21.05.2008 /Credit cards St Petersburg consumers choose cashless payments for security and convenience - Citi issues its 100'000th credit card and marks its 4 years of consumer banking in the Northern-West region.

28.06.2008 /Credit cards ORGRESBANK proceeded to the issue of Visa Platinum cards - Holders of Visa Platinum cards are offered a wide range of additional services, apart from the standard ones, provided by theBank free of charge. The card is issued for one year. An additional card of the same category may be issued to the basic Visa Platinum card. The "platinum product" can be issued in all regions where the bank operates.

04.07.2008 /Credit cards B.I.N.BANK has been ranked 11th among Russian Banks in a popular plastic cards - The most interesting product is "Income bearing card" enabling the customer to get income as increased interest (7% p.a. in rubles and 5% p.a. in currency) charged on balance available on the account.

05.07.2008 /Credit cards Introduction of cashfree travel payment using Bank of Moscow cards is recognised as a success - The cards may be used to pay for travel on the Metro, with the cost of each subsequent journey during the month costing the same as a season ticket. Muscovites have naturally appreciated this and more than 4 million of them now use cashfree travel payment cards when travelling by Metro.

11.07.2008 /Credit cards ORGRESBANK extends the range of services provided to Diners Club Card Holders - Now the Online Statement service and the Card Security programme are available for Diners Club International card holders.

22.07.2008 /Credit cards The united ATM network of UkrSibbank and partner banks tops 3 300 cash machines - OJSC "Rodovid Bank" joined the united network of ATMs. Consequently, UkrSibbank's clients to hold payment cards can now withdraw money at over 3 300 cash machines throughout Ukraine at the bank’s rates with no extra charges.

23.07.2008 /Credit cards ORGRESBANK offers new insurance services to its cardholders - Maximum insurance coverage is 30 000 Roubles for Classic cards, 60 000 Roubles for Gold and 90 000 Roubles for Visa Platinum. The policy is issued by CJSC "AIG Insurance and Reinsurance Company" and is effective throughout the validity period of a card with ORGRESBANK. The maximum number of events covered is 2 per year.

01.08.2008 /Credit cards SB Bank and VISA International launched promotion campaign for Visa/Visa Electron card holders "Olympic movement Visa. Your way to Beijing". - Up to May 31, 2008 paying for goods and services by Visa card, whereby the sum paid is to be 500 RUR and higher, the Visa card holders are involved in participation of a drawing of prizes, including 100 sportsbags, and what's more exciting, the participants has a unique opportunity to win a tour on the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing for two persons.

01.08.2008 /Credit cards Card accounts of private clients are now yield-bearing. - Starting from June 1, 2008 the rates for RUR account and for USD or Euro account will be 2.5% up to 4.5% and 1.5% up to 3.5% respectively, depending on the amount of sum maintained at the card account, the balance being over 30'000 RUR.

01.08.2008 /Credit cards MBRD Implements acquiring Service Project - Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development has signed AMEX card acquiring service agreement with Russian Standard Bank. According to the agreement MBRD will provide existing and potential clients, trade and commercial companies with comprehensive acquiring service of VISA, MasterCard and American Express cards.

02.09.2008 /Credit cards MasterCard cards are now available at SB Bank. - SB Bank offers its customers two types of MasterCard plastic cards: MasterCard Standard (annual maintenance fee RUR900 or EUR30) and MasterCard Gold (annual maintenance fee RUR3000 or EUR100).

04.09.2008 /Credit cards Bank of Moscow rolls out full-scale implementation of the Pupil Card project in a number of Moscow schools - The previous pilot project included Moscow general educational schools of the North-Western Area of the Russian capital. Initially, the Pupil Card was used as a season ticket for the Metro and as a school entry pass.

05.09.2008 /Credit cards BANK PLATINA introduced the new Tariffs for "BANK PLATINA - VISA" - The Tariffs and Rules are in effect since the September, 1th, 2008. ul { margin-top:5; margin-bottom:0; } On August, 21th, 2008 the BANK PLATINA introduced the new Tariffs for BANK PAYMENT CARDS "BANK PLATINA — VISA" for operations in Russian Roubles, US Dollars and Euro, as well as the new Rules and Conditions of...

