Sberbank: Debit cards

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• Debit cards (market of Russia)

2020: Sber - in top-150 banks on turnover of debit cards

At once six Russian banks were included into world top-150 on turnover of debit cards. Among leaders in this indicator in Russia – Sber and "Tinkoff", Izvestia with reference to the research Nilson Report reported on December 15, 2020.

Above all in the international rating from the Russian credit institutions there is Sber. The company took the 11th place with an annual turnover on debit cards in 177 billion dollars. Read more here.

2019: Growth of expenditure on debit cards of Sberbank for 21%

In 2019 on debit cards of Sberbank it was spent for 21% more, than in 2018, reported Izvestia in credit institution.^[1]

2018: A share of non-cash turnover on debit cards of Sberbank - 60%

On April 12, 2018 Sberbank announced that the share of non-cash turnover on debit cards of Sberbank in 2017 reached 60%, having increased in a year by 9 percent points. The portfolio of active debit cards in a year grew by 14% and made 102.4 million pieces.

In a year the share of contactless turnover by Sberbank Cards in trade acquiring grew by 12 times and reached 18% for the end of the year, and as of April, 2018 exceeds 23%. Significant growth in an indicator is connected with transfer of release of all new cards to contactless technology: 35 million debit cards work on "beskontakta". Payment speed "in one contact" is 12 times faster than classical payment on the chip and averages 3 seconds for transaction, emphasized in bank.

In 2017 3 times bigger than clients purchases with the help smartphone with technology Apple Pay Samsung Pay, Google Pay and Garmin Pay — as of April, 2018 began to pay regularly, them already more than 3 million people.

In focus of our attention in 2017 there was an increase in non-cash turnover according to cards and development of the digital-services available to Sberbank Cards. Development of contactless technology became one of main growth drivers of "clearing settlement" — in 2017 the bank completed transfer process of new cards on beskontakt, having made also contactless and the card of instant issue. Already clients perform 23% of the purchases paid with cards in one contact — the director of the "Bank Cards and Acquiring" division of Sberbank Svetlana Kirsanova told. — It became more convenient to issue the card — to leave the request on the website or on the web version in Sberbank Online enough, and in May service will be available also in mobile application Sberbank Online.

According to bank, clients ordered more than 1 million cards, having issued on the website of Sberbank — such opportunity appeared in May, 2017. In March, 2018 the bank started a possibility of a design of the card in Sberbank Online — already more than 15 thousand cards are ordered thus.

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