OTC Markets Group Welcomes Yappn to OTCQB

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced Yappn Corp. (OTCQB: YPPN) is verified for trading on OTCQB®, the venture marketplace for entrepreneurial and development stage companies, as of October 6, 2014.

Yappn is a groundbreaking, real-time multilingual technology that specializes in converting the true way people communicate and interact in everyday life. 

Focused on both syntax and context in language, Yappn helps brands and individuals break down communication barriers among today's global communities.  Empowering both consumers and companies to be social, conduct commerce, provide support and communicate freely on multiple digital platforms without a language barrier is Yappn's goal, to provide the best communication resource for everyone to accurately converse on a global scale. 

Yappn has achieved this technology breakthrough by creating a proprietary set of algorithms specifically designed to translate the short-burst, colloquial language that consumers use when interacting online, i.e., the true way people interact in everyday life. 

These algorithms are customized for companies' and/or communities’ specific terms and then integrated into their digital platforms (online and mobile branded assets) to seamlessly translate social, customer service and e-commerce content into nearly 70 languages in real-time. 

U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com. 

About OTC Markets Group Inc.

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces for 10,000 U.S. and global securities.  Through our OTC Link® ATS, we directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a wide spectrum of securities.  We organize these securities into marketplaces to better inform investors of opportunities and risks – OTCQX®, The Best Marketplace; OTCQB®, The Venture Marketplace; and OTC Pink®, The Open Marketplace.  Our data-driven platform enables investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice at the best possible price and empowers a broad range of companies to improve the quality and availability of information for their investors.  To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient financial marketplaces, visit www.otcmarkets.com.

OTC Link ATS is operated by OTC Link LLC, member FINRA/SIPC and SEC regulated ATS. 

Media Contact:

Saskia Sidenfaden, OTC Markets Group Inc., +1 (212) 896-4428, saskia@otcmarkets.com