KRAFTON, Inc., the South Korean video game developer has announced a strategic global partnership with UniPin, the leading digital entertainment enabler from Southeast Asia, to enable a smooth transaction experience for its newly launched strategy game in India, Road to Valor: Empires. As a part of this partnership, KRAFTON, Inc. and UniPin will enable seamless game top-ups through online & offline customer touch points. As the official distribution partner for Road to Valor: Empires, UniPin will aid players to purchase in-game packs and provide them with exclusive rewards and discounts on the UniPin platform. The partnership makes it easier for players to purchase in-game packs through a secure, and hassle-free transaction experience. “We’re thrilled to announce our partnership with UniPin to enhance the gameplay experience for players of Road to Valor: Empires. With this collaboration, we’re bringing a seamless and secured payment experience to our community, ensuring that players can fully immerse themselves in the game, and enjoy an unparalleled experience. Our goal has always been to provide our players with the best possible gaming experience, and this partnership allows us to welcome our players with exciting new rewards,” said Siddharth Mehrotra, Head- Business Development, KRAFTON, Inc. India “UniPin-KRAFTON partnership is a great long-term opportunity to develop an omni channel distribution network for game top-ups in South Asia. Considering the market potential for mobile games in South Asia, UniPin’s expertise to facilitate seamless game top-ups and KRAFTON’s experience and leadership in mobile gaming, this partnership would delight gamers with the easiest, safe & most convenient top-up flow across online & offline distribution channels of UniPin. With the launch of Road to Valor: Empires, UniPin is excited to start the partnership with KRAFTON to reach users through the most integrated distribution network” said Akshay Sethi, Regional Director for UniPin South Asia. Road to Valor: Empires is available to download and play on both Android and iOS. For more details on the rewards, follow the official India website, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube pages of Road to Valor: Empires. ABOUT KRAFTON, Inc. Based out of South Korea, KRAFTON, Inc. is a collective of independent game development studios bound by a passion for creating innovative and engaging entertainment experiences for gamers worldwide. Founded in 2007, KRAFTON consists of PUBG STUDIOS, Bluehole Studio, RisingWings, Striking Distance Studios, Dreamotion, Unknown Worlds, 5minlab, Neon Giant and KRAFTON Montréal Studio, each with its own unique expertise. KRAFTON is responsible for premier entertainment properties, including BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA (BGMI), PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, The Callisto Protocol, NEW STATE MOBILE, Moonbreaker, TERA and ELYON. With a team of 3,000 members across nine countries, KRAFTON is a technology-driven company that boasts world-class capabilities as it seeks to expand its areas of business beyond games to multimedia entertainment and deep learning. For more information, visit www.krafton.com ABOUT UNIPIN UniPin is a leading digital entertainment enabler operating in  32 countries worldwide with more than 35 Mn active users. UniPin specializes in partnering with large game publishers globally to enable direct top-ups providing a range of popular game titles & supported by the most integrated payment options. In India, UniPin has forayed into offline distribution for game top-ups & currently boasts of a retail store network of 500,000+ stores PAN India covering 90% of the total Indian pin codes.

 To empower customers PAN India to access banking services on their mobile phones in just a few clicks Ø  Delivered on Airtel IQ, the messaging solution will augment the Govt.’s Digital India mission by enabling IPPBcustomers across the country to seamlessly connect with their bank on WhatsApp  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications service provider in India and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) today announced the launch of WhatsApp Banking Services for IPPB customers, enabling them to access banking services on their mobile phone. The WhatsApp messaging solution will be delivered to customers through Airtel IQ – a cloud communications platform as a service that enables brands to engage with their customers across voice, SMS and WhatsApp channels. Airtel is the first telecom company in the world that serves as a Business Service Provider (BSP) for WhatsApp. Airtel will enable IPPB customers to seamlessly connect with the bank on WhatsApp and effortlessly avail a host of banking services including –doorstep service request, locating nearest Post Office and much more. In line with the Govt.’s ambition to bring digital and financial inclusion to citizens of India in their language, the Airtel – IPPB WhatsApp Banking solution is also working on to build multi-language support, enabling added convenience to customers especially to those in the rural parts of the country to access banking services in their preferred language. Airtel has been working with IPPB to deliver as many as 250 million messages per month to the bank’s customers many of whom are located in mofussil towns and tier 2,3 cities. The addition of the WhatsApp messaging will add to customer’s accessibility to connect with the bank on their fingertips, furthering  Digital India mission of GoI, as part of which IPPB has been working tirelessly to deliver banking services in the rural pockets of the country. Gursharan Rai Bansal, CGM & CSMO – India Post Payments Bank said, “We are delighted to work with Bharti Airtel as our partner in driving digital and financial inclusion in India. We believe that financial services driven by technology have great potential and can go a long way in ensuring that the best financial products reach the farthest corners of the country”. Abhishek Biswal, Business Head – Airtel IQ said, “Airtel IQ is a robust, intuitive and secure cloud communication suite. With the addition of WhatsApp messaging to the existing SMS and voice communication that we offer to India Post Payments Bank customers, we will further enable a two-way communication between the bank and their customers.  We are delighted to continue our association with IPPB  to contribute significantly in making banking services more accessible to tier 2,3 cities in the country. We promise to continue delivering customer centric solutions that offer greater convenience to customers”. IPPB andAirtel IQ are working towards further integrating a LIVE interactive customer support agent into the WhatsApp solution which will enable customers to access 24X7 support and get quick resolutions for their queries.