Net Element's Digital Provider Enables Mobile Payments at Vnukovo Airport

MIAMI, FL and MOSCOW, RUSSIA--(Marketwired - Jun 7, 2016) - Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) ("Net Element" or the "Company"), a provider of global mobile payment technology solutions and value-added transactional services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Digital Provider has enabled mobile payments acceptance for Wi-Fi Internet access at Vnukovo International Airport.

Vnukovo International Airport is a dual runway international airport located 28 kilometers (17 mi) southwest from the center of Moscow, Russia. It is one of the three major airports that serve Moscow. In 2015, the airport handled 15.8 million passengers and it is the third-busiest airport in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States ("CIS").

Customers are able to pay for on-demand and subscription-based Wi-Fi Internet services using the one-click payments module, which is a part of Digital Provider's proprietary Trinity Platform that allows Digital Provider to bill mobile operator, credit or debit card for charges incurred during a Wi-Fi session.

Digital Provider was chosen for its security and its ability to be seamlessly integrated into any existing platform. Trinity Platform's powerful transaction processing engine enables airports, airlines, parking operators, ticket platforms, convention centers, stadiums, municipalities, universities, restaurants and an array of consumer-facing websites to allow their customers to easily purchase and pay for services and transportation services using any device having Internet access.

"We are pleased with the solution offered by Digital Provider, which enables our customers to use mobile payments acceptance and enhance their experience at Vnukovo International Airport," commented Aleksey Gurevich, IT Director of Vnukovo International Airport.

"We are proud to be chosen by Vnukovo International Airport and we will aim to expand our services to other key infrastructure and municipality projects in selected emerging markets," commented Mikhail Shabanov, CEO of Digital Provider.

About Net Element
Net Element, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETE) operates a payments-as-a-service transactional and value-added services platform for small to medium enterprise ("SME") in the US and selected emerging 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, Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan where initiatives have been recently launched. Further information is available at www.netelement.com.

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