The 1st International Conference ‘Bank cards – effective business’ is to be held in Moscow on August 14 and 15, 2006. The conference will be visited by about 100 executives and top-mangers of Russian banks. SKB-Bank JSC representatives have already declared their intention to participate in the conference. The conference is sponsored by Association of Regional Banks of Russia and by Finance-Media Company.

The participants are going to discuss the role and place of bankcard projects in the realization of Electronic Russia Federal Program in the years 2002-2010, the problems of retail cashless payments promotion, the current state of the Russian legislation regulating the card business operations, and the state of the Russian cash card market.