Ildar Khalikov holds meeting on realisation of project “Center of competence MasterCard”

The Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov held a meeting on realisation of the project “Center of competence MasterCard”. The meeting was held at the Tatarstan Government House with participation of officials of the RT Cabinet, some ministries and agencies, “Ak Bars” bank, executive office “Kazan 2013”.

Vice-president and Chief of the Department for sales and product promotion of OOO MasterCard Aleksandr Dunaev delivered keynote speech. He told about current situation and prehistory of the project “Center of competence MasterCard”. In particular, he reminded that arrangements were reached within the framework of negotiations with the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at the St.Petersburg international economic forum (June 2011).

In accordance with plan of measures on creating the Center of competence MasterCard - “Ak Bars” bank in Tatarstan, work on adopting advanced technologies in payment acceptance is implemented. It is expected that the project will help to increase financial literacy of population and the share of non-cash payments.