01 All news Recent events of company Back 25 jul ROSGOSSTRAKH BANK launches service of mobile acquiring. The CCT Company and ROSGOSSTRAKH BANK signed a contract and began implementing a joint project on mobile acquiring. During project implementation, the mobile commerce platform M4bank.mPOS will be installed in the Bank. ROSGOSSTRAKH BANK plans to use this solution to provide mobile acquiring services to its corporate clients. By now on the Russian and CIS markets, M4bank.mPOS system is the most widespread mPOS platform among banks to implement their own mobile acquiring in-house projects. Reference: ROSGOSSTRAKH BANK (PJSC “RGS BANK”) is universal commercial bank, founded in 1994 (license No. 3073 dated April 16, 2015). It is ranked among Russia’s top 60 leading banks in terms of net assets and capital size and provides all types of banking services both to individuals of all income levels and corporate clients. The client base of the Bank comprises over 22 000 corporate clients and over 2 million individual clients. About CCT Center of Corporate Technologies is one of the leading software developers of innovative IT-solutions for banking and financial industries in Russia. Today CCT’s project portfolio includes more than 20 projects in 6 countries: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and Georgia. The company’s clients are the leading Russian and foreign banks and companies. Starting from July 2014, CCT is the resident of Technopark Strogino, created with assistance of the Government of Moscow and the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. 5 may The launch of a joint project of the PayMob Company and RFI bank for a Logistics Company IML The PayMob Company, being the part of CCT group of companies, in cooperation with RFI bank launched the card acceptance project for IML Logistics Company. The integration of RFI Bank mobile application (@MPOS) and IML Company allowed the IML clients to make bank card payments for the services using MPOS terminals. The project was launched for the mobile devices based on the Android. The functionality of the mobile acquiring is provided by the solution of the PayMob Company. Reference: Since 2007 the IML Company provides logistics services for the internet stores round the Russian Federation. Currently the IML Company is one of the major providers of the logistics services in the electronic commerce sector in Russia. Since year 2000 RFI Bank provides lending services and cash management services to the commercial companies. Also the Bank actively implementing the innovative solutions, new services and technologies to facilitate the work with clients and achieve excellent results. The PayMob Company is the part of CCT group of companies - one of the leading Russian software developers of innovative IT solutions for the banking and financial sector. PayMob is the payment service which allows merchants and service companies to accept bank cards payments all around the Russia using mobile terminals and special smartphone application. The solution has user-friendly functionality and easy to operate interface. The solution is ideal for the merchants, especially small and medium size companies. 30 mar CCT climbs 13 notches in the Integrated mobile application developers rating On March 24th, 2016 the third annual Integrated rating of the top 100 companies engaged in the development, design and support of mobile applications was announced. As compared with the 2015 rating CCT climbed 13 notches and now is at 77-78th notch in the rating. The Integrated mobile application developers rating 2016 is based on the combined results of 9 niche mobile developers’ ratings. The participants are well-known Russian companies, suppliers of solutions for the mobile operating systems. The rating aims to help digital service consumers find the best service providers developing applications for the most popular mobile platforms: iOS, Android, Windows Phone. The rating targets both Russian and foreign customers. About the mobile application developers rating The 2016 Integrated mobile application developers is a key infrastructure project of the mobile market which takes into account the company's position in other popular niche tops of the sector. This year the data on seven popular segment rankings was aggregated which served as a basis for setting up a chart. The 2016 rating has come out for the third time in history. 20 dec CCT was ranked in TOP Russian IT providers for banks 2015 Cnews Analytics summed up year 2015 in the rank of the leading IT russian providers for banks and insurance companies. According to the survey, the company CCT entered the top 50 companies-providers, with the best results in growth for the period of 2013/2014 (180% in total). The total revenue of all the participants of the rating has increased for almost 15 percent to 130.6 billion rubles to compare with 2013. Experts note that 2015 became a remarkable year for the market of remote banking services: most banks have formed a clear strategy towards financial automatization processes. A survey of analytical agency Gartner, which involved 36 large and medium-sized Russian banks, showed that for the next couple of years local companies are going to increase the IT budgets, though there’s one correction: previously the financial sector was ready to experiment with projects that might not have any payback, now its demand focused on solutions capable to reduce operating costs and other expenses, improving customer service. This is why remote banking service are highly valued now, though the requirements to the developers are extremely high too, the project must have clear options and financial frames. The survey for 2015 has lost 10 members from the previous year and replaced 20% of the whole group, which confirms considering the current business environment, IT provider should have a rich experience in implementing large scale projects not only in Russian but also abroad. Info: CNews is the largest daily online source launched in 2000. CNews focuses on the latest IT news, analytical articles, market reviews, internet surveys. Up to 100 pieces of news are posted on the site daily, providing authoritative insight and opinion on the Russian and Foreign markets of computer equipment, software, automation and informatization, e-commerce and telecommunications, entertainment industry. 