Wednesday, September 29 2010 17:30
UNISTREAM money transfer system granted certificate at bank festival in Montenegro
ArmInfo. The UNISTREAM international money transfer system has been granted a certificate in the money transfer nomination at a bank festival in Budva, Montenegro.
The press service of Unibank, the executive partner of UNISTREAM in Armenia, quotes Director General of UNISTREAM Suren Ayriyan as saying that the award has proved the system's efficiency. "In the past years we have carried out unprecedented projects in our network in Europe. We have been the first Russian company to receive Bafin's license for money transfer activities in the EU. We have introduced a number of consumer tailored tariffs and innovative services," Ayriyan said.
INISTREAM covers all 33 Unibank branches. The tariffs are as follows: 3,000 USD or EUR or 100,000 RUR - 1%, over 3,000 USD or EUR or 100,000 RUR - 0.45%, for AMD transfers - just 0.35%.
In Jan-June 2010 UNISTREAM's turnover in Armenia totalled $216.5mln against $216.7mln in Jan-June 2009 or 321,605 transactions against 307,543, respectively. In June 2010 alone the system transferred $49.8mln (67,200 transactions) against $50.2mln (65,300) in June 2009. The average transfer has dropped from $1,000 to $500-600 due to crisis in Russia, Ukraine and other countries.