Facebook Payments live in France

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Bango PLC

19 November 2012

 

19 November 2012

BANGO PLC

("Bango" or "the Company")

Facebook Payments live in France

Bango plc (AIM:BGO), the mobile payments and analytics company, announces that operator billing for purchases on Facebook, powered by Bango, is now live for Orange France subscribers.

Orange smartphone customers are now able to pay for digital goods and services on Facebook's mobile website, charging the cost to their phone bill. For more information please see: http://news.bango.com/2012/11/18/announcement-from-our-partner-orange-france/. Orange, owned by France Telecom, is the largest mobile operator in France with approximately 26 million subscribers.

Ray Anderson, Bango CEO, commented: "We are delighted to be powering operator billing in France for Facebook. The enhanced user experience for smartphones and other connected mobile devices means that Facebook users who connect either through the Orange network or through WiFi can consistently pay on their Orange France phone bill. Bango and Facebook are currently working on rolling out this new development across the rest of France and additional markets in Europe."

Contact Details:

Bango plc	Newgate Threadneedle	Cenkos Securities plc
Tel. [phone] www.bango.com	Tel. [phone]	Tel. [phone]
Ray Anderson, CEO	Caroline Evans-Jones	Ken Fleming
Peter Saxton, CFO	Fiona Conroy	Neil McDonald

About Bango

In the era of mobile technology, collecting payments has emerged as a central and complex challenge. Bango (AIM: BGO) powers payment and analytics on the mobile web, providing users with a massively smooth payment experience.

Bango's pervasive presence across the web creates a platform effect for partners, identifying hundreds of millions of users and maximizing the number of one click payments. Global leaders plug into Bango: customers include Facebook, BlackBerry App World, Windows Phone Store, Amazon and major mobile brands including CNN, Cartoon Network and EA Mobile. Visit: bango.com

 

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