YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. VTB Bank (Armenia)  services are now available via TelCell terminals in real time, the bank said Tuesday.

“Another opportunity is added to the service of refilling banking and card accounts and paying off loans by pledging gold items via TelCell terminals (nearly 800 terminals across Yerevan and regions),”the source said.

Particularly, the bank jointly with TelCell has developed the technical framework of the service.
From 3 June, the service mentioned above will become available and can be processed in real time from Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 19:00, from 09:00 to 18:00 on Saturday, and the next banking day from 09:00.

VTB Bank (Armenia) shifted to online card transactions system early in 2013. Card accounts can be filled within several seconds via TelCell system, as the request is approved in the automotive banking system online and delivered to the processing center.

It is a unique opportunity for the bank’s cardholders to momentarily fill their card accounts  and then use their money.

Yuri Gusev, General Director – Chairman of the Board of Directors, noted the clients are interested in remote banking service.

“Taking into account the successful work over the previous years, and having a goal to improve the pool of options of our remote customer service, we have decided to shift to approving online transactions via payment terminals,” he said.

Gusev added the process of filling card accounts and paying off loans will become more available and convenient, as the new system will offer the real-time transactions for customers.
“We are sure this innovation will be positively accepted by our clients,” he noted.

The process of filling accounts and paying off loans while pledging gold items online via TelCell is very simple and accessible. The service is available 7/24.

Submitting the request the customers will receive SMS-notifications that the request has been approved and the requested amount becomes effective immediately.

The link of VTB Bank (Armenia) is available in “Banks, mandatory car insurance, credit organizations” sector of “Service payment” category of TelCell.

VTB Bank (Armenia) CJSC became  a member of international financial Group VTB in April 2004. Currently the second largest in Russia VTB Bank (OJSC) owns 100% of the shares of VTB Bank (Armenia). The bank traditionally ranks among the leaders of the banking system of RA in a number of key indicators. Now the Bank has the largest branch network in the country – 67 branches. —0--