Monday, June 28, 2010 BLACKSTONE LISTED ON HISPANIC BUSINESS 500 DIRECTORY Miami, FL June 28, 2010---Blackstone Calling Card Inc, a leader in the prepaid telecommunications industry, proudly announces that it has been named by Hispanic Business Magazine as number 20 on their Hispanic Business 500 Directory. "We are honor...
	Thursday, November 19, 2009 BLACKSTONE MERCHANT SERVICES SELECTS SECURITYMETRICS FOR PCI INITIATIVE Merchant-Friendly, Flat-Fee, Unlimited-Support Program Speeds Compliance; Multilingual Capabilities Will Aid Blackstone’s Large Hispanic Customer Base
	Thursday, November 19, 2009 TOUCH-N-BUY FEATURING THE NEW AT&T UNLIMITED TALK & TEXT PLAN MIAMI, FL –November 17, 2009--Touch-n-Buy recently added the new GoPhone prepaid feature package that offers unlimited nationwide talk and text to anyone in the U. S. The feature card includes unlimited texting to more than 100 countries including Ca...
	Thursday, October 02, 2008 FOUNDER AND CEO OF BLACKSTONE FEATURED IN SMART BUSINESS MAGAZINE MIAMI, FL –October 1, 2008-------Founder and CEO of Blackstone, Luis Arias is featured in the October issue of Smart Business Magazine. The magazine is a managerial based journal that provides insight for top-decision makers. Throughout each edition, a feature article portrays management strategies used by CEOs of leading local companies. The spread “Dialed In” illuminates Arias’ love for his company and commitment to the employees.
	Wednesday, September 03, 2008 BLACKSTONE PROUDLY ANNOUNCES ITS NEWEST INTEGRATION TO THE T-MOBILE PIN PLATFORM MIAMI, FL –August 18, 2008---Blackstone has successfully become one of the first prepaid distribution companies to integrate its PinservE platform with T-Mobile USA platform. The integration will provide both Blackstone and T-Mobile the functionality of an automatic prepaid wireless PIN management system.
	Friday, July 11, 2008 BLACKSTONE CALLING CARD, INC AND GIFTCLIXX SIGN AGREEMENT FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION Blackstone Calling Cards, Inc. is pleased to announce its agreement with GiftClixx LLC, the newest third party gift card transaction routing and hosting service. This agreement will enable over 15,000 retail distribution locations to GiftClixx and its retailers. GiftClixx LLC, created by Gary Dinkin and his wife, Linda also founder and CEO of SmartClixx LCC is a distinctive peer-to-peer transaction routing and hosting service that allows retailers to communicate and negotiate directly.
	Wednesday, May 14, 2008 TOUCH-N-BUY FEATURING THE AT&T GOPHONE PAY AS YOU GO FEATURE CARD MIAMI, FL May 14, 2008---Touch-n-Buy recently added the AT&T GoPhone Feature Card to their suite of products, which are available via their interactive Touch-n-Buy kiosk.
	Thursday, April 17, 2008 BLACKSTONE ATTENDS ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION ASSOCIATION (ETA) NETWORKING EXPO SENIOR STAFF MEMBERS SERVE AS PRESENTERS AND MODERATORS AT ETA FORUM MIAMI, FL –April 17, 2008--- Blackstone had the opportunity to network with over 3,000 attendees at the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) 2008 Meeting & Expo held April 15-17, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV.
	Thursday, April 17, 2008 VISCOM INTERNATIONAL SIGNS AGREEMENT FOR NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION THROUGH BLACKSTONE TOUCH-N-BUY INTERACTIVE KIOSKS ATLANTA, April 17, 2008 — Viscom International Inc., providers of prepaid products and marketing services for the Hispanic market, announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Blackstone, a privately held provider of interactive point-of-sale systems, to distribute Viscom prepaid phone cards in 6,000 Blackstone Touch-n-Buy interactive kiosks nationwide.
	Thursday, April 03, 2008 WELLCARE INCREASES REACHING OVER 15,000 CUSTOMERS MIAMI, FL –April 3, 2008---WellCare’s Health Card Benefit Program is now available to it’s over 15,000 customers in New Jersey and New York through Blackstone’s POS and Touch-n-Buy interactive kiosks. Blackstone is the sole transaction processor for the WellCare Health Card Benefit Program in those states.
	Wednesday, March 19, 2008 BLACKSTONE NOMINATED AS TOP 100 MINORITY BUSINESS MIAMI, FL –March 19, 2008--- Blackstone was nominated as one of the top 100 minority businesses in South Florida by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce at their annual luncheon at Jungle Island. This luncheon highlighted Miami’s growing diverse minority businesses.
