The Volume of Money Transfers in CONTACT System increases in one and half

The International Money Transfers and Payments CONTACT System continues its dynamic growth, keeping the high rates of growth in spite of any financial excitements, shows more than 50 % an annual turnover gain.

3,4 billion dollars have been remitted through the CONTACT System in 2008. This figure means that 14 million persons from Russia, the CIS countries, far and near abroad have preferred the CONTACT, knowing about reliability, quality of technologies, convenience and availability of system's services. And about 4 million of them are new clients, 35 % of which (according ti the marketing researches) used the CONTACT under the recommendation of the acquaintances and friends. In many respects, thanks to all of them the quantity of transfers for the last year has increased more than on third.

«The CONTACT has a sufficient safety factor, - Nikolay Gousman, RUSSLAVBANK's President-Chairman of the Board. – The current economic difficulties only have confirmed the quality and reliability of its work. During the period from September till December, 2008 over 20 new banks of Russia, near and far abroad have joined the System. Servicing points of CONTACT have been opened in 180 new cities. Such dynamics allows to look ahead optimistically».

Mrs.Irina Shipilova,
Vice-President
of RUSSLAVBANK (CJSC)
+7 (495) 237-08-19; 8-910-456-62-83
E-mail: shipilova@russlavbank.com