OREANDA-NEWS. March 14, 2012. CONTACT system has connected a new bank participant to its network in Tajikistan. Money transfers via CONTACT system now can be sent and received at the offices of JSC "AccessBank Tajikistan", located in Dushanbe, reported the press-centre of RUSSLAVBANK.

CONTACT system’s new partner in Tajikistan - AccessBank - is the youngest bank in the country, created to provide financial services to individuals and small private businesses. Branch network currently consists of a headquarter and 3 branches located in Dushanbe; in the near future, the bank plans to open 14 more branches across the country.

After connecting AccessBank the number of CONTACT offices in Tajikistan approached to 900 points in 113 cities and towns. Due to unaddressed format of CONTACT transfers in Russia and CIS countries, money can be granted to the recipient at any system’s office on the territory of Tajikistan.

"The partnership with AccessBank is the next stage of the ten-year development of CONTACT system in Tajikistan. Now Bank’s clients got an affordable, high quality service to transfer money via CONTACT system in 100 countries around the world - said Svetlana Frolova, Vice-president of RUSSLAVBANK, the System’s operator. - Cooperation with AccessBank has increased the number of system’s partners in Tajikistan to 12 banks and financial institutions. In general, the expansion of the offices network will draw to CONTACT additional clients and maintain high rates of business development in the Central Asian region".