OREANDA-NEWS. April 09, 2013. Eurasian Bank informed of launching of a new "Deposit Card" product. Customers opening deposit accounts at any Bank outlet are provided with cost free Visa Electron, Visa Classic or Visa Gold, international payment system cards.
 
Deposit Card is a convenient way to withdraw interests and deposit amount (at the end of the deposit term, by partial withdrawal, in case of early termination). It considerably saves customers’ time. There is no need to come to the Bank and wait in line. Money may be withdrawn free of charge from Eurasian Bank ATMs and POS-terminals.
 
Interests and deposit amounts are automatically credited to the card, and the deposit account may be funded remotely, online, by preliminarily depositing money to the card via ATMs using the Eurasian Bank’s cash deposit function or via POS-terminals. SmartBank, online banking makes it easy to transfer funds from card account to deposit.
 
Transfers between customer accounts are free of charge. New rates will be introduced in spring of 2013. Deposit Card provides preferential rates for depositors. Thus, unembossed cards are issued free of charge, with no annual service fee, and embossed cards offer a cost free service within the first year.
 
Unembossed payment card is issued upon deposit account opening, which has no restrictions, i.e. you can fund it with cash and by money transfer, make payments for goods and services. This is a fully-functional payment Visa Electron card, which is valid for 3 years. After expiration of this period the card is reissued without rates change. Unembossed Visa Electron card is issued immediately, and embossed Visa Classic or Visa Gold cards are issued within one week.
 
Card business development is one of the strategic trends of the Bank of this year. Currently, the number of payment cards issued by Eurasian Bank is approximately 240 000.