05.09.2008 /Credit cards The number of bank cards issued by the Bank of Moscow tops the 10 million mark - Since the beginning of the year, there has been a 17.6% increase in the number of cards issued, the positive dynamics being demonstrated by both debit and credit cards.

10.09.2008 /Credit cards MasterCard PayPass Enters Russia - MasterCard Worldwide and CB "Expobank" LTD announce the first MasterCard PayPass transaction in the Russian Federation. The historical MasterCard PayPass transaction was performed as part of a demonstration of contactless payments at a quick serve "5 Stars" restaurant of Prime-Star chain located in Kamergersky Street and belonging to the CB "Expobank" LTD acquiring network.

24.09.2008 /Credit cards Alfa-Bank offer its customers the opportunity to order bank cards depicting an image of their choice. - Customers will be able to express their individuality on their bank cards based on an image of their own choice. It could be a picture of their loved ones, a family pet, a holiday snapshot, or even one of their own drawings. To help customers choose the best image, there will be a gallery of ready-made stylish designs made up with the new images.

20.10.2008 /Credit cards New tariffs on issuing and maintenance of "VISA VIRTUON PAYMENT BANK CARD" - These tariffs will be effective starting from November 1, 2008.

23.10.2008 /Credit cards Barclaycard to give away an Aston Martin as a partner of the new James Bond film, QUANTUM OF SOLACE - Barclaycard announces that it is a proud partner of the new James Bond film and is giving its customers the opportunity to win an Aston Martin V8 Vantage. The competition will run from 1st October until 31st December and the winner will be announced on 14th January. The winning customer will be given the option of an Aston Martin V8 Vantage or an alternative cash prize of £75,000.

23.10.2008 /Credit cards MBRD Changes Tariffs on Banking Cards - MBRD changes current tariff rates on valid banking cards starting October 26, 2008.

30.10.2008 /Credit cards Absolut Bank doubles its plastic card portfolio - Absolut Bank issued more than 80,000 plastic cards since January 1, 2008, including 54,000 with a consolidated limit of more than RUB 2 billion.

31.10.2008 /Credit cards ORGRESBANK INSTALLED ATMs in MEGA Trading Centers - In new ATMs holders of the cards Visa and MasterCard will be able to withdraw cash, top up their electronic wallets such as Yandex.Dengi, WebMoney and e-port.ru, and without fee pay for housing and utilities, for services of mobile operators (MTS, Beeline, Megafon, Skylink and others) and of Internet providers (AKADO, STREAM, Korbina Telekom and others) and other services.

15.12.2008 /Credit cards Detsky Mir and MBRD co-project - Each customer who places fixed-term deposit in the amount of 50 000 RUB and more in any branches of the Bank in Saint-Petersburg shall get "Detsky Mir" gift card acceptable in all chain stores.

12.01.2009 /Credit cards MBRD`s unique offer “Deposit + Credit card” - All clients opening or having opened deposits will get a credit card with lending limit amounted to 85% from total deposit, but not more than 600 000 RUB/20 000 euro or US dollar with 50 days grace-period and free card release and service during all period of validity.

16.02.2009 /Credit cards New Visa Gold and Visa Platinum services available to Alfa-Bank customers - Visa Platinum holders will now be able to enjoy the benefits of the purchase protection and extended warranty insurance programs, which offer protection against theft and accidental damage to purchased goods within a fixed period of time.

26.02.2009 /Credit cards UkrSibbank Runs Campaign for Entrepreneurs on Salary and Card Projects - The participants of the campaign can for three months transfer salaries to card accounts of the enterprises' staff free of charge, as well as issue salary cards of "Visa Ñlassic Economy" and "Visa Gold" for executive officers. Besides, salary cards holders can use GSM-banking service free of charge for a year.