OREANDA-NEWS. On July 26, 2007 JSCB “Ukrsotsbank” entered TOP-4 of leading Ukrainian banks as to the number of issued cards of international payment systems with over 2,5 million cards issued, reported the press-centre of Ukrsotsbank.

As of July 23, 2007 their number made 2,55 million. Over 460,000 of them are with credit limits. From the beginning of the year the number of the Bank’s cards increased by 26%, or by 657,700 pieces. It allowed the Bank to move to the fourth line among other banks as to the number of issued cards, according to the monthly statistic information from the “EMA” Ukrainian Interbank Payment Systems Member Association. In total, by the end of Q2 2007 the Bank moved in the rating from the sixth position up to the fourth.

“This result has been expectable and, more of it, planned by us. We offer our clients a wide range of demanded bank products, in some cases – even products which become innovative for the Ukrainian bank service market. Nevertheless, we keep the tariffs attractive”, - as Dmytro Kovalenko, the Deputy Head of the Individuals Work Department, says. In his opinion, the growth of this business segment is determined firstly by the fact that a bank card is not only a convenient tool for account management, but also provides clients with a wide range of financial products and services. In particular, cardholders can pay their bills on the Internet, replenish their account, get connected to mobile banking, check the account balance by phone or order monthly excerpt, transfer money from one account to another, change PIN, block cards etc.