Thursday, December 26 2013 14:21
Areximbank-Gazprombank Group grants iPhone 5 to the winner of the campaign conducted jointly with MasterCard
ArmInfo. Areximbank-Gazprombank Group has awarded the winners of the campaign it has conducted jointly with the MasterCard international payment system.
The press service of the bank reports that the awarding ceremony took place on Thursday.
The campaign lasted from Sept 2 till Nov 29. During that period the bank offered its customers one-year chip MasterCard Standards with no security deposit, no annual fee and in preferred currency and one-year non-chip MasterCard Golds with no security deposit but with a 2,000 AMD annual fee. For each use of the cards the holders received points.
The campaign involved almost 2,600 people. The 45 most active holders have been granted iPads, digital video cameras, iPods. The grand prix of the campaign was iPhone 5. According to ArmInfo's Armenian Banks in Card Business bulletin, as of Oct 1 2013 Areximbank-Gazprombank Group had almost 33,000 active cards, including 10,000 MasterCards. The bank has 78 ATMs (mostly in Yerevan) and 325 POS-terminals.
In Nov 2007 Gazprombank acquired an 80% stake in Areximbank. In July 2008 Gazprombank's stake grew to 94.15%. In Sept 2008 the Russian bank bought the remaining 5.85% from Raiffeisen Bank to become the sole owner of Areximbank- Gazprombank Group CJSC.
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