Alternet Systems is one of a handful of rapidly emerging payment processing industry firebrands that are poised to shake up the transaction space, as we rocket headlong towards a world of increasingly digital payments. Within the next five years alone, according to BNY Mellon’s (NYSE: BK) Global Payments 2020 publication, accelerating transformation of the world of payments will see the sector redefined by the entry of non-traditional providers, the evolution of new fintech solutions, and the formation of strategic alliances that cut across traditional sectoral boundaries. Additionally, the BNY Mellon report cited convergence as the other major theme moving forward, with technology platforms that are able to revolutionize clearing capabilities becoming increasingly global in both nature and reach, as well as massive consolidation around key products and solutions. This same consolidative pressure is seen as changing the regulatory landscape too, remolding it in favor of rule sets which provide for a less fragmented space, as well as the on-ramping of growth in digital currencies.

Alternet Systems, essentially structured as an enterprise accelerator, has learned the most important lesson to come out of the world of digital currencies since the inception of Bitcon: that payment processing is where the real money is at. The company’s vision to execute a roll-up strategy of digital currency exchanges is way ahead of its time and ALYI is currently pushing hard for a NY state BitLicense, even as the Winklevoss twins are setting up the field after their successful launch of the Gemini exchange. If we look at comments from strategic planning and finance director for the company which manages the Dominican Republic’s biggest mobile banking platform, tPago, regarding how the big push in the industry currently is to get people to use their accounts for more than just receiving payments, it becomes clear how ALYI’s approach to transforming the landscape makes sense for everyone.

Creating the tools that will allow for greater flexibility in terms of how people use their accounts will grant financial service providers high-value, unprecedented access to consumers, and those same tools will allow consumers to get more bang for their buck when it comes to being banked. This underlying dynamic makes a great value proposition for unbanked consumers in markets where access to financial services are limited, but where mobile access is not. Being able to step in here and provide access to millions of unbanked or underbanked people, using the mobile platform as a conduit, in order to tap a consumer market that could go from 30 million devices to over 60 million devices being used to make transactions within the next handful of years, is a big opportunity for ALYI. The company is prepping for milestone growth over the next several years, as smartphone market penetration in the western hemisphere continues to boom throughout Latin America and South America, while it continues to flatten out in more mature North America markets. Mobile and mcommerce are primed for explosive growth and a company which can facilitate this transformation, such as Alternet Systems, is potentially one of tomorrow’s very hot properties, available today at a price which is accessible to any investor.

ALYI is currently focused primarily on two distinct areas: providing omnichannel solutions for the payment processing industry which will modernize the legacy point-of-sale infrastructure, and providing comprehensive suites of tools for payment processors and the like, which can enable said processors to expand beyond traditional debit and credit card processing, into bill payments and the selling of additional services. Modernizing legacy point-of-sale architecture and creating toolkits for the payments layer also opens the door to ALYI’s third, and potentially most exciting operational area, big data-driven payment analytics. The ability to map and understand the purchasing habits of consumers is something which is of inestimable value to anyone trying to make or market a product, and the kind of robust data that can be mined along the way towards implementing a payment industry-wide architectural upgrade, will help make analytics companies like ALYI into some of the biggest names on the lips of retailers.

With a sweeping suite of solutions for the analytics space already in the hopper and its sights set squarely on markets that are ripe for penetration, ALYI, which expects to have offices in Brazil and Mexico by the end of 2016, is intent on providing the financial services/banking sector with the tools needed to serve massive populations of underbanked and unbanked throughout Latin America. According to recent World Bank data, roughly 34 percent of the entire population of Latin America, around 200 million adults, remain unbanked. ALYI’s visionary fusion of capabilities, spanning analytics, digital commerce and payments, collectively make the company a very exciting property when it comes to the seemingly inevitable consolidation of technology and transactional forces now aligning themselves across both U.S. and Latin American markets.

The rise of mcommerce, which will supercharge the mobile services market, pushing it from $300 billion last year, to around $850 billion by 2018 (Digi-Capital), has the capacity to lift boats like ALYI to levels not yet imagined. The kinds of revolutionary payment technology, fintech and analytics solutions the company provides could become tomorrow’s go-to solutions, as the need for convenience and process optimization continues to shape the world of transactions.

