (US PR for Planet Payment)
         Contacts: Don Duffy / Dara Dierks
         Telephone: +1.646.277.1212