EVO Platinum Services Group Chooses SparkBase to Provide Loyalty, Gift

Card and Mobile Marketing Program

EVO Platinum Services Group (EPSG), a division of EVO Merchant Services, the largest
privately-held acquirer in the United States and Canada, selected SparkBase to power its Platinum
Rewards Network. SparkBase is the leading provider of white-label reward, gift card and mobile
marketing solutions for financial services providers.

Cleveland, OH, March 23, 2011 --(PR.com)-- SparkBase (www.sparkbase.com), a leading loyalty and
gift card network for financial services providers, announced today that EVO Platinum Services Group
(EPSG), a division of EVO Merchant Services, selected SparkBase to power its Platinum Rewards
Network offering (www.platinumrewardsnetwork.net). EVO Platinum Services Group is a professional
sales organization and internal division representing EVO Merchant Services. EVO Merchant Services is
the largest privately held acquirer in the United States and Canada providing services for over 250,000
businesses across North America, representing over $23 billion of volume and processing more than 340
million transactions annually.

“We looked at a number of loyalty, gift card, and mobile marketing solutions and selected SparkBase for
Platinum Rewards Network because it was the best strategic fit for both our current and future needs,”
said Paul Compton, Chief Sales Officer of EVO Platinum Services Group. Platinum Rewards Network is
an all-in-one loyalty marketing system that allows merchants to have a turnkey program with
custom-branded cards; promotions delivered by card, email, and text messaging; mobile coupons; and
access to a brand manager for guidance and ideas on how to grow their business. Compton continued,
“Although all of the vendors we reviewed had excellent products, we felt the ability of SparkBase to
seamlessly integrate into our branded-offering combined with their innovation and support capabilities
best fit our unique needs.”

Doug Hardman, CEO of SparkBase, commented, "By using the SparkBase processing platform to power
it's Platinum Rewards Network, EVO Platinum Services Group can offer its merchants cutting-edge
reward, gift card and mobile marketing functionality. Our core business is to develop and support the type
of loyalty and marketing programs that small and mid-sized businesses want. By using our system to
underpin the Platinum Rewards Network, EVO Platinum Services Group can focus its resources on its
primary business - card processing services - and still offer a world-class loyalty solution.”

About SparkBase - SparkBase entered the stored-value industry in early 2004 as the first truly
independent gift and loyalty processing network. SparkBase continues to lead in innovation with its
proprietary gateway, using patent pending technologies for processing stored value transactions with
traditional cards, and new mobile payments methods like SMS messaging. Developed in-house at their
headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, SparkBase has quickly emerged as a leader in gift and reward
processing. For more information, visit http://www.sparkbase.com

ISOs and acquirers interested in learning more about accessing the SparkBase gift card and loyalty
network to resell as a white-label solution to their merchant accounts can contact SparkBase at (216)

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About EVO Platinum Services Group - EPSG is a division of EVO Merchant Services. EPSG is led by a
team of seasoned sales executives whose motto “Trust. Integrity. Stability. Security.” is making
tremendous success in expanding its customer base.

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Andrew Kraynak
216-867-0877
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