News of Payment Systems
• Belarus will replace Visa and MasterCard cards with BelKart
• In the first half of 2009 Russian Instant Payment Market has grown by 19 percent
• During the August the turnover of Azerbaijan payment system has exceeded $7.8 billion
News of Banks
• Bank of Russia can continue decreasing rates
• Sberbank of Russia has issued more than 35 million cards
• URALSIB Bank and Victoria Children Foundation have issued a card, called “Dostoyniy dom detyam!”
• MasterCard payment cards can be replenished in MBRD ATMs
• Alfa bank starts issuing salary cards with individual corporate design
• AccessBank: over 65,000 thousand microcredits
• During the year, banks of Azerbaijan have reduced the volume of personal lending by 1.9 percent
Business. Technologies. Retail
• 600 online shops use acquiring solutions of UPC
Fraudfighting and Security
• Ingosstrakh has paid Ukhtabank 1.9 million roubles for burnt down АТМ
• Sysnet establishes a regional office in Moscow, Russia to provide a new concept in the provision of information security services
