Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Khalilova / Texnika Bank is planning to issue some projects in the card market of Azerbaijan in the near future. Texnika Bank became full member of MasterCard after it completed certification work in the international payment system, Samir Huseynov, the manager of the Bank, said. Initially the bank is planning to issue 5,000 cards.
Texnika Bank will issue the first chip platinum card of the international Visa payment system from 26 October. Cards enable owners to get 10% discount in such shops in Baku as Lacoste, Benetton, Accessory and others.
Texnika Bank became the second private bank of Azerbaijan and the fourth among other banks of the country which get acquiring of the Visa International. It enables Texnika Bank independently sign agreements with trade enterprises to allocate the POS-terminals.
The bank issued 38,000 cards. Texnika Bank takes the third place with the volume of emitted cards by Azerbaijani banks.