As Denis Bugrov, Senior Vice–President of Sberbank, said on the conference call with mass–media on this Tuesday, that Sberbank intended to double the number of ATMs by 2015.
Now Russian citizens can get the information, whether they have tax due or not. Everyone can do it on his “Private page of the taxpayer“ on the website of the Federal Tax Service (FTS).
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Senteo have presented its third study of the Russian retail banking industry, ”Customer Experience Index – 2009: How Russian retail banks overcome the financial storm?”
Department for Radio Electronics Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has held a meeting which is called “Results and prospects of electronic components base developing and manufacturing in Russia” at Mikron factory, the head part of SITRONICS Microelectronics business division.
On December 2, 2009, Dmitry Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, has signed the Federal Act “On modification of the Federal Act “On activity of payment agents in accepting private payments” and the Federal Act “On modification of some particular enactments of the Russian Federation in connection with acceptance of the Federal Act “On activity of payment agents in accepting private payments.”
The greatest part of all bank cards, issued on the market of Armenia, are salary cards, which percentage of non-cash operations, made in merchants, is rather insignificant. According to Beniamin Tadevosyan, Head of IT and Automation department of Ameriabank (Yerevan, Armenia), cardholders simply are not motivated to pay by cards for goods and services.
On November 20, 2009, the State Duma of the Russian Federation has approved the bill of modification of the Federal Act “On the personal data” (excluding a requirement to use cryptographic protection facilities for the personal data and extending the term within which the information personal data systems created before it should be adjusted in accordance with the requirements of the Act) in the first reading.
According to Timur Lakhonin, Chief of the National central bureau of the Interpol (NCB of the Interpol) under the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation, the Ministry is ready to co-operate with the Europol in such spheres as counteraction to illegally acquired assets laundering and combating payment card fraud.
According to the Bank of Russia, during the third quarter of 2009, the volume of private bank cards issued has been reduced by 19,300 pieces – up to 121.359 million cards (as of October 1).
According to Arthur Parfenchikov, Director of the Federal Bailiff Service (FBS), in Russia special terminals will be established, which help the debtor not only to pay out his debts, but also to get info about his debts online.
Anatoly Aksakov, President of Association of Regional Banks of Russia, has introduced the amendment in the Criminal Code, called to protect the turnover of bank cards in Russia from swindlers, in the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
On November 16, 2009, two committies of Association "Russia"’– the Committee on development of settlement-payment system and the Committee on bank information technology, held a common meeting, devoted to discussion of the bill “On the national payment system”.
Russian government develops amendments to the legislation according to which Russian banks will be obliged to return its clients all money stolen by swindlers from their cards before its blocking, including, by cash withdrawal in ATM.
According to Ivan Pischik, Chief of Central Department of IT of National bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB), BelCard payment system will start dominating in the country by 2011, when the number of cards issued increase from 1.1 million to 4 million.
According to the National bank of Ukraine (NBU), from January till September, 2009, the number of active payment cards (on which at least one operation for a year was made) on the market of the country has reduced by 23% – up to 29.5472 million pieces.
On November 6, 2009, the State Duma of the Russian Federation at session has approved the bill providing a possibility to repay a loan, issued for interest, in advance not asking for bank’s permission, in the first reading. Amendments are brought in the second part of 810 article of the Civil code of the Russian Federation.
