Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Khalilova / The international payment system, Visa for banks, will hold fifteen days of 'Visa First' workshops for new members in Moscow. The regional representative of Visa in East European and CIS countries sent invitations to Azerbaijan so that participants may attend the workshops, Fuad Musayev, the Chairman of the Ganja Bank, said. The workshops will start on 3 September.
Ganja Bank has been a member of this payment system since June 2007, but has not been issued Visa cards. "We hope our Bank officials may become more experienced after these workshops," Musayev said. Ganja Bank, however, does have experience through its issuance of 400 local cards.
United Credit Bank, Azal Bank, Azerbaijan Senaye Bank, as well as Ganja Bank, through the support of the International Bank of Azerbaijan, is planning to join Visa.
However, Respublika Bank has already made statements about its plan regarding changing its status in Visa with hopes of becoming a full member. Standard Bank, Azerigazbank, AtaBank, and Texnika Bank have also changed their status and now they are full members of Visa.