Payment Data Systems - Press Release

About Payment Data Systems, Inc.

Payment Data Systems is an integrated payment solutions provider to merchants and billers. The organization provides an extensive set of products to deliver world-class payment acceptance. Payment Data has solutions for merchants, billers, banks, service bureaus and card issuers. The strength of the company is its ability to offer specifically tailored solutions for card issuance, payment acceptance and bill payments.

Payment Data is the owner of the electronic bill payment portal, http://www.billx.com, which has the ability to transmit payments to thousands of national billers.

Payment Data Systems Inc. (OTCBB: PYDS) is a registered ISO/MSP of MetaBank

Payment Data’s intellectual property includes U.S. Patent Number 7,021,530 that relates to bill payments made with debit and stored value cards.

For additional information, visit www.paymentdata.com. Contact Michael Long for Investor Relations information at 210.249.4040 or email at ir@paymentdata.com.

Website: http://www.paymentdata.com

About MetaBank

MetaBank is a federally chartered savings bank headquartered in Storm Lake, Iowa. Meta Financial Group, Inc.^® is the bank holding company for MetaBank, MetaBank West Central, Meta Payment Systems^®, and Meta Trust Company^®. The Meta Payment Systems division of MetaBank based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serves banks, processors, and third party marketers by providing prepaid cards, credit cards, ACH origination, merchant acquiring, ATM sponsorship, and money transfer. Meta Financial Group is traded on the NASDAQ – Global Market: CASH. For more information call 605.275.8052 or visit http://www.metacash.com.



CARMEN ELECTRA GIFT MASTERCARD® VALENTINES DAY PROMOTION ANNOUNCED
San Antonio, TX February 05, 2007 -- Payment Data Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ OTCBB: PYDS), an integrated electronic payments solutions provider, announced that those consumers who purchase a Carmen Electra Gift MasterCard for Valentines Day will also enter their gift recipient into a drawing that could win them a $1,000 gift card for their own use. Each card ordered can be embossed with a special message to be displayed below the recipient’s name. Messages that can be selected are “Happy Valentine’s”, “I Love You”, or “We Love You”. The gift card may purchased and the message selected at www.electragift.com. The winner will be drawn in conjunction with the Carmen Electra Sweepstakes 3rd Quarterly drawing scheduled to take place in mid-April 2007. The card must be ordered by the 7th of February in order to be received in time to present it on that special day. In addition to the convenience of being accepted everywhere Debit MasterCard is accepted, the Carmen Electra Prepaid MasterCard and Carmen Electra Gift MasterCard feature special offers exclusive to cardholders. Customers can choose from a series of card designs featuring Carmen Electra. The cards can be purchased online at http://www.carmencard.com and at http://www.electragift.com. The Carmen Electra Prepaid MasterCard and the Carmen Electra Gift MasterCard are issued by MetaBank pursuant to a license by MasterCard International Incorporated. The Carmen Electra Prepaid MasterCard and the Carmen Electra Gift MasterCard are marketed and administered by Payment Data Systems Inc.
About Payment Data Systems, Inc. Payment Data Systems is an integrated payment solutions provider to merchants and billers. The organization provides an extensive set of products to deliver world-class payment acceptance. Payment Data has solutions for merchants, billers, banks, service bureaus and card issuers. The strength of the company is its ability to offer specifically tailored solutions for card issuance, payment acceptance and bill payments. Payment Data is the owner of the electronic bill payment portal, http://www.billx.com, which has the ability to transmit payments to thousands of national billers. Payment Data Systems Inc. (OTCBB: PYDS) is a registered ISO/MSP of MetaBank Payment Data’s intellectual property includes U.S. Patent Number 7,021,530 that relates to bill payments made with debit and stored value cards. For additional information, visit www.paymentdata.com. Contact Michael Long for Investor Relations information at 210.249.4040 or email at ir@paymentdata.com. Website: http://www.paymentdata.com About MetaBank MetaBank is a federally chartered savings bank headquartered in Storm Lake, Iowa. Meta Financial Group, Inc.^® is the bank holding company for MetaBank, MetaBank West Central, Meta Payment Systems^®, and Meta Trust Company^®. The Meta Payment Systems division of MetaBank based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serves banks, processors, and third party marketers by providing prepaid cards, credit cards, ACH origination, merchant acquiring, ATM sponsorship, and money transfer. Meta Financial Group is traded on the NASDAQ – Global Market: CASH. For more information call 605.275.8052 or visit http://www.metacash.com.
Payment Data Systems, Inc. Michael Long Chairman and CEO email: michael.long@paymentdata.com phone: 210-249-4040
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