Smolensky Bank: join a system of universal electronic card can only large banks »

Towards the creation in Russia of universal electronic cards that give citizens access to public services, made the first concrete steps. Savings registered parent company, and devised the rules of joining the system for other banks, told Kommersant. "In general, the introduction of universal electronic card will facilitate the development of cashless payment, to teach people more likely to use bank cards to pay for services and purchases, - says head of department on work with the bank cards of the Moscow branch of the Bank of Smolensk Nadia Levin. - Not yet determined the cost of participation for the banks, it is difficult to judge whether a system of universal electronic cards will be of interest to commercial banks. As one of the requirements is the existence of its own network of ATMs at the rate of at least one ATM at a thousand holders of cards issued to them and at least 20 POS-terminals for receiving cards in retail outlets in one thousand holders to join the system can only large banks' .