News of Payment Systems
• Ukrainian Ministry of Economy suggests obliging merchants to accept special means of payment
News of Banks
• Sberbank of Russia launched Social card project in Krasnodar region
• New co–branding Perekrestok–Citibank–MasterCard card
• AmEx and Sberbank of Russia will give 50 US dollars as a gift to the buyers of travellers cheques
• Belarusbank issued 1 million BelCard–M cards
• Ukraine: over 30% of online payments are made by Raiffeisen Bank Aval cards
Business. Technologies. Retail
• Mobile can be used on Russian airlines
• Visa and DeviceFidelity Collaborate to Accelerate Adoption of Mobile Contactless Payments
Card Society
• Russia. Special cards to pay traffic penalties
• First online air ticketing service was launched in Belarus