OREANDA-NEWS. Sberbank and Czech Airlines, the national airline of the Czech Republic, have launched cooperation in the framework of internet acquiring. As a result, Sberbank became a partner of the official website of Czech Airlines providing the acceptance of Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, and Maestro cards to make payments on the Russian version of the partner's website. Payment security is provided in compliance with the requirements of the PCI DSS International Standard applied to card payments and card holders' data.

"Czech Airlines is the first foreign airline company Sberbank has entered into an internet acquiring contract with, and we hope for further development of the relationship with our Czech colleagues," said Svetlana Kirsanova, Managing Director and Head of Acquiring at Sberbank. "We are certain the cooperation with Sberbank will have a positive impact on business development of the airline company and meet client needs across Russia."

"As the largest bank in Russia and one of the three largest banks in Europe, Sberbank is a reliable partner with priceless experience in the Russian market. Sberbank's selection as the provider of internet acquiring services for Czech Airlines was a natural and logical step, which will provide our clients in Russia with a number of benefits, including the ability to use a well-known and stable Russian bank when making payments; guarantees of complete payment transactions provided by a reliable Russian financial institution; ability to perform transactions in rubles regardless of foreign exchange rate volatility until payment process is complete and funds have left the client's account," Jan Toth, Director of Commerce at Czech Airlines, said.