Monday, November 12 2018 16:02

ArmInfo. VTB Bank (Armenia) summed up the results of the marketing campaign "When You Win", conducted jointly with the international payment system  MasterCard, the Bank's press service told ArmInfo, explaining that  the stimulating campaign is aimed at raising consumer awareness of  the functionality and convenience of non-cash payments, increasing  the volume of non-cash payments on MasterCard cards.

The draw was held at the head office of VTB Bank (Armenia) by means  of a random sample by the lottery method and was broadcast live on  the Bank's Facebook page. According to the results of the draw, the  owners of 10 certificates for the purchase of household appliances  became Edgar Davtyan, Kristine Grigoryan, Artak Karapetyan, Khoren  Kerobyan, Suren Madoyan, Artem Nikoghosyan, Irina Ohanian, Narek  Vanesyan, Oganes Vardanyan and Ananit Zakaryan. And Arsen Hakobyan  became the happy owner of the main prize - the Renault Logan car.

To recall, "When you Win" campaign was held in the current year from  July 1 to October 1 inclusive among holders of MasterCard cards of  VTB Bank (Armenia). Under the terms of the promotion, the 100 most  active MasterCard holders who made the most non-cash payments in  trade and service outlets in Armenia, abroad and on the Internet  during the campaign took part in the drawing of 10 certificates for  purchasing home appliances and the main prize - Renault Logan .

According to the 17th issue of the analytical review "Armenian Banks  in the Card Business", prepared by ArmInfo, VTB Bank (Armenia) holds  the lead in the number of active cards, both total and MasterCard and  Visa, and was entrenched in the top three largest in terms of plastic  cards transactions. Thus, on April 1, 2018, the Bank had over 356.4  thousand cards, of which over 209.4 thousand are MasterCard and 147.1  thousand are Visa. In 2017, the volume of plastic transactions using  VTB Bank (Armenia) cards amounted to 256.5 billion drams, of which  about 80% or 204.6 billion are ATM transactions. The Bank managed to  increase the volume of plastic transactions in y-o-y terms by 15.4%,  and ATM transactions also increased.  Until 2013, VTB Bank (Armenia)  issued and serviced only international VISA cards, after which since  September of the same year, becoming a full member of the  international payment system MasterCard Worldwide, started issuing  and servicing Cirrus / Maestro and MasterCard cards, along with it  servicing and local ArCa cards. VTB Bank (Armenia) has its own  processing.

To note, VTB Bank (Armenia) CJSC became a member of the international  financial group VTB in April 2004. Currently, the second largest in  Russia, PJSC "Bank VTB" owns 100% of shares of Bank VTB (Armenia).  The Bank traditionally ranks among the leaders of the banking system  of the Republic of Armenia by major indicators. In terms of coverage  of its branch network, VTB Bank (Armenia) holds the lead - 67  branches with a presence both in the capital and in all regions of  the country.