Debit cards from Sberbank of Russia: Sberbank Maestro, Visa, Mastercard

The popularity of payment cards as a financialtool used in everyday life, is growing every day. Sberbank of Russia, having produced all types of this product on the international platforms "Maestro", "Mastercard" and "Visa", has taken a firm position of the leader in this segment of the market.

The most accessible and in connection with thisclaimed by the customers of the cards of Sberbank (both credit and debit) is Sberbank Maestro. If we consider the debit version on the platform "Maestro", then it is most often issued as a social product (for payment of pensions, scholarships, allowances), sometimes it is used to pay salaries to employees.

The secret of the popularity of this particular plastic is in hiscost. If the client opens the Maestro Card Sberbank as a personal card, its cost and service will be minimal. In case of registration of the target variant, the holder for it does not pay anything at all. When you receive a credit card based on Sberbank Maestro, the tariffs for it will also be minimal.

Making a card in Sberbank, the customer can choosebetween "Visa", "Mastercard" and "Maestro". In the latter case, both release and service to the customer will be cheaper. But, when making out to itself a "Visa", the client receives a number of additional advantages that are not available to holders who have chosen a different payment system. True, they are mostly associated with discounts in fairly expensive stores or outlets abroad, so for most customers, savings on maintenance will be much more important.

Being a universal means of payment, a cardMaestro Sberbank allows the client not only to withdraw money from her, replenish the account, use the loan within the limits set by the limit, but also perform other operations. For example, after having issued it once, the holder can later freely make the majority of current payments not in the cash desk of the bank, but independently - in an ATM or self-service terminal. For these purposes, any card, including Sberbank Maestro, is suitable.

By connecting to one of the servicesself-service, any client-holder of this means of payment can manage it remotely, and not only check the balance or transfer money from one account to another, but also transfer them to others (with a minimum commission), pay for goods and various services, pay off credit.

Remote access to the card account of the bankprovides via the Internet (this system is called "Sberbank-online") or mobile phone (mobile banking). Both the first and second services provide for pre-registration and are available to all customers who have at least one payment product.

You can connect to mobile bankingdirectly there where the contract is made out, and to get access to "Sberbank-online" you should use the ATM, which will give the customer a check with one-time passwords to enter the personal cabinet.

Thus, making out the map on the platformSberbank Maestro, a client with a minimum of costs receives maximum access not only to the use of his own account, but also to a number of useful additional functions.