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epay - NWIDAepay joins the National Wireless Independent Dealer Association (NWIDA)

West Orange, NJ – The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association (NWIDA), a trade association for independent wireless dealers, announced today that epay North America, a division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT) and a leading global distributor of electronic prepaid products and solutions, has joined its membership program.

In the US wireless market, epay is best known for its exclusive programs with Boost Mobile and T-Mobile Prepaid and, most recently, offering a full-service prepaid wireless dealer program with Verizon.

“Partnering with NWIDA is a logical extension of our distribution strategy, and beneficial to both organizations,” said Jay Cisinsky, Executive Vice President of epay. “As a member of NWIDA, we are eager to share our industry-leading programs with NWIDA’s wireless dealer members to help them grow their profits and footfall in their stores.”

Adam Wolf, President of NWIDA said:

“We’re thrilled to have epay as our first prepaid processor member given the high-value they deliver to our dealer members, especially their prepaid programs with Verizon and other mobile operators and MVNOs. It’s our goal to help the relationship between the dealers and the service providers grow – and grow stronger. We feel that working directly with epay will help take their businesses to the next level.”

Carriers and MVNOs can join by calling NWIDA at 919.694.3298 or visiting nwida.org/carrier-mvno-membership.

About NWIDA

The National Wireless Independent Dealer Association (NWIDA – www.nwida.org) was established to provide competitive balance to the independent wireless retail and repair stores. NWIDA provides an advocacy and strong voice at the local, state and federal levels for industry and dealer friendly legislation. By taking advantage of extended buying power, NWIDA members save 10-50% on products and services used every day.

Retail Membership is open to any independently owned wireless business and is available in 3, 6 and 12 month options. There is no application fee. NWIDA can be contacted through their website (www.NWIDA.org), via phone (919-NWIDA-98) or email (info@nwida.org)

About epay

epay is a world-leading, full-service provider for payment processing and prepaid solutions that processed 1.5 billion transactions in 2019. The company has built up an extensive network of retailers with 728,000 point-of-sale terminals in 53 countries, to connect renowned brands with consumers all around the world. In the US, epay offers a wide array of solutions for major retailers, independent wireless dealers, mobile operators and content brands including new subscriber acquisition solutions and strategies, real-time subscriber activations and top-ups, digital and physical gift cards, financial settlement and commission processing and full-service merchandising solutions.

epay is a division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: EEFT), a Kansas-based company which earned $2.7 billion in revenue in 2019, employing a staff of 7,700 employees and serving customers in 170 countries. For more information on epay, visit: www.epayworldwide.com

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