OREANDA-NEWS. December 19, 2007. PrivatBank supports II Anti-Conference of Bloggers from the CIS and Baltics, which will take place from 8 to 10 February 2008 in Riga, reported the press-centre of PrivatBank

Why bloggers are interesting for us?
For 15 years PrivatBank has been the most technologically advanced bank in the CIS and Eastern Europe. We develop innovations and, therefore, we are interested in new technologies, new communication types, new media, alternative media, blogs and, of course, in people who stand behind them all.

The portfolio of PrivatBank includes products aimed for bloggers and Internets users. PrivatBank electronic business centre has developed 5 start-ups: a p2p payment system SiteHeart (www.siteheart.com), a unique online programming system CodeIDE (www.codeIDE.com), the project Walk2Web (www.walk2web.com) that opens new horizons for exploring Internet: to find interesting links, share them with friends and enjoy the time spent online, the project Nanoshops (www.agentnano.com) that allows turning your blog into an online store in 3 minutes, a content advertising system (www.folkad.com) that allows bloggers earn from popularity of their resources and to receive the payment directly to their credit cards.

PrivatBank pays special attention to communication with customers. PrivatBank was the first bank in the world to launch online chat as a customer service tool back in 2003, and as of September 2007 the corporate blog was introduced - privatblog.com.ua where one can learn about the bank’s routine and communicate directly with top managers of the bank in the familiar blog format. On the bank’s website www.privatbank.ua customers can both read the latest news and participate in their discussion, which allows creating products that match the customers’ needs perfectly.

Today PrivatBank actively expands its branch network in the territory of the CIS and Europe. We work not only in Ukraine but also in Latvia, Russia, Georgia, Cyprus and Portugal. A new branch in Italy will open soon. The website for servicing European customers - www.privat24.eu has been launched in August.

PrivatBank seeks to facilitate development of technologies and introduction of innovations. The anti-conference of bloggers BarCampBaltics 2008 is aimed at active exchange of innovative ideas among technologically advance youth and, therefore, support of the anti-conference is a significant and important event for the bank. We already have experience in participating in a similar conference held on 13-14 October in Ukraine – BlogCamp.com.ua. We are bloggers ourselves and communication with people like us has become a good tradition of ours. 

PrivatBank is the leader of the Ukrainian banking service market. PrivatBank holds about 30% of the payment card market in Ukraine (over 14 mln of payment cards). The service network includes 4186 ATMs and 36 450 POS terminals. The national banking service network of PrivatBank features 2811 branches and affiliates nationwide.

AS "PrivatBank" was established in 1992 and currently is one of the oldest banks in Latvia. As of 2002, the main shareholder of AS “PrivatBank” is the biggest bank in Ukraine ZAO KB “PrivatBank” (ЗАО КБ "ПриватБанк") that owns 95,7% shares of AS "PrivatBank". The branch network includes 24 branches in Latvia and abroad. The profit of AS “PrivatBank” amounted to LVL 960 thousand in the 3rd quarter 2007. The assets of the bank reach LVL 108.891 million.