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On the Move Systems this morning updated shareholders on progress of the company’s preliminary design work on its revolutionary shared economy trucking app, and says it continues to aggressively seek partners and logistics firms to join its growing network.

“We’ve been working quite closely with our design firm and the progress so far has been amazing,” said OMVS CEO Robert Wilson. “In addition, the logistics and shipping firms we’ve talked to understand and like our concept and have shown great interest in becoming a part of our system once we go online. A lot of work remains to be done, but we’ve accomplished a great deal in a very short amount of time.”

Amid ongoing preliminary design work, OMVS is encouraged by market information revealing that trucking companies are spending millions of dollars on technologies, such as the upcoming shared economy app, that streamline and increase operations efficiency. OMVS reports that in 2014 alone, logistics firms invested nearly $100 million in new technologies to improve their businesses.

OMVS says demand for trucking services, along with an ongoing driver shortage and “a looming related capacity crunch” demonstrate the need for a service such as the one OMVS is now developing, which could help companies “profitably navigate increasingly bumpier business roads.”

For more information, visit www.onthemovesystems.com

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Lingo Media aims to thrive in the educational technology (EdTech) space. To support English language learning across borders and backgrounds, the Toronto company has committed its resources to expanding its reach across the globe. Known for providing English language learning technologies and solutions in China and internationally, the company is also stanchly devoted to innovation and quality throughout every aspect of its business.

Lingo Media delivers market-leading English language learning products and services that support learners at every stage in the learning spectrum – from elementary school students learning to count to professionals preparing for a job.

With classrooms around the world wanting to be part of today’s modern, faster way of learning, Lingo Media has acknowledged the significance of helping non-English speakers learn English, the so-called global language of business. The company is also cultivating solid relationships with leading corporations, governments and industry organizations who recognize the value of this move while focusing on the scalability of its offerings.

Within Lingo Media’s training and assessment division, ELL Technologies, programs are designed to be scalable across various types of web-enabled hardware. This allows for the company’s platform to be used in diverse environments, especially classrooms across the world. ELL Technologies also incorporates scalability into its user experience design, enabling its programs to be adapted across skill levels, cultures and native languages. The framework that the company’s technology is built on also allows it to customize the unit to the varied needs of a market as large as the non-English-speaking world. Furthermore, ELL Technologies uses scalability principals in the creation of its content engine, ensuring that lessons constantly change through user feedback.

Lingo Media’s flexibility and scalability allows it to continue to offer useful and relevant products to its customers while staying relevant with the times.

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With more and more consumers choosing to purchase organically grown food over traditional supermarket options, it’s no wonder new companies continue to sprout with their own organic agenda. One such company, Fresh Promise Foods, Inc., concentrates its efforts in the health and wellness food and beverage industry by aligning with early-stage/pre-revenue companies that have a specialization within the industry. The company then provides support to these companies through finance, sales, supply chain management, and more to help steadily increase their prominence. For example, Fresh Promise Foods backs Harvest Soul, its large subsidiary company that delivers USDA organic and GMO-free labeled food and beverages.

A noticeable increase in USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) Organic labels in supermarkets has come with the rising apprehension of possibly harmful chemicals in foods by consumers. Foods with this label are from farmers who do not use chemicals or factory fertilizers but instead use natural fertilizers and crop rotation on their farms. This label ensures buyers that no artificial additives and preservatives can be found in their foods because these farms are overseen by the department. Fresh Promise Foods supports companies that use this label on their products.

Another major movement in the health and wellness industry is providing buyers with foods without GMOs (genetically modified organism). These organisms have artificial genetic material, meaning they do not occur in nature and therefore might prove unstable. Furthermore, they can contaminate non-GMO crops through cross pollination with undesirable results. Fresh Promise Foods also supports companies that have the Non-GMO Project Verified label which is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to informing consumers of GMO foods and related news.

The company continues its values of providing safe and healthy food options for families to enjoy. It believes in the growth of the natural foods industry and aims to invest in companies with the same vision.

For more information on Fresh Promise Foods Inc., please visit www.freshpromisefoods.com

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The market for bottled water has exploded in recent years, as consumers have increasingly turned their attention toward cleaner, healthier refreshment options. According to a report by the International Bottled Water Association, the domestic market for bottled water is currently $11.8 billion, with roughly 30 billion units being sold annually. Market share of this booming industry is largely split between major beverage companies such as PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and Nestle (OTC: NSRGY), but the market has maintained a relatively approachable barrier to entry for private label brands with innovative ideas and strategic marketing efforts.

