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SAN FRANCISCO - January 22, 2013 - Merriman Capital, Inc. ("Merriman"), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR), announced today that
it has been retained as capital markets advisor to BillMyParents, Inc.
("BillMyParents") (OTC: BMPI). In this capacity, Merriman will advise
BillMyParents management on various strategic initiatives focused on increasing
shareholder value. These initiatives include the expansion of the institutional
shareholder base, strategies intended to increase trading liquidity and
evaluating an upgrade in venue to NYSE, NASDAQ, or OTCQX.

BillMyParents provides money management solutions to young people under the
supervision and guidance of an adult. It markets prepaid cards to young people
and their parents. The Company delivers an innovative, prepaid MasterCard® card
service to parents and their teens intended to help improve the way modern
families talk about   and manage money. BillMyParents tries to help parents
develop responsible teen spending habits that last.

"We are very pleased to add BillMyParents to our expanding universe of advisory
clients," commented Douglas Rogers, Managing Director of Merriman's Capital
Markets Advisory Group.  "Supporting our clients with advice on best practices
regarding their engagement of the capital markets is a key component of our
advisory platform at Merriman.  We look forward to sponsoring and supporting the
BillMyParents management team in our capacity as their capital markets advisor."

About Merriman Capital, Inc.
Merriman Capital, Inc. is an advisory-focused registered investment bank that
provides equity and options execution services, market making, and
differentiated research for high growth companies. The firm also provides
capital formation, advisory, and M&A services. Merriman Capital, Inc. is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Merriman Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX: MERR) and is the
leading investment banking firm for OTCQX companies. For more information,
please go to  www.merrimanco.com/.

Merriman Capital, Inc. is a registered broker-dealer and member of The Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)  www.finra.org/ and the Securities
Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC)  www.sipc.org/.

About BillMyParents, Inc.
BillMyParents, The Responsible Teen Spending Company(TM), delivers an
innovative, prepaid card service to parents and their teens that improve the way
modern families talk about and manage money. BillMyParents helps develop
responsible teen spending habits that last. one transaction at a time.

The BillMyParents SpendSmart(TM) MasterCard® is an instantly trackable,
reloadable, prepaid MasterCard that develops responsible teen spending habits
and improves the way modern families and teens manage money, one purchase at a
time. BillMyParents promotes responsible teen spending, keeping parents & teens
communicating, connected and protected, in real-time, as purchases happen.  For
more information visit company's website: www.billmyparents.com



Note to Investors
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solicitation of offers to buy any securities of the Company. Forward-looking
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At Merriman:

Douglas Rogers
Managing Director
Merriman Capital, Inc.
(415) 248-5612

Will Febbo
Chief Operating Officer
Merriman Capital, Inc.
(415) 248-5603

Howard Bernstein
Chief Compliance Officer
Merriman Capital, Inc
(415) 262-1377







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