OREANDA-NEWS. November 22, 2011. Uniastrum Bank cardholders are guaranteed easy access to cash dispensing and depositing services thanks to the fact that ATMs are evenly deployed throughout the city, in stores, shopping precincts, and retail and office centers. Uniastrum customers can use not just the Bank’s own ATMs, but also those operated by banks partnering the United Settlement System – 44 in number and over 9% of Tula’s total ATM base.

Uniastrum cardholders can pay for cell phone (Beeline, MTS, Megafon), Internet, satellite TV, and other services at the Bank’s terminals at no extra charge. For more details on the location and operating hours of Uniastrum Bank ATMs in Tula, visit: http://www.uniastrum.ru/branches/atm/tula/

The dramatic expansion of Uniastrum’s ATM network comes on the back of a sustained uptrend in the Bank’s retail business activities in the Tula region. In H111, the local branch’s credit card portfolio grew 33% to Rb 35.6 mn as of July 1, 2011.

According to figures released by RosBusinessConsulting news agency, as of July 1, 2011 Uniastrum ranks among Russia’s Top-20 banks by number of in-house ATMs. The Bank’s in-house network of ATMs and payment terminals currently stands at over 700. Meantime, the number of ATMs operated under the United Settlement System, which Uniastrum joined in 2008, has now reached around 14,000.

“Uniastrum Bank remains committed to rolling out its services for cardholders,” says Sergei Larchenko, Deputy Chairman of Uniastrum’s Management Board. “With a view to enhancing customer convenience, one of our strategic tasks today is ensuring that our ATMs are evenly deployed in towns and cities where the Bank maintains a presence.”