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Azerpocht issues plastic cards

26 January 2011 08:30 (UTC +04:00)

Azerpocht has started to issue plastic cards. According to Novruz Mammadov, the head of Postal Office of the Ministry of Communications & Information Technologies, Azerpocht has issued 2 000 plastic cards in accordance to the contract with MilliKart Processing Center. These cards are designed for postal workersâ€™ salaries. Number and varieties of cards are planned to be increased in the future. He also noted that, Azerpocht would issue both local and Visa International system: â€œPresently, we are negotiating with Visa system. Azerpochtâ€™s membership to Visa may be possible only in 3-5 years. If it happens, the post operator will issue Visa cards as wellâ€.

According to him, the potential customers of these cards will be pensioners and persons getting wages in the regions: â€œThe payments are consumed via IBA and Kapital Bank. But itâ€™s true that, they have not ATMs and POS-terminals in the villagesâ€. Thatâ€™s why Azerpocht intends to launch its ATMs and POS-terminals from 2011.

Next year, Azerpocht intends to apply to relevant organizations for participation in giving of pensions and wages: â€œâ€

Remind that, Azerpocht operates over 1200 branches and departments in Baku and regions. At the end of last year, Azerpocht has started to conduct financial services.