Announcement of Canaccord Genuity as Nomad and Broker

Monday 23 May 2011 - Optimal Payments Plc (LSE: OPAY), the leading alternative payments business, announces that it has appointed Canaccord Genuity Ltd. as its Nominated Adviser and Broker with immediate effect.

About Optimal Payments Plc Trusted by businesses and consumers in over 180 countries to move and manage billions of dollars each year, Optimal Payments Plc is the leading payments company offering a true alternative to banks and card schemes. Merchants use the NETBANX® processing service to simplify how they accept and settle card, direct-from-bank, and cash payments; and the NETELLER® payment account to increase margins, capture new customers and increase their lifetime value. Being independent has allowed the company to support tens-of-thousands of retailers and merchants in many geographies and across multiple industries. Optimal Payments Plc is quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM, with a ticker symbol of OPAY. Subsidiary company NETELLER (UK) Ltd is authorised and regulated as an e-money issuer by the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA). For more information about Optimal Payments visit www.optimalpaymentsplc.com