News of Payment Systems
• The volume of CONTACT remittances to Azerbaijan increased by 32 percent
• Bank Ekaterinburg is increasing the number of "Zolotaya Korona – Denezhnye perevody” cash points
• UNIStream is increasing its network of service points through Bank of Georgia
News of Banks
• Bank of Russia: bank card market in the first half of 2009
• Interest rate of individual deposits above 16.84 percent are forbidden in Russia
• Russian Ministry of Finance suggests permitting making remittances abroad and from abroad in roubles
• In Ukraine the level of credit card defaults has exceeded 30 percent
• Central Bank of Armenia has decreased the official bank rate for the sixth time this year
Business. Technologies. Retail
• Tieto ensures reliable issuing of China UnionPay payment cards
Fraudfighting and Security
• Ingosstrakh has paid 4.6 million roubles for the cracked АТМ
• VSK Insurance House has paid more than 700,000 roubles for cracked АТМ
Card Society
• Ulyanovsk: 40 thousand social cards
