OREANDA-NEWS. March 21, 2012. CONTACT system has substantially increased its service points’ network of money transfers repayment in the popular tourist areas of the African continent, reported the press-centre of CONTACT system.

In March 2012 the number of CONTACT offices, working for the repayment of remittances has reached 4600 points in Morocco, 593 in Nigeria, 84 in Tunisia, and 9 in Kenya. In addition, CONTACT clients now can also receive money transfer system in such countries as Egypt and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The whole network of CONTACT system on the African continent has about 5600 service offices.

"Wide availability of CONTACT services in Africa, of course, will reveal the potential of cross-border money transfers between system participants and this continent, as well as accelerate the spread of civilized channels to send money, revealing their ability to millions of tourists annually visiting this part of the world - said Olga Neudakhina, Head of Department of Key Clients in far abroad countries of RUSSLAVBANK, the System’s operator. - Significant expansion of CONTACT offices infrastructure in Africa are just a beginning of new phase of system’s development. During the 2012 CONTACT plans to hold large-scale transformation of its network in foreign countries. In the near future System will continue to expand its presence in Asia and Eastern Europe".