Legacy Ventures International, Inc., through subsidiary RM Fresh Brands, Inc., is seeking to take advantage of the strong performance of the bottled water market with Boxed Water. By rethinking current water packaging, the company is addressing a fundamental flaw in the traditional bottled water concept – environmental impact.

The environmental cost of rising consumption of bottled water in the U.S. and Canada has been well documented. According to The Water Project, U.S. landfills are already overflowing with more than two million tons of discarded water bottles, representing roughly 80 percent of all single-use water bottles sold. When combined with the knowledge that over 1.5 million barrels of oil are used annually to manufacture these bottles and each bottle will take over 1,000 years to naturally bio-degrade, the enormous scale of the bottled water problem becomes clear.

Boxed Water addresses this environmental concern with a unique approach to packaging. The product, which is currently available in a variety of retail outlets such as Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM) and Target (NYSE: TGT), is packaged in a 76 percent biodegradable, 100 percent recyclable container that greatly improves upon the sustainability of traditional bottled water. According to Cradle to Gate, Boxed Water packaging has less than half of the carbon footprint of a standard PET bottle.

Since publicly launching in March 2009, Boxed Water has rapidly built an international distribution network with a strong presence in both the U.S. and Canada. Following the opening of a second state-of-the-art plant in Utah aimed at reducing the company’s environmental impact, Boxed Water appears primed for significant international growth. For prospective shareholders of LGYV, this growth could translate into strong returns.

For more information, visit www.legacyventuresinc.com

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Each year, approximately 20,000 women in the United States get ovarian cancer, which causes more deaths than any other gynecologic cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. While the disease often causes signs and symptoms, the signs can be hard to recognize; and for the time being, the market is lacking an available, effective screening test for ovarian cancer. Thanks to one particular advancing technology, however, this could soon change.

Because ovarian cancer symptoms can be hard to recognize, effective screening is vital, and medical diagnostic technology company Avant Diagnostics stands at the edge of breakthrough. The company is currently testing OvaDx®, its sophisticated microarray-based test designed to detect pre-symptomatic ovarian cancer faster than ever before.

Research studies with OvaDx indicate high sensitivity and specificity for all types and stages of ovarian cancer. Upon FDA approval, Avant Diagnostics will offer OvaDx as an elective test for women seeking greater wellness and for women in the elevated risk category (which includes something as simple as getting older) for ovarian cancer.

OvaDx works by measuring the activation of the immune system in blood samples in response to early stage ovarian tumor cell development. The goal is for OvaDx to be used by doctors for early detection, improved surgical options, more effective chemotherapies, and to supplement existing tests such as CA-125, OVA1® and transvaginal ultrasound. In this way, Avant Diagnostics’ technology will promote earlier diagnoses and, as a result, improved survival rates for patients with ovarian cancer.

That said, it’s worth taking a look at Avant Diagnostics’ progress in bringing this game-changing product to market. The company continues to steadily progress toward FDA 510(k) clearance for OvaDx. DOCRO, Avant Diagnostics’ independent clinical research organization, recently received notification that the previously purchased specimens have been approved and are available for use in the upcoming validation study which will be used to support a pre-submission package to the FDA prior to the commencement of the OvaDx® 510(k) trial.

Continuing on its path toward FDA approval of its groundbreaking diagnostic technology, Avant Diagnostics is poised to promote considerable growth in the ovarian cancer market and deliver a promising solution to a significant unmet medical need.

For more information, visit www.avantdiagnostics.com

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Oakridge Global Energy Solutions was recently featured on The Princeton Research Money Info show, which is broadcast live on the internet and on the air in Port St. Lucie, Florida. During the show, investing experts Mike King and Charles Moskowitz interviewed Steve Barber, executive chairman and chief executive officer of Oakridge, about the company’s recent success. As the company behind the only ‘Made in the USA’ lithium-ion battery, Oakridge is in a strong strategic position to capitalize on the global market opportunity presented by the energy storage industry, which is expected to eclipse $70 billion in sales by 2020.

