OREANDA-NEWS. December 11, 2009. DemirBank received Honorary Certificate from VISA International for the issue of 50000s card of this payment system. The certificate was issued at the solemn ceremony organized by Visa International and dedicated to its 12 year activity in Azerbaijan, reported the press-centre of DemirBank.

“Honorary Certificate was received as a result of DemirBanks active participation in the plastic card market of Azerbaijan. DemirBank is the principal member and acquire of VISA International и MasterCard International with many years of mutually successful cooperation. We offer people international cards and wide spectrum of card services. We intend to expand our activity in this area and for this purpose we work on improving our customer services,” stated Yusif Jabbarov, deputy Head of the Management Board.

DemirBank offers up to 39 days interest free credit lines on credit cards, individual card design, urgent order and receipt of a card within 15-60 minutes (Express card service), transfer of funds from one card to another (card-to-card service), messages on mobile phone with information about card transactions (SMS Banking), card payments of utilities and other services/products via DemirBank website and other services.

DemirBank also offers the exclusive service in Azerbaijan – Telephone Banking. This service enables cardholders to pay for utilities (electricity, gas, water) and communication services (Azercell, Bakcell, Nar Mobile) by simply dialing 3 digit number 149.
DemirBank also implements “Discounts all year round” program that enables cardholders to receive discounts in various trading and servicing organizations of Azerbaijan. The Bank also realizes “Free cards for students abroad” program.

One of the first banks in Azerbaijan DemirBank (former name Azerdemiryolbank) started its activity 20 years ago in 1989. The shareholders of Bank include large international financial institutions, such as European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Holland Financial Company for Development (FMO).