The Central Bank of Russia has re-entered Center-invest Bank into the register of credit institutions recognised as important players in the payment services market. A total of 23 Russian financial institutions were included in the list.
Center-invest Bank has been listed as an important financial institution in the payment services market since 2014 and confirms its high status every year.
There are now 355,000 Center-invest Bank cards in circulation, including 273,000 cards using the Mir national payment system. The bank’s terminal network has grown to 611 ATMs, 490 payment terminals and 8,188 POS terminals during the year.
In 2021, the Bank’s customers made over 20.8 million card account transactions worth RUB 58.5 billion and received over RUB 59 million in cashback.
Center-Invest Bank operates three card personalisation centres in Rostov-on-Don, Volgograd, and Krasnodar, which issued over 100,000 cards in 2021.
The Bank regularly improves its card products and services and engages in pilot projects with the Central Bank, Mir NSPC and others to develop the Russian payment infrastructure. In 2021, the Bank participated in the federal project for introduction of digital certificates for purchasing rehabilitation equipment as an acquiring bank. It became the first bank in Russia to provide the opportunity to use this tool.