DUSHANBE, November 22, 2008, Asia-Plus — Open joint-tock company (OJSK) Tojiksodirotbonk (TSB) has joined Russia’s Zolotaya Korona (Gold Crown) money transfer network.
According to TSB’s head office in Dushanbe, Zolotaya Korona is one of Russia’s largest money transfer networks, participants of which are more than 150 banks of Russia, CIS countries, Baltic region, Europe and China.
The network has partner relations with such money transfer systems, as Anelik and PrivatMoney. The total number of the money transfer receipt/remittance points exceeds 7000 points.
Tariff through the CIS is from 1,5% to 3%, and other countries is 3%. The system’s delivery quickness is 15 seconds.
The bank has already been connected to nine international money transfer systems: Anelik, Contact, InterExperss, Migom, Western Union, Allure, Unistream, Bystraya Pochata, and Blizko.
TSB was established in December 1990 as the Tajik branch of the Vnesh Econom Bank of the former Soviet Union, and it initially specialized in trade and import-export banking. Later this branch was reorganized into a Joint-Stock Commercial Bank “Tajikvnesheconombank”. In June 1999 the bank was renamed and registered as Tojiksodirotbonk or TSB.
Headquartered in Dushanbe, TSB has 10 branches in the main cities of Tajikistan and covering all regions of the country. Its clients include the biggest Tajik trading companies, other enterprises, entrepreneurs, and some of the embassies and diplomatic organizations based in Dushanbe.
