ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK launches a campaign for football fans

The first 1,000 customers of ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK to acquire a MasterCard UEFA Champions League starting from 9 March 2015 will receive gifts with the logotypes of MasterCard and UEFA Champions League. The gifts include bags, wallets, T-shirts, 4GB USB flash drives,etc. 
The press office of the Bank has told ArmInfo that the MasterCard UEFA Champions League card is a convenient tool for payment and cash withdrawal operations throughout Armenia and abroad. Upon request of the customers, the Bank also opens a line of credit at the interest rate of 18-24% p.a.       
When paying with the MasterCard UEFA Champions League cards, the cardholders can choose and receive gifts with football emblems on www.uefa.com, and the cost of the gifts will make up 1% of the total amount of the payments.  
ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK's ArCa Classic, ArCa Credit, ACBA Transfer, Visa Electron, Visa Classic, Visa Student or Visa Gold cardholders also have an opportunity to enjoy all the suggested privileges by linking a MasterCard UEFA Champions League card to their active cards. 
According to the Analytical Review "Armenian Banks in Card Business" prepared by ArmInfo, ACBA- CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK is among the top three banks by the number of active cards. As of 1 Oct 2014, the Bank had over 161 thsd active cards (up 8 thsd cards over year), with over 56% being local ArCa cards, nearly 33% - international Visa cards and 11% - Master Cards. The Bank is also among the top three in terms of balances on the credit cards (up 11.5% as compared with the same period of 2013, up 92.6% within a three-year dynamics). The Bank retains leadership by the number of ATMs and POS-terminals, considerably outstripping the rest of the market participants. As of 1 Oct 2014, the Bank had 202 ATMs and 1232 own POS-terminals.  ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK initiated the introduction of American Express cards and opened a new field for development of the card market in Armenia. At the initial stage (in March 2010) the Bank received the right to service the AmEx cards in the trade outlets of Armenia.  Afterwards, it became the exclusive agent of American Express and on 23 November 2010 the Bank launched the issue of American Express Gold cards. In October 2011 ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank introduced an unprecedented card product in the Armenian market - American Express Blue Card (AmEx Blue).
"ACBA-CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK" CJSC has been operating in Armenia since 1995. Since September 2006, the majority shareholders of the Bank are Credit Agricole S.A. (15.56%) and SJSC "Sacam International" (part of Credit Agricole S.A  - 12.44%). Along with them, 10 agricultural cooperative unions hold shares in the capital of ACBA- CREDIT AGRICOLE BANK.