Monday, June 29 2015 23:01

 VTB Bank (Armenia) is expanding its remote services. The bank's new offer will provide its clients with the opportunity to automatically check their card account balance. The bank's press-office has informed that VTB Bank payment cardholders can control their balance from all over the world at any time of day or night. 

To get information regarding card account balance clients are to call +37410 560708 at VTB Bank processing center, then follow the voice guidance, choose the necessary menu, then dial the 16-digit- number of the card and the banking password. 

It takes 20 seconds to check the balance. The client gets the info according to the main currency of this account based on Central Bank's exchange rate of a concrete day. 
Cardholders of the Bank can also use SMS Banking services to check their card account balance. 

More detained info can be found on www.vtb.am in the section "Remote Services". 

According to the Analytical Review "Armenian Banks in Card Business" by the Agency of Rating Marketing Information (ArmInfo), VTB Bank (Armenia) retains leadership in terms of active cards. As of 1 April 2015, the number of its active cards totaled more than 401 thsd (24% y-o-y growth), including almost 385 thsd Visa cards (including over 88 thsd pension cards). The Bank became a member of MasterCard almost 2 years ago and issued over 16 thsd MasterCards by April 2015, joining the top ten. The Bank was in the lead by the amount of plastic transactions - over 186 bln AMD over 2014 (33% y-o-y growth). As of 1 April 2015, the Bank had 298 POS-terminals and 157 ATMs. Before 2013 the Bank issued and served Visa international cards. In September 2013, it became a principal member of MasterCard and started issuing and serving Cirrus/Maestro, MasterCard Standard and MasterCard Gold cards. Along with it, the Bank serves ArCa local cards and has its own processing center.  VTB Bank (Armenia) joined VTB Group in April 2004 and is fully owned  by VTB Group, the second biggest bank in Russia. VTB Bank (Armenia) is one of the leaders of Armenia's banking sector. It has 67 branches  all over the country (the largest branch network in Armenia).