EANS-News: asknet AG / asknet Partners with omba on eCommerce Payment Solutions

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Subtitle: Global eShops Provider partners with international Payment
Service Provider to expand global offering on payment methods

Karlsruhe/Berlin (euro adhoc) - October 6, 2011 - asknet, a leading
provider of global eCommerce solutions that increase sales and expand
markets for software and digital media companies, today announced a
partnership with the international Payment Service Provider (PSP)
omba. The strategic relationship allows asknet to offer additional
payment options for its customers´ commerce sites including
Sofortbanking, one of the most often used ePayment systems in
Germany, as well as Postfinance.

"The international payment expertise of omba paired with asknet´s
industry knowledge complement each other in an optimal way for our
customers," said Michael Konrad, Co-CEO of asknet AG. "The
partnership with omba works well with the asknet philosophy to always
strive to offer our customers a wide variety of payment methods,
which can be a challenge for merchants in the highly dynamic
eCommerce market. With omba, we now offer our customers a more
expansive choice of payment options."

Thomas Tittelbach, Managing Director of omba GmbH, looks forward to
the success of the relationship. "We are excited to work with asknet
to expand its ePayment offerings with local payment methods. This
alliance demonstrates our ability to provide payment methods for both
established markets and new ones."

In addition to well-established payment options, omba´s portfolio is
constantly growing with local payment methods in emerging markets
such as Latin America, Russia and China.

About asknet: asknet offers its clients customized outsourcing
solutions for global software sales via the Internet. Founded in 1995
as a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, formerly
the University of Karlsruhe), the company has become a leading
independent global provider for electronic software distribution. In
addition to its fully integrated shop solutions for software
publishers, the company develops and maintains portals for software
distribution such as softwarehouse.de, one of Europe's largest
platform for downloads of standard software. In 2010, asknet posted
sales of approximately EUR 72.7 million. asknet´s clients include
numerous providers of specialty software such as F-Secure, IS3, Nero,
NetObjects, Norman, and Panda Security. The company also supplies
software products to around eighty percent of German universities.

Press contact asknet:
asknet AG
Martina Oerther
Telefon: +49/721/96458-6369
E-Mail: martina.oerther@asknet.com

About omba: Omba is an international Payment Service Provider for
merchants that process international transactions. The company
focuses on international markets with above-average growth rates.
Based in Germany, omba offers various payment methods via a unified
interface to support the further revenue growth of merchants.

Press contact omba:
omba GmbH
Thomas Tittelbach
Stendaler Str. 4
10559 Berlin
Email: thomas@ombapay.com
www.ombapay.com

Further inquiry note:
Martina Oerther
Director Corporate Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0)721 96 458-6369
Email: martina.oerther@asknet.com

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company: asknet AG
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3
D-76131 Karlsruhe
phone: +49 (0)721 96 458 6369
FAX: +49 (0)721-96 45899
mail: info@asknet.de
WWW: http://www.asknet.de
sector: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München, Open Market /
Entry Standard: Frankfurt
language: English