In the interview, Barber outlined the recent restructuring of Oakridge. The company’s reorganization was funded through a $39 million investment by the Precept Fund – an international, five family investment group from Australia, Japan and Switzerland with a long-term view of building and owning profitable businesses. Through this significant investment, Barber and the Oakridge management team have reinvented the company, better positioning it to compete in a market with sustainable demand and favorable markups. However, Oakridge’s mission goes beyond fast growth, as Barber indicated on the show. Instead, the company is being built as a long-term addition to the global energy storage market, which is rapidly evolving in search of dependable, high-quality offerings.

This market evolution is demonstrated by the number of lithium battery manufacturers currently in operation. At one time, Asian markets experienced a boom, and roughly 1,400 lithium battery manufacturers occupied the space. Over time, inferior quality products and unsustainable pricing models have eliminated a substantial portion of these battery producers. Analysts expect the global number of lithium battery manufacturers to fall to about 250 by next year.

Oakridge is combatting current market conditions by creating superior quality batteries that address the specific needs of consumers. While industry giants such as Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Panasonic (OTC: PSRFY) remain limited to producing standardized batteries in enormous quantities, Barber noted Oakridge’s ability to create specialized products that maximize the company’s market impact and enable strong returns for shareholders.

To listen to the full interview, visit www.princetonresearch.com/radio-shows

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Dominovas Energy Corporation yesterday issued game-changing news that underwrites the company’s advancing position as a leading power solutions provider, and catapults its core innovation onto the mainstage of fuel cell technology. The newly announced capital commitment for USD$1.2 billion from Graecrest Energy Solutions will fund the first phase of manufacturing, production and deployment of Dominovas Energy’s highly anticipated, proprietary RUBICON™ SOFC systems.

“This is an unprecedented and historic commitment not only for Dominovas Energy, but it is additionally significant for the fuel cell industry as a whole. This financing commitment is further validation of the company’s business model and an undeniable endorsement of the technical prowess of the RUBICON™ and the ‘game plan’ we have set forth for the commercial deployment of our fuel cell system,” Neal Allen, chairman and CEO of Dominovas Energy, stated in the news release. “With $1.2 billion secured for the phase 1 manufacturing and installation of the RUBICON™, we have put in place the building block that supports our innovation in engineering this next generation technology for the commercial production of clean and sustainable baseload power via the proprietary RUBICON™.”

Allen also explained that the financing demonstrates Dominovas Energy’s potential and relevance in global emerging markets, and notes that 100 percent of phase 1 of the project will be covered with the funding, putting the company on track for its budget in 2016.

According to vice president of Investments and Finance Eric Fresh, with this tranche of funding Dominovas Energy will “have the ability to seamlessly reassess its needs in order to potentially expand capital commitments, a necessity in accommodating subsequent financing phases of RUBICON™ system deployments.”

With extended tenors of 20 to 30 years, the financing structure provides Dominovas Energy a unique opportunity to implement long-term, cost-effective project finance capital through which the company can “effectively and efficiently deliver on schedule its mandate of creating commercially-viable, clean, and sustainable energy solutions to global emerging markets.”

The RUBICON™ is capable of reforming multiple hydrocarbon fuels to a usable syngas composition, converting the chemical energy of a fuel source into electricity using state-of-the-art SOFC stacks. This capability, along with the fact that the RUBICON™ uses a thermal process rather than combustion to outperform conventional power plants, provides Dominovas Energy a vast range of deployment opportunities. In other words, the RUBICON™ can produce more units of power with significantly less green-house-gas pollutants per unit of power produced.

Today’s news is one of several significant corporate milestones achieved by Dominovas Energy this year, as the company tirelessly works to provide reliable, clean, and efficient energy to emerging global markets.

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MissionIR today announces the online availability of its interview with OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Steven Tsengas, Chief Financial Officer Scott Mendes, as well as Dean Tsengas, co-founder, Vice President and general manager. The full audio interview is available at http://OPCO.MissionIR.com/interview.html.

OurPet’s develops, produces and markets various innovative pet accessory and consumable products. The company has 160 patents/patents pending, which facilitate its entrance into major national retailers. The OurPet’s interview starts off with a brief history of the company’s official launch 20 years ago.

