Optimal Payments Plc - New partnership agreement with Daon

London, Tuesday, 1st October 2013 - Optimal Payments (AIM: OPAY) ("Optimal Payments"), a leading global online payments provider, and Daon, a leading identity services provider, today announce that they have entered into an agreement to work together strategically on solutions that will leverage Daon's biometric authentication system with Optimal's NETBANX and NETELLER payment services. The combined capabilities are especially important for market sectors where a high degree of customer identity certainty is required, such as regulated gaming, governmental, and financial services.