OREANDA-NEWS. February 11, 2009. VAB Bank issued over 3 thousand MasterCard Int. payment cards this January, which was twice as much as in December 2008, reported the press-centre of VAB Bank.

This surging demand for payment cards has followed the increase in the pool of our corporate clients ordering payroll card programmes with the Bank: across 2008, VAB attracted 229 new companies in this segment.

VAB Bank has a diversified infrastructure to support card holders, including 292 ATMs.  Furthermore, the last year the Bank connected to the ATMoSphere joint ATM chain with up to 2050 cash machines altogether.  “The Bank actively works not only to expand card service chain but to continuously add new opportunities for card holders,” VAB Bank card business department head Natalia Stepanova commented.

Looking back, VAB Bank was named a principal member of the MasterCard Int. international payment system early this February, which allows the Bank to complete transactions and settlements for them independently, without involvement of intermediaries.