OREANDA-NEWS. March 14, 2012. CONTACT system announces its connection to a new partner in Italy - SIT, which regional network counts of more than 300 offices. Now the agency network of CONTACT system in Italy consists of more than 1700 points in 80 cities across the country, reported the press-centre of RUSSLAVBANK.

CONTACT’s cooperation with SIT has enhanced clients’ possibilities of sending money transfers. In particular, in Rome system’s service can be used in more than 190 offices, in Milan - 165, Bologna - 40, Palermo - 25, Genoa - 75, Venice - 12.

"CONTACT has been operating in Italy for over 10 years and system’s money transfer has traditionally been one of the most popular ways to send money between Russia and the Apennine peninsula. Thus, according to the Central Bank of Russia, from January to September 2011 over a quarter of the volume of cross-border transfers in this corridor was carried out via CONTACT system, - said Elena Gafarova, Vice-president of RUSSLAVBANK, the System’s operator. – Our partnership with SIT aims to further meet the financial needs of our customers, living, working and vacationing in Italy, which, in turn, will further strengthen system’s position in this country".