OREANDA-NEWS. July 07, 2009. BTA Bank canceled the commission for issuing and servicing cards VISA Classic/MasterCard Standard and cards of premium categories  VISA Gold / MasterCard Gold with the term of 1,2 or 3 years, reported the press-centre of BTA Bank.

Customers may have their card of the above categories issued without having to pay a commission at any additional office or branch of BTA Bank. To have their card issued they should present their identification documents and fill in a questionnaire.

- The Action of cancelation of the commission for servicing cards VISA Gold/MasterCard Gold and VISA Classic/MasterCard Standard is permanent. It is being carried out under the loyalty programme and aimed at attracting and incentivizing existing and new customers of the Bank, - says Vladimir Kim, Executive Director at BTA Bank.

When getting a bank card the customer should credit into its account an initial contribution totaling 800 rubles/25 dollars/20 euros for cards VISA Classic/MasterCard Standard and 5000 rubles/145 dollars/115 euros for cards VISA Gold/MasterCard Gold. The customer can freely manage the amount right after the card is activated.

The term of issuing a bank card of BTA Bank for customers in Moscow is from 1 up to three business days, for customers in regions of the Bank’s presence is up to 5 business days.

It should be noted that bank cards issued by BTA Bank are of the chip class, which means a wider set of possibilities to manage the bank account and a higher level of protection from damage and unauthorized actions as compared to magnetic cards.