October 17, 2014, Moscow - Sberbank of Russia has been announced the winner of a tender held by Megafon Retail OJSC to select the provider of cash-in-transit services. As a result, Sberbank of Russia will provide such services to the company's retail office in 388 cities throughout Russia.

"The Telecommunications, Media and Technology sector, which Megafon Retail is part of, has a number of strict requirements for cash-in-transit services. In particular, maximum territorial coverage of cash-in-transit services for the properties being serviced, which are very spread out; frequent collection; rapid depositing of the transited revenue into the client's account, and competitive pricing. Sberbank offers services that fully meet these requirements," commented Svetlana Sagaidak, Senior Vice President of Sberbank of Russia.

"Over 20 candidates took part in the tender to select a supplier of cash-in-transit services. The main criteria for selecting a partner was the company's stability and reliability, and also how it fares in market ratings," commented Mikhail Zolotovitsky, Director of Megafon Retail. "At the moment in Russia there are over 2,000 communications salons that account for more than 30% of MegaFon's sales."

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Sberbank of Russia
Alexander Baziyan
Public Relations
Tel. +7(495) 957 5721
media@sberbank.ru

Sberbank of Russia is Russia's largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Sberbank holds almost one third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, it is the key lender to the national economy and the biggest deposit taker in Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation is the founder and principal shareholder of Sberbank owning 50% of the Bank's authorized capital plus one voting share, with the remaining 50% held by domestic and international investors. Sberbank has more than 110 million individual customers and 1 million corporate clients in 22 countries. Sberbank has the largest distribution network in Russia with more than 17,000 branches, and its international operations include UK, US, CIS, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and other countries.

The Bank holds the general banking license No.1481 issued by the Bank of Russia. The official website is www.sberbank.ru.

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