News of Payment Systems

• Svyaznoy and Golden Crown Launch Federal Money Transfer Project
• Russian Instant Payments Market: Results of Q1, 2009
• “The Big Three” of CIS Countries Lost 50% Money Transfers from Russia

News of Banks

• DIA Allocated RUR159.5 Billion to Financial Rehabilitation of Russian Banks in 2009
• Central Bank of the Russian Federation about Russian International Reserves
• Bank of Estonia: 5.2% Credits Overdue by More than 60 Days

Card Society

• Russian Railways Migrates to E-tickets System
• New Curbs on US Credit Card Firms

News of Payment Systems

• Russian State Duma will Consider Bill about Payment Agents Again
• MasterCard and Barclays Bank Started Issuance of World MasterCard Card in Russia
• MasterCard P2P Mobile MoneySend Platform Set To Go Live
• Primary Trend of Ukrainian Payment Systems’ Market
• UNIStream and FUIB Launched Joint Project

News of Banks

• Raising of Credit Rates is Supported by Russian Government
• NAFI: Ratings of Russian Banks’ Publicity and Awareness
• Central Bank of Russia: Card Issuance Grew 4 Times in Q1, 2009
• Turnover of Russian Banks’ Cards Reduced
• XVIII International Banking Congress
• Ukrainian Banks’ Loss Exceeded USD1 Billion from January to April, 2009
• Net Income of Moldavian Banks Totaled USD11.9 Million in Q1, 2009

Business. Technologies. Retail

• INPAS: 250,000 Visa Cards ”Donate Life”
• VeriFone Announced QX1000 Plug-and-Play Advanced Contactless Solution
• Tieto's Card Acquiring Solution Highly Ranked by PayX Research Limited
• NXP and Giesecke & Devrient Launch Contactless Fast Pay Solution
• EMV User Meeting

Fraudfighting and Security 

• IDC: Security Software Market in Russia
• Central Bank of Russia Published Standard “Maintenance of Information Security of Organizations of Bank System of the Russian Federation”
• Losses from Card Fraud in Russia Reached RUR1 Billion

News of Banks

• Sberbank of the Russian Federation Issued 32.1 Million Cards
• Sberbank of Russia: More than 17,000 Public ATMs
• Turnover of Mobile and Internet Banking Russian Market Exceeded RUR20 Billion in 2008
• Belarus Individuals’ Deposits Reached almost USD5.6 Billion
• Azerbaijan: Chip Cards are Dominating

Business. Technologies. Retail

• SmartVista Expands to Southern Africa
• Tieto Took Part in MasterCard Debit & Prepaid Conference 2009
• Inline Technologies Group has Entered the TOP-20 Largest IT-companies in Russia in CNews100 Rating
• NXP PN544 Controller to Drive Global NFC Adoption, Enabling New Era of Contactless Mobile Service Innovations
• Azericard Introduces E-commerce in AmEx System 

Card Society

• About 100,000 Passengers of Moscow Metro Pay for Trips by Banking Cards
• More than 80% Retired Persons in Azerbaijan Get Pension via Cards

News of Payment Systems

• MasterCard Europe Reports Growth for 2009 First Quarter
• Sbercard Launches New Project – PRO100 Cards

News of Banks

• 983 Russian Banks Finished Q1, 2009, with Profit Exceeding RUR87 Billion
• Sberbank Introduces Express Money Transfers between Russia and Ukraine
• Acquiring Infrastructure in Azerbaijan Increased by 3.6% from the Beginning of 2009
• Volume of Granted Credits in Ukraine Reducing

Business. Technologies. Retail

• OTP Bank, MasterCard and INPAS International Agreed to start a Pilot Project on Contactless Payments in Hungary
• Global Payments Completes UCS Acquisition
• INPAS Company at the Second Interbank Summit in Yerevan
• Cisco: Results of Q3, Fiscal 2009
• CFT in TOP-100 of the Largest Russian IТ Companies
• MDM Bank and CFT Signed up Partnership Agreement
• Diasoft in Top 100 of the Largest IT Companies in Russia 2008
• Teradata and SAP Expand Partnership to Unleash Rich Value of Business Data for Customers

