On February 10, 2010, in the Head office of Sberbank of Russia (Moscow) Igor Lipanov, acting Head of Individual Customer Settlement and Cash Services Department of Sberbank, held a briefing, where he presented the results of Bank’s work in the field of card development within 2009.
As of January 1, 2010 the volume of Sberbank’s card issue reached 39.8 million cards. It increased by 30.7% within 2009. The number of Visa and MasterCard cards increased within the year by 34.9% and totaled 36.7 million cards, including 21.8 million MasterCard and Maestro cards and 14.9 million Visa and Visa Electron cards. Sberbank also issued 3.1 million SBERCARD smart–cards.
As of the end of the year the total number of credit cards and cards with overdraft facility reached 763,000; credit card and overdraft card debts totaled 8.6 billion roubles.
The number of Sberbank–Maestro Social cards, issued to get pensions, benefits, subsidies, and other social security payments, increased within 2009 by 69.2% and totaled 8.3 million cards.
The number of Mobile bank customers within the year increased by 87.3% and reached 12.6 million users; in 2009 Sberbank sent 573.8 million card operation notifications.
Bank provides card service in more than 6,800 settlements located all across Russia.
Sberbank has 12,300 cash points. The Bank installed and put into service 22,900 ATMs. As of January 1, 2010, Besides Sberbank’s acquiring network includes 10,600 information and transaction terminals. It was by 92% as much as a year ago.
Sberbank of Russia has acquiring contracts with 92,500 merchants.
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