Thursday, June 25, 2015

Kommersant that Sberbank plans to withdraw from the card project “Pro100″ – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 25 – RIA Novosti / Prime. Sberbank intends to get out of your card project “Pro100″, wrote on Thursday, the newspaper “Kommersant” with reference to the first deputy chairman of the bank Maxim Poletaeva.

It is clear that the situation has changed, and the bank does not see prospects of development of the project, he acknowledged. The project is no longer relevant in the background in the creation of Russian national payment card system (NBTS) at the Bank of Russia, which later this year will begin production of the national maps “Mir”.

The emission and reception of “Peace” will be mandatory for all large acquiring banks, which makes it impractical to develop its own system. The Bank considers several scenarios out of the “Pro100″ – positive or negative – said Maxim Poletaev, without specifying details. According to the newspaper, they suggest the closure or sale of the project.

The “Pro100″ was launched in 2010. This is your own payment application Sberbank used in the project “Universal Electronic Card” (UEC), which is controlled Sberbank (86.8%). “Pro100″ replaced the previous card project Savings Bank – “Sbercards” which is not spread and was closed in 2012. To date, produced more than 2 million cards “Pro100″.

At the end of October 2014 the Central Bank of the Russian Federation recognized that the system of national importance. The main card issuer payment system “Pro100″ is now the Crimean Bank RNCB.

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