OREANDA-NEWS. June 02, 2009. Russian Agricultural Bank started issuing and serving local payment cards in 2008. In September 2008 the Bank launched VISA cards.

During one and a half year of the payment system project implementation the number of cards issued by RAB exceeded 160 thousand, including 85 thousand VISA cards. Today RAB issues 6 thousand cards weekly.

The Bank’s second largest in Russia regional branch network includes 78 regional branches and over 1,400 additional offices.