OREANDA-NEWS.  The Bank of Moscow has launched services which are convenient for Muscovites to replenish their personal accounts to pay for the school cafeteria catering. Moreover, the client is not charged with any additional fees. This project is implemented in the context of the municipal school program the Information System (IS) "Passage & Catering" introduced by the Moscow Department of Information Technologies and the Moscow Department of Education.

One can replenish personal account in the following ways:

Via ATMs of the Bank of Moscow. To be able to enjoy this service one has to receive the following information at school:

the name of the school catering provider and his three-digit code;
the name of the pupil’s personal account.
With this information one can replenish the pupil’s personal account in the ATMs of the Bank of Moscow via a bank card issued by any bank or via cash (in ATMs that accept cash).

Via personal account at the Moscow State Services Portal.

To do this one has to simply know the personal account of the pupil and replenish it via a bank card issued by any bank. This method of payment allows clients to make a money transfer in just a few minutes from home or office without wasting time to go to an ATM. The money is transferred to the account immediately.

Maxim Patrin, Vice President of the Bank of Moscow said: "Today the Bank of Moscow together with the partners and other participants of the IS Passage & Catering" project is working actively to implement the options of the replenishment of personal accounts of pupils via alternate, more convenient service channels for Muscovites — cell phone applications and tablets".

In his turn, Sergei Miroshnichenko, Head of Card Services in the Moscow Department of Information Technologies, said: "The Moscow City Government and the Bank of Moscow enjoy long-term and solid cooperation and we wholeheartedly welcome the Bank’s participation in such a significant social project".

700 Moscow schools and over 10 catering providers are scheduled to participate in the project already in the first quarter of 2014.