OREANDA-NEWS. January 10, 2007. Due to clients' base enlargement and new card products implementation (in particular, new types of credit cards), quantity of "SMS-banking" service users of PRAVEX-BANK is constantly growing and now it constitutes already 10 000, reported the press-centre of PRAVEX-BANK.

"SMS-banking" service — is remote banking service which allows client by means of mobile phone to get information about card account state 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.

Thus, if client, for example, wants to learn information about card account balance, he can do it with the help of ATM. But not always there is ATM in definite place. And with the help of mobile phone it can be easily done, having sent just standard pattern-request about necessary information (balance, last movement on account, information about commercial exchange rate etc.).

Also, with the help of "SMS-banking" PRAVEX-BANK provides the most recent information for its clients about existing actions, rates, and also about card validity term for client to address bank in time to receive new card.

Besides, in PRAVEX-BANK while transferring money from one card account into the other one via ATM, client immediately receives reports about successful transfer completion.

"PRAVEX-BANK was one of the first among all Ukrainian banks that in September 2002 implemented unique for payment cards market SMS-banking service, which gives opportunity for clients to get information quickly about any performed transaction on payment card. PRAVEX-BANK's client can connect to SMS-banking service while payment card drawing or at any time if there is need in such service. PRAVEX-BANK works at the direction of realization of opportunity of different payments performance with the help of mobile phone, such as provision for subscribers of mobile communication of opportunity to replenish account, opened with our Bank, to purchase goods and services via Internet-stores, and also repay credit and pay other services", — commented Yuriy Khayev, head of plastic cards department of PRAVEX-BANK.