News of Banks

• Money Supply in Russia Reduced by 10.2%
• Volumes of Largest Russian Banks’ Retail Crediting are Reducing
• Maximum Deposit Rates in Ukraine Exceeded 31%
• Overdue Credit Debt in Georgian Banks Grew by USD38 Million

Business. Technologies. Retail 

• Ukrainian Processing Center: 12 Years on the Market

News of Payment Systems

• Diners Club Russia Acquired Right to Service Discover and Pulse Cards in Russia

News of Banks

• Bank of Russia Cuts Refinance Rate from 13% to 12.5%
• Sberbank Started Granting Microcredits for Small Business
• AVANGARD Bank Started Issuing MasterCard Metro Cards
• Alfa-Bank Improves Alfa-Click Security System
• Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) Won Tender for Servicing of Ukrainian Supreme Rada
•  50% Money Transfers to Georgia are Sent from Russia

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Putin Promised Small Business to Rid Them of Cash Registers
• Tieto Joins PCI Security Standards Council to Contribute in Protecting Consumer Payment Data
• KREDOBANK’s Card Business Fully Migrates to In-house Processing Center Based on SmartVista
• SITRONICS Honored Status of the Largest Russian IT Company
• Banking Processing Center Processes More than 5 Million Cards

• State Corporation for National Payment System Development could be Established in Russia
• 6th Anniversary of Golden Crown – Money Transfer System

News of Banks

• Russian Banks Got out of Rouble Devaluation almost Trillion
• German Gref: the Peak of Crisis is Behind
• Sberbank Granted RUR93 Billion of Credits for Corporate Clients during a Week
• Overdue Credit Debt is Growing in Latvian Banks

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Analytics: Russian IT Market almost Reached Bottom of Crisis
• Crisis will not Prevent IТ Implementation in State Sector
• Total Volume of Russian Market of Digital Content will Double to 2011
• SITRONICS Supplies RUIM Cards for MTS India

Card Society

• URALSIB Bank Starts Issuing Social Cards in Smolensk Region
• Moscovite’s Social Card will be Used as Driving License?
• E-Signature Project in Azerbaijan to be Finished in October

News of Payment Systems

• Russian Parliament Council will Establish Mediation Committee on Bill about Payment Agents

News of Banks

• 901 Russian Banks Finished January and February with Profit Exceeding RUR100 Billion
• Russia's Central Bank should Reduce Refinancing Rate
• Mortgage Loans in Russia Significantly Reduced
• Individuals’ Deposits at Russian Banks Grew by 1.7%
• Sberbank of Russia’s Share on Retail Deposits Market Grew during Crisis

Card Society 

• INPAS is Payment Integrator in Project of Russian Savings Bank "Astrakhan Citizen Social Card"
• Biometric Border Control Started at Russian-Georgian Border

News of Payment Systems

• Senators Declined Bill “About Payment Agents Activity of Consumer Payments Acceptance”

News of Banks

• The Best Ukrainian Banks for Internet Payments
• Total Number of Cards in Ukraine Reduced by 40%

Business. Technologies. Retail

• INPAS and Golden Crown have Completed Integration of Video-Monitoring System “Smotritel” for ATMs
• CFT in Ranking of Stress-Resistant Russian IT Companies
• National Reserve Bank is Actively Expanding Business in the Russian Regions
• Sales Volume of E-tickets in Russia Will Double in 2009

Card Society 

• Putin about Possibility of “Building-and-Loan Associations” Creation
• New Electronic Signature Law is under Preparation in Russia
• Ukraine Might Start to Use Biometric Entry Visas

News of Payment Systems

• Russia Proposes Creation of Global Super-Reserve Currency
• TRUST National Bank Issued Visa Infinite Card

News of Banks

• About Payment Agents Activity of Consumer Payments Acceptance
• Russian Ministry of Finance Expects the Second Wave of Problems in Financial System
• Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of Russia about Debt Restructuring Bill
• RBC.Rating: the Most “Plastic” Banks
• Overdue Credit Debt of Russians Slowed Its Growth Down
• Central Bank of Russia: Overdue Debt of Corporate Clients Grows
  
