Oink® announces partnership plans with 100 Black Men

Virtual Piggy, Inc. (OTCQB: VPIG), provider of award-winning payment technology, Oink, today announced that it is launching a program with 100 Black Men to provide educational financial tools to youth who are involved with their community service initiatives. The initial program will serve as a pilot with the Bay Area chapter of California in March before rolling out the program on a national scale.

100 Black Men was founded with a mission to improve the quality of life for African Americans, particularly African American youth. The organization is composed of members with a myriad of professions including corporate executives, physicians, attorneys, entrepreneurs, entertainers, elected officials, professional athletes, and educators, to provide insight and leaderships to youth. These dedicated men created an international coalition focused on creating educational opportunities, promoting economic empowerment, addressing health disparities, and creating positive, nurturing mentoring relationships that extend across a lifetime. The program with Oink will focus on building a financial literacy platform for these young students.

“We’re thrilled to work with Oink to roll out this program promoting financial literacy and smart financial management,” said Rufus Coleman, Chairman, Technology Committee of 100 Black Men of America. “Their technology and prepaid Oink card provide the tools children and young adults need to learn real-world financial skills that can last a lifetime.”

Oink is the only payment technology designed to allow retailers and game publishers to reach under 21 consumers in a safe, legal and effective manner compliant with the FTC and other international regulations. The innovative technology serves as a digital family wallet that is available online or via mobile and allows safe, secure transactions, all within parental controls.

“If you have control of your finances, you have control of your life,” said Stedman Graham, best selling author, entrepreneur, and Oink Advisory Board Member. "We’re excited to announce that we are working with 100 Black Men to provide financial literacy tools to the tens of thousands of children they work with everyday. Becoming financially savvy is an important life lesson on the road to success. We are thrilled to be their partner to work towards achieving these goals for the youth in their program.”

For information about Oink visit www.oink.com.

About Oink (Virtual Piggy, Inc.)

Virtual Piggy is the provider of Oink, a secure online and in-store teen wallet. Oink enables teens to manage and spend money within parental controls, while gaining valuable financial management skills. The technology company also delivers payment platforms designed for the Under 21 age group in the global market, and enables online businesses the ability to function in a manner consistent with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and similar international children’s privacy laws. The company, based in Hermosa Beach, CA, is on the Web at: www.oink.com and holds three technology patents, US Patent No. 8,762,230, 8,650,621 and 8,812,395.

About the 100 Black Men of America, Inc.

100 Black Men was founded as an organization in New York City in 1963. The national organization, 100 Black Men of America, Inc. began with nine chapters in 1986 as a national alliance of leading African American men of business, industry, public affairs and government with a mission to improve the quality of life for African Americans, particularly African American youth. Today the organization has 118 chapters in the United States, England and the Caribbean. Members represent a myriad of professions including corporate executives, physicians, attorneys, entrepreneurs, entertainers, elected officials, professional athletes, educators, and men from numerous other professions. These dedicated men created an international coalition focused on creating educational opportunities, promoting economic empowerment, addressing health disparities, and creating positive, nurturing mentoring relationships that extend across a lifetime.

Visit www.100blackmen.org for more information on the programs and initiatives of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc. and to connect with the 100’s global network of chapters.

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