RA Financial Ombudsman’s Office received 23 complaints for transactions with plastic cards in 2010January 27, 2011 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The RA Financial Ombudsman’s Office received 23 complaints with respect to transactions with plastic cards in 2010. RA Financial Ombudsman Piruz Sargsyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that basically the complaints referred to cases when a card balance is reduced during a cash drawing, but ATM does not dispense the funds. “Similar cases are clarified through an ATM log and the funds are reimbursed to the client,” said Sargsyan. Besides, there are cases, when clients loose their cards with PIN-codes and someone withdraws money from their account. Clients bear similar risks, but not banks. Sargsyan added that there were cases when more funds were withdrawn from an account than it should have been, while making payments in shops abroad or internet-shops. It should be noted that funds for compensation of damage for international cards are created abroad, while Armenia lacks similar funds. According to the Central Bank of Armenia, 2,889,923 transactions with plastic cards were made in Armenia in the third quarter of 2010 at the total amount of AMD 140bln, including non-cash payments through cards at the amount of AMD 10.5bln. The number of cards in circulation made 681,432 as of the end of the third quarter of 2010. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Moscow warns Armenia against leaving Russian-led defense bloc Armenia could ruin its military ties with Russia if it continues drifting towards the West, according to a senior official in Moscow. Moscow says ready to support Yerevan-Baku reconciliation Moscow has confirmed its readiness to support the reconciliation of Yerevan and Baku. |