“OurPet’s represented a dream that we had, to have a proprietary company that would be a virtual company … concentrate on product ideation, innovation, and the marketing and distribution of the products, which we felt would provide the highest level of return on investment, profitability, opportunity for growth … OurPet’s represented an opportunity to combine all the electronic and engineering experiences that we had, along with an understanding of the pathologies related to aging by pets and the problems they experience,” says Dr. Tsengas.

Dr. Tsengas discusses the overall pet industry, which at the time of the company’s founding was greatly lacking in innovation. OurPet’s decided to focus on three key segments of the industry — pet toys, feeding and storage, and waste and odor management — and its success in doing so is in the numbers. When OurPet’s launched its first trend-setting product in 1995, it was met with significant consumer response. In its first year of operations OurPet’s recorded $150,000 in annual sales. By the second year the figure jumped to $500,000 and now sits around $25 million.

“Our goal is to grow double to triple the industry growth, so our expectation this year is to grow at a high-digit number with an income of double-digit growth in terms of net income,” adds Dr. Tsengas.

In conjunction with this goal, CFO Mendes describes the company’s recently announced transition into a social media-driven awareness campaign to better communication with new investors and existing shareholders.

“We had taken a pretty traditional approach to IR … but we had not been seeing the trading activity that we felt the company deserved. So we decided to modernize our IR approach by getting into a more social media campaign … and get the OurPet’s story out,” he says.

The interview then touches on the company’s management team and the type of milestones it takes to become a high-growth corporation.

“One of the major jobs was, again, to develop and have the infrastructure to have seamless growth in the future, rather than a bumpy one … we feel we are at the point to support continuous improvement in revenue growth and profitability. One of the biggest things we had to accomplish was the branding of our company … that phase has been pretty well completed. In terms of product development, we have about 30 products in the mill at any one point in time. A lot of these products have been completed this past year increasingly will be launched in 2016 and beyond,” explains Dr. Tsengas.

On the operational side, OurPet’s has successfully established key partners around the world, which co-founder Dean Tsengas further details.

“It’s pretty diverse, as far as what the company’s offerings are and in order to focus on developing, design, marketing, distribution into the marketplace, what we’ve done is formed strategic partnerships with our key suppliers, both domestic and overseas … we’ve formed very close collaborative relationships with both our customers and our suppliers during the product development stage all the way through finished product and the full launch into the marketplace. This is what’s been the key toward our success, along with the key people in our company,” he says.

In conclusion, Dr. Tsengas flags upcoming company announcements with Japanese companies, and discusses the pet industry’s growth over the last 20 and how OurPet’s will continue to participate in the industry as a trend-setting leader.

For more information, visit www.ourpets.com

Since the first internet casino was launched in 1996, the online gambling industry has been among the fastest growing industries in the world. In February 2015, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research reported that total online gaming revenue in the United States was just under $11.7 million, despite the fact that just three states – Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey – have legalized any form of online gaming.

While this report demonstrates the considerable demand for online gaming, the market’s true potential is more difficult to illustrate. In part, this is because of the sheer lack of available research regarding the global online gaming market, but reports regarding the popularity of the gambling industry as a whole highlight a strong demand for innovative gaming options in a collection of markets.

According to IBISWorld, the global casino and online gambling industry has trended upward over the past five years, growing to $274 billion in 2015. The research firm also suggests that strong growth will continue moving forward, driven by heightened demand for gambling options in China and other Asian nations.

On Tuesday, Coastal Integrated Services took a major step toward capitalizing on this projected growth by entering into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Olympian Group, an international online casino and sportsbook operator. Gr88.com, Olympian’s sports betting and casino brand, recorded over $14 million in gambling bets in 2014, realizing a year-over-year increase of 374 percent. In an effort to build on this growth, COLV outlined intentions to introduce the Gr88.com brand to the Asian market in the coming months.

“Our first order of business will be to launch into targeted Asian markets,” Clifford Redekop, newly-appointed chief executive officer of COLV, stated in a news release. “We know we have something special with this brand and will focus on Gr88 as our flagship site with significant marketing and driving brand recognition.”

In addition to providing a platform upon which to promote financial growth, COLV is also using the Olympian Group acquisition to initiate a corporate reorganization that’s expected to position it to qualify for NASDAQ listing within the next year. For prospective shareholders, this aggressive growth strategy makes COLV an intriguing investment opportunity.

For more information, visit www.coastalintegratedservices.com