Kurgan Region’s dwellers buy $2m worth of Sberbank’s TCs in January-August 2008
16 September 2008 (16:21)
The dwellers of Kurgan Region are reported to have bough over $2m worth of Sberbank of Russia’s traveler’s checks in January-August 2008, which exceeds the figures for January-August 2007 by 20%.
The bank’s experts report there are also plenty of workers who earn a living outside the region and prefer to turn the money they’ve made into TCs and cash them in Kurgan. This year, Sberbank’s Kurgan branch has paid over $70,000 worth of checks so far, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 92%.
The experts explain that it’s wise to buy the TCs in cash that is normally used in the country one is going to. Sberbank’s Kurgan division offers its customers American Express checks in U.S. dollars and euros and can cash in the checks issued by American Express, Citicorp, Visa, and Thomas Cook.
The bank’s experts report there are also plenty of workers who earn a living outside the region and prefer to turn the money they’ve made into TCs and cash them in Kurgan. This year, Sberbank’s Kurgan branch has paid over $70,000 worth of checks so far, which exceeded the figures for a year earlier by 92%.
The experts explain that it’s wise to buy the TCs in cash that is normally used in the country one is going to. Sberbank’s Kurgan division offers its customers American Express checks in U.S. dollars and euros and can cash in the checks issued by American Express, Citicorp, Visa, and Thomas Cook.
 | Embed to Blog |  | Subscribe to Newsletter |  |
Other materials on the topic::
- Sberbank offers bonuses to American Express customers
- Sberbank’s Ural branch sells $60m worth of American Express checks in 2008
- Sberbank’s Ural branch awards prize winners
- Sberbank’s Ural branch handles 13 billion RUR worth of Blitz money orders in January-June 2008
- SberBank sets up first small-business subsidiary in Kurgan