JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwired - June 20, 2017) - Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. UEPS NT today announced that the High Court of the Republic of South Africa Gauteng Division, Pretoria ("High Court") has refused the applicants', including the Minister of Social Development, SASSA and Black Sash, leave to appeal its May 9, 2017, declaratory order.

On May 9, 2017, the High Court issued a declaratory order that the Social Assistance Act of 2004 and Regulations promulgated in terms thereof do not restrict social grant recipients in the operation of their bank accounts and refused the Black Sash and other parties' applications to intervene in the matter. Several parties, including SASSA, its Chief Executive Officer, the Minister of Social Development and the Black Sash applied for leave to appeal the order.

SASSA, its Chief Executive Officer and the Minister of Social Development were ordered to pay the costs of the application for the leave to appeal.

About Net1 (www.net1.com)

Net1 is a leading provider of alternative payment systems that leverage its Universal Electronic Payment System ("UEPS") or utilize its proprietary mobile technologies. The Company operates market-leading payment processors in South Africa and the Republic of Korea. Through Transact24, Net1 offers debit, credit and prepaid processing and issuing services for Visa, MasterCard and ChinaUnionPay in China and other territories across Asia-Pacific, Europe and Africa, and the United States. Through Masterpayment, Net1 provides payment processing and enables working capital financing in Europe.

UEPS permits the Company to facilitate biometrically secure, real-time electronic transaction processing to unbanked and under-banked populations of developing economies around the world in an online or offline environment. Net1's UEPS/EMV solution is interoperable with global EMV standards that seamlessly enable access to all the UEPS functionality in a traditional EMV environment. In addition to payments, UEPS can be used for banking, healthcare management, payroll, remittances, voting and identification.

Net1's mobile technologies include its proprietary mobile payments solution -- MVC, which offers secure mobile-based payments, as well as mobile banking and prepaid value-added services in developed and emerging countries.

Net1 has a primary listing on the NASDAQ and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to the timing or substance of any High Court ruling. A discussion of various factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements are included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future events.