YEREVAN, January 31. / ARKA /. Areximbank-Gazprombank Group awarded today the winners of a contest for the best original work devoted to the bank in several categories - photography, illustration, painting, poetry, music, comics, short films or videos. The contest was held in the bank’s page in Facebook social network.

The bank said today that sixteen participants were chosen to get prizes. It also said the competition which was called The Best Financial Composition, has added more than 700 new "friends" to the bank’s page in Facebook.

The winners were given discount MasterCard Gold cards, and all other participants -MasterCard Standard cards.

"The holders of the bank’s cards may get discounts at 200 shopping centers, hotels, insurance companies, medical centers and various recreational facilities throughout Armenia",  according to the bank’s press release.

The bank had offered everyone to place their works on its Facebook page and evaluate the works of other contest participants. Those who collected the largest number of ‘like’ were named the winners of the contest.

Areximbank - Gazprombank Group was established in 1998 to handle financial flows between Russia and Armenia. In 2007 it was acquired fully by Russia’s Gazprombank. It runs 16 branches in Armenia, nine in regions and seven - in the capital city. --0----