News of Payment Systems
• RUSSLAVBANK starts issuing “Zelenyi Koridor” cards
• Electronic payments system will start functioning in the Chechen Republic In January, 2010
• The Ukrainian processing centre: the growth of the card market is slowing down
• National bank of Belarus makes changes in the e-money operating procedure
News of Banks
• The Bank of Russia has announced the monetary base figures
• Sberbank of Russia raises fees for its rouble-nominated cards
• Card for fans of extreme sportsfrom Master Bank
• Bank Ak Bars starts issuing EMV cards
• Bank VTB24 has increased its credit cards portfolio 1.5 times
• Master-bank: a debt repayment service for AmEx cardholders
• Tatfondbank: results of the first part of the year
• MDM-bank reduces its express credits interest rates
• Belarusbank: results of the first half of 2009
• Uzbekistan: the first bank co-brand card
• Bank Khreschatik has been certified as MasterCard EMV cards acquirer
Business. Technologies. Retail
• New stage of development of "Electronic transit card" system
Card Society
• Driving licenses in Russia will be with bar codes
• New changes of biopassports production in Russia
• Bio passports: "Voschod" has turned the system on