Sberbank and OCS Distribution started online payment by business cards

2020: Start of online payment by business cards

Sberbank and OCS Distribution provided to the corporate clients a possibility of instant payment of online purchases of the IT equipment and home appliances by business cards. It is the first transaction of B2B-acquiring in the IT distribution market. Sberbank reported about it on August 12, 2020.

Now all clients of OCS, the project distributor of the Russian IT market, can pay purchases with debit and credit business Sberbank Cards. OCS was also connected to the affiliate program of bank.

The B2B-platform of online sales of OCS services more than 5000 dealers for August, 2020 and just allows as fast as possible and to buy the equipment wholesale. However at traditional payment on the account the transaction takes at least one day. Start of acquiring will allow the company, having received payment confirmation, at once to ship goods from a warehouse.

Alexander Yudin, managing director of Management for work with clients of a consumer sector and trade of Sberbank:

We see high potential of growth of digitalization of calculations in a B2B-segment and are ready to propose technological solutions for our clients. For the wholesale companies working with small and medium business, B2B-acquiring — the instrument of decrease in volume of cash circulation in settlings with partners and also an opportunity to accelerate receiving money, transferring calculations to a format zdes and now ʺ. At the same time buyers have an opportunity to use credit business cards at payment that allows to increase purchases and to manage more effectively working capital.

Irina Grudskaya, head of the B2B OCS Distribution group:

We consider B2B OCS first of all as the platform for operational interaction with the companies of a SMB segment. These are fast purchases of a retail article small or average batches — those transactions which require the most operational working off: edged logistics, warehouse and transport, fast procedural maintenance. For this reason the human factor is minimized here: a system offers goods, a system makes out it, and now a system carries out on it instant payment. Our final purpose — to facilitate purchase of goods and to provide the speed of work of business of our dealer.

Andrey Golyshkin, vice president, board member of OCS Distribution:

We see growth of activity of use of business cards among our dealers and, naturally, are ready to develop our services in the directions interesting to clients. Thanks to partnership with Sberbank we not simply expand convenience of online purchases in OCS, but also we offer different opportunities on crediting and all bonuses which go together with the bank affiliate program.