News of Payment Systems

• Sberbank of Russia starts approbating a new EMV URPS technology

News of Banks

• Belarus: the volume of private deposits has grown by 29%
• Ukraine: the number of active cards has reduced by 23%

Business. Technologies. Retail

• PLUS–Eurasia Buyers Guide 2009–2010 has come out
• G&D launches MasterCard mobile payments sticker
• ENISEY Bank has changed processing company for KartStandart to process MasterCard cards
• Latvians can take interest–free SMS microloans

Fraudfighting and Security

• Russian government to consider amendments to the Act “On the personal data”

Card Society

• Dmitry Medvedev about social cards
• Social card project to start in St.-Petersburg