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