• Moscomprivatbank Accepts China UnionPay Cards

Business. Technologies. Retail

• INPAS Reports 2008 Year Results of Activities in Hungary: 50% Market Share in EFT POS-terminal Equipment
• Moneris Solutions Selects VeriFone as Payment Solutions Supplier in $10 Million Contract for Wireless, Countertop and Integrated Systems
• Tieto and DnB NORD Banka in Latvia Broaden Self-service Possibilities for Banks’s Customers

Card Society 

• Volume of Consumer Credits in Latvia Reduced by 40%

News of Payment Systems

• Eurasian Economic Community Plans to Introduce Common Currency

News of Banks

• DIA Allocated RUR133 Billion for Readjustment of Russian Problem Banks
• Standard Requirements for Terminals are Prepared
• Belarusbank: Issuance Exceeded 3 Million Cards
• Bank of Georgia Granted USD239 Million of Mortgage Credits
• UPC Processes More than 11 Million of Cards
• Volume of Individuals’ Money Transfers to Moldova Reduced by 27.7%

Business. Technologies. Retail

• INPAS: iPAY application - Bank technologies in non bank projects
• Savings Bank of Russia, OpenWay and HP: 60 Million Cards on the WAY4 Platform
• TSYS Among Fortune Magazine's 'Most Admired' for 2009

Fraudfighting and Security

• ATMs with “Blue Safe” Security System Are Installing in Lithuania

Card Society 

• Sberbank and FinanceAcademy Launch Campus Cards Pilot

News of Payment Systems

• MasterCard appoints General Manager for Russia
• Payment System of Azerbaijan about Results of January and February 2009

News of Banks 

• 707 Banks Issue and Acquire Cards in Russia
• Bank of Russia about Volumes of Money Transfers
• 3rd Banking Forum for CIS countries & Eastern Europe
• Sberbank of Russia will Open Representative Office in China and Branch in India
• FAS Changed Former Position about Banking and Insurance Pools
• Kapital Bank Switches to New Processing

Business. Technologies. Retail

• E-commerce Market’s Volume Totaled RUR128.31 Billion in Russia
• NXP to transfer its Mobile Services Business to Gemalto
• Experian launches comprehensive suite of collections capabilities
• InformZaschita Announced Financial Results of 2008

News of Payment Systems

• 40th Anniversary of Russian Payment Card Industry
• Golden Crown and Faster Accomplished First Stage of Technological Integration

News of Banks 

• Total Number of Banking Cards Issued in Russia Exceeded 119 Million
• Miljukov: Volume of Credits’ Non Repayment Grew by 50% – 60% in 2008
• “Bad Bank” May Appear in Russia
• Consumer Loans Made 32% of Azerbaijani Banks’ Credit Portfolio
• Banks of Kazakhstan Issued 7.1 Million Payment Cards
• Azerbaijan: ATM Network is Growing

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Diebold Named One of the World's Top Outsourcing Service Providers for the Third Consecutive Year
• LANIT: ATM Upgrading in Compliance with EMV Requirements

Fraudfighting and Security 

• Prosecutor-General's Office of Russia: Collectors Will be under Special Supervision

Card Society 

• Electronic Tickets Project in Ukraine Suffered Lack of Money

News of Banks

• Russian Ministry of Finance Estimates Non Repayment of Credit for Largest Banks
• Total Volume of Rouble Mortgage Credits Granted by Russian Banks Exceeded RUR630 Billion
• Individuals’ Account Balances of Sberbank Increased by RUR28.8 Billion
• Sberbank of RussiaChosen as Sponsor of 2014 Olympic Games

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Tieto – Sponsor of Cards Africa 2009 conference
• Rosan - Sponsor of Cards Africa 2009

Card Society

• Plastic Cards’ Popularity Decreases
• E-payments in Latvian Public Transport

News of Payment Systems

• MasterCard Incorporated Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results Visa and Rosbank Announced Authorial Design Card
• Accor Services and MasterCard Europe Create a Leading Joint Venture in the European Prepaid Market

