RUSSLAVBANK President - chairman of Board Nikolay O. Gousman has informed journalists about it on a briefing holding on Tuesday, on April, 4.
Occasion for a briefing was the successful financial year conclusion, forthcoming IV international CONTACT system conference on May 19 and directly transactions volume billion dollars excess.
N. Gousman has noted, that the time has come to position CONTACT system precisely as integrated retail product. « What we did initially was not a money transfer system–there was no such concept at all that time, – but a universal retail product for banks - partners. Though the term "retail" in the Russian bank system sounded seldom for that moment », – Nikolay Gousman has told to journalists.
One more theme on a briefing was RUSSLAVBANK certification as CONTACT system clearing center, according to Total Quality Management and requirements of quality standard ISO 9001-2000. Nikolay Gousman has noted, that certification passage is not only a high technology estimation, but also promotes the further improvement of services quality rendered by CONTACT system uniting a quarter of country banks. It positively influences on business efficiency of all system participants. The high level of technology development has allowed considerably expand a spectrum of services given by CONTACT system banks. Besides money transfers the client can carry out payments through CONTACT system on more than 50 purposes, including to pay cellular communication services, Internet - providers, travel agencies, to repay credits, etc.
Service stations number grows dynamically. In March 2006 this growth rates reached 18 service points a day. Such dynamics on graphs looks almost as vertically ascending curve. As a result, today works over 26000 "CONTACT" system service offices in 79 countries of the world. According to Nikolay Gousman, the "CONTACT" system share in money transfer market from Russia to CIS countries - 17 %, from Russia to CIS and other foreign countries - 15 %.