	Tuesday, January 15, 2008 NAVARRO DISCOUNT PHARMACIES ADDS GIFT CARDS TO RETAIL OFFERING Blackstone renews prepaid category agreement, expanding relationship with Navarro
	Monday, October 15, 2007 TOUCH-N-BUY OFFERING RECHARGE PIN SERVICES TO PAKISTAN MIAMI, FL (October 15, 2007) --- Touch-n-Buy is offering recharge services to Pakistan to meet the growing demands of residents with family members in that country.
	Monday, October 01, 2007 BOOST REAL TIME REPLENISHMENT NOW AVAILABLE ON TOUCH-N-BUY MIAMI, FL –October 1, 2007--- Touch-n-Buy is now offering BOOST Real Time Replenishment (RTR) through the Touch-n-Buy interactive kiosk.
	Thursday, September 27, 2007 BLACKSTONE PORTALS NOW AT DOLPHIN MALL MIAMI, FL –September 27, 2007---Blackstone is happy to announce our Blackstone Portals located at different mall entries. The Blackstone Portal delivers electronic PINs (ePINs) and prints the products requested right from the Portal.
	Monday, September 24, 2007 BLACKSTONE ATTENDED ETA STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP NETWORKING FORUM IN PALM BEACH, FL MIAMI, FL –September 24, 2007--- Blackstone attended the ETA Strategic Leadership Networking Forum in Palm Beach, FL, which was attended by over 3,000 members of the payment industry.
	Thursday, June 28, 2007 BLACKSTONE SALES REPRESENTATIVE AWARDED A NEW CAR BY CVT PREPAID SOLUTIONS MIAMI, FL –June 28, 2007---Top Blackstone sales representative, Edward Sanchez, was awarded a brand new 2008 Dodge Avenger by CVT Prepaid Solutions.
	Wednesday, June 20, 2007 BLACKSTONE LISTED ON HISPANIC BUSINESS 500® DIRECTORY MIAMI, FL –June 20, 2007---Hispanic Business recently named Blackstone as number 24 on their Hispanic Business 500® directory.
	Monday, April 30, 2007 BLACKSTONE HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL INVITATIONAL FISHING TOURNAMENT MIAMI, FL –April 30, 2007--- More than 60 participants gathered at Miami Beach Marina, on Friday, April 27th organized and hosted by Blackstone Calling Cards.
	Thursday, February 08, 2007 PINSERVE TECHNOLOGY EXPANDS TO PUERTO RICO MIAMI, FL –February 8, 2007--- Through PinservE’s complete suite of merchant point of sale (POS) terminals backed by our world-class technology, PinservE is able to provide the Puerto Rican market with the finest prepaid electronic products and services in the industry.
	Monday, January 01, 2007 PINSERVE TECHNOLOGY ADDRESSES PREPAID NEEDS OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MARKET MIAMI, FL –January 1, 2007--- PinservE technology is meeting the demands of the Dominican Republic market. PinservE provides a complete turnkey management and accounting suite that facilitates Union Telecard (UTD) the ability to sell PINS instantly in the Dominican Republic.
	Monday, August 28, 2006 PINSERVE BROADENS LINE OF SERVICES TO VENEZUELA MIAMI, FL –August 28, 2006--- PinservE along with Movilnet in Venezuela has decided to provide their complete line of services to the Venezuelan market. Movilnet one of the biggest and most important carriers in Venezuela was looking for a provider for their prepaid services. PinservE was able to met Movilnet’s demands and provides them with a solution to this problem.
	Monday, February 14, 2005 PINSERVE OPENS CALL CENTER IN ECUADOR MIAMI, FL –February 14, 2005--- PinservE expands their operations abroad with the opening of an overseas call center. This initiative was developed based on the need to provide clients with outstanding client support service while reducing overhead and minimizing costs. The new PinservE call center will be located in Ecuador. PinservE customers will be greeted by a team of highly qualified bi-lingual customer service representatives available to assist clients 24 hours a day 7 day a week 365 days of the year.
	Thursday, March 20, 2003 PINSERVE ANNOUCES FIRST OVERSEAS EXPANSION MIAMI, FL –March 20, 2003---PinservE is excited to announce their first overseas expansion. PinservE will work alongside WaveCrest, one of the major carriers in England, to provide service for that region.
	Monday, January 21, 2002 BLACKSTONE SUPPORTS HASC SUMMER PROGRAM Contribution Helps Provide Camp Scholarships For The Developmentally Disabled
	Friday, January 11, 2002 BLACKSTONE SECURES PATENT PROTECTION FOR REVOLUTIONARY POS TECHNOLOGY
	Thursday, January 03, 2002 WINNERS OF FOOD SPOT POS PROMOTION ANNOUNCED First Place Winner Receives Four Day Cruise To The Bahamas