News of Banks

• Central Bank of the Russian Federation: Reporting about 30 largest banks of Russia on January, 1, 2009
• ARB and Association “Russia” Against Bill about Rising of Minimum Capital for Banks
• Central Bank of Russia: Total Number of Financially Unstable Banks Reached 150
• Sberbank Card Issuance Grew by 30.5% in 2008
• Azerbaijan: Growth of Plastic Cards Turnover by 64.2%
• Volume of Money Transfers to Georgia Reduced

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Dmitry Medvedev: There is No Real E-government in Russia

Card Society

• Ukrainian Government Permitted E-tickets

News of Payment Systems 

• Russian Payment System Golden Crown: Results of 2008
• Visa Inc. Tests Innovative Mobile Phone-Based Payment
• “Money: From A to Z”: New Service from Yandex.Money and Alfa-Bank

News of Banks

• Banks Gained RUR10 Billion from Credit Delinquency
• VozrozhdenieBankand Visa Inc.: New Service for Cards Accounts Top Up
• Master-Bank Offers Change of Banknotes at ATM
• Sobinbank Provide Corporate Clients with Instant Payments through CyberPlat
• Azerbaijan Rubs through Financial Crisis Easer than Other CIS Countries

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Tieto has Opened New Concept Data Centre in Russia, St Petersburg
• Bank Avangard moved card processing in-house with SmartVista 

Card Society 

• 50% Russians Are Not Going to Get Banking Card

News of Payment Systems 

• Srednerussky Bank of SBERBANK Issued More Than 10,000 Visa Cards ”Donate Life”
• Austrian Airlines, Raiffeisenbank and MasterCard: New Co-branded Project
• New Chairman of Sbercard’s Board

News of Banks

• More and More Russian Banks Wind Down Retail Business
• Sberbank of Russia Announced Tender for 27,000 ATMs
• Net Profit of “Tinkoff Credit Systems” Bank – RUR255.5 Mln in 2008
• Bank Vozrozhdenie Summed up Results of Card Business Development
• 732,300 Banking Cards Issued in Moldova
• Number of Payment Cards Reduced in Ukraine

Business. Technologies. Retail

• New Integration Solution – SmartVista e-port 

Card Society 

• Kharkov Metro to Issue 300,000 Contactless Cards

News of Payment Systems 

• Visa Infinite with Diamond and Gold Artwork Issued in Kazakhstan
• OSMP: Results of 2008

News of Banks

• SBERBANK of Russia: Development Strategy till 2014
• SBERBANK will Transfer 75% Payments to Distant Service Channels
• Bank24.ru: Results of 2008
• More than 200,000 Users of VTB24 Telebank System
• BM Bank: First ATMs with Currency Exchange Function in Ukraine
• Megabank Installed First Self-Service Kiosk in Kharkov

Business. Technologies. Retail

• Tieto and First Data Developed Card Solution for LatvianState Institutions 

Card Society 

• Moscow Metro: the World’s First Major Transport System to Operate Fully Contactless
• “Driver’s Card” in Omsk
• E-tickets in Far East of Russia Became Very Popular

News of Banks

• National Bank of Belarus: Volume of Individuals’ Funds Increased by USD1 Bn in 2008

Card Society 

• Single E-ticket Implemented in Minsk

News of Payment Systems 

• Azerbaijan Payment Systems: Results of 2008

News of Banks

• Central Bank of Russia: Situation in Russian Banking Sector Stabilizes
• Central Bank of Russia: Results of 11 Months of 2008
• Rosbank Plans to Create Network of 10 000 ATMs
• Co-branded Card of Russian Standard Bank and British Airways
• Sviaz-Bank abolishes fines for debt in arrears
• Alfa-Bank (Ukraine) Got Insurance on BBB Program

Business. Technologies. Retail

• SmartVista Passed PCI DSS Compliance Validation in Alfa-Bank
• Alfa-Bank: Recovery Processing Center Based on CROC and HP Solutions
• Ukrainian Processing Center Passed PCI DSS Compliance Validation 

Card Society 

• Single E-ticket Is Being Implemented in Tashkent