8 dec "Paymob" service is now PCI DSS 3.1 compliant In November 2015 "Paymob", part of CCT group was certified with the latest PCI Data Security Standard v. 3.1. What's important, companies should accomplish the certification for PCI DSS v. 3.1 by 30 of June 2016. The audit was carried out by the company Dialogue Science, one of the leading system integrators in the field of IT security on Russian market. "Version 3.1 was presented in April 2015 and comparing with the previous one, 3.0, it ensures the top level of security in every environment during all stages of payment processing. We would like to thank "DIALOGUESCIENCE" company, we managed to accomplish the certification of the service in a short term due to their professional staff", - noted Andrey Balandin, commercial director of Paymob. Currently there are several banks-partners of Paymob: Russian Standard Bank, TatfondBank, RFI, AVB, and Asian-Pacific Bank. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a widely accepted set of policies and procedures intended to optimize the security of credit, debit and cash card transactions and protect cardholders against misuse of their personal information. The PCI DSS was created jointly in 2004 by four major credit-card companies: Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. About the companies: JSC "DialogueScience" was established on January 31, 1992, by Dialogue JV and the Computing Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Now it is one of the leading Russian provider of IT security services, products and solutions. The Company offers wide-range of services in development, deployment and support of integrated information security systems. JSC "DialogueScience" services, supplied products and solutions are used by thousands of corporate clients in Russia and elsewhere. Among them are flagship businesses and government agencies. PayMob LLC is a part of CCT group - one of the leading providers of IT-solutions for financial organizations. PayMob — is a payment service that ensures card acceptance with the help of mobile terminal and smartphone app. The solution is perfect for small businesses; it has a convenient feature set and user-friendly interface. In 2014 the company got the status of resident of Technopark "Strogino". 26 oct CCT has consolidated its position in the CNewsMobile 2015 annual report As in the same report of 2014, CCT has been listed in TOP-20 largest developers of mobile apps for business and government departments. The company has taken the 14th position with the best results in the categories of growth for 2013/2014 (180%) and share from developing mobile app (90%), while the results in the category of growth have increased for 30%. The Russian market of mobile technologies is still one of the most dynamic segments of IT market: the results of "CNewsMobile: largest developers of mobile apps for business and government departments 2015" have shown: the dynamic of TOP 20 total revenue has reached 98%. According to experts of Redmadrobot, the Russian market of mobile technologies had grown in 2-2,5 (2013-2014) times and it's volume is billions of rubles. It is also worth noting a significant increase in the number of participating companies, their number, to compare with 2013, has grown for nearly more than a third. As a result, experts do recognize 2014 as one of the most successful year for the market of mobile technologies.About the review:The annual report CNewsMobile is based on the data, provided by the companies- members of the Market, this report allows to understand its dynamics and the results for 2014. CNews is the largest daily online source launched in 2000. CNews focuses on the latest IT news, analytical articles, market reviews, internet surveys. Up to 100 pieces of news are posted on the site daily, providing authoritative insight and opinion on the Russian and Foreign markets of computer equipment, software, automation and informatization, e-commerce and telecommunications, entertainment industry.Source 20 oct MasterCard shared the global data on trends of Mpos market CCT company (Paymob payment service), as a member of MasterCard Mobile POS Program, participated in the "Mobile POS Quick Facts". The "Fast Facts" release is based on transaction data from the MPOS Indicator only anonymous, MasterCard processed transactions are part of the analysis*.In total, the study joined 35 countries, 102 solution providers and 132 solutions. The survey data reflects the situation on January-June 2015.According to the research, the average transaction check is about 50$, while the highest average check has been set in the UAE, China, Indonesia and Thailand. Top-5 countries with the highest rates on transactions volume are: the United States, Australia, Canada, Sweden and Brazil. The research also shares the information on the top merchant categories by volume. Those are, first of all, bars and restaurants, beauty salons and barber shops, doctors and dentists, insurance companies and stationary stores. Merchant growth for the given period has reached 36 %.*non MasterCard transactions and those processed domestically are not included.Link to "Mobile POS Quick Facts" 19 oct Russia is ranked among the top three countries with the cheapest mobile internet According to the Paymob experts, the demand in mobile acquiring in Russia is going to increase significantly. Moreover, the penetration of mPOS is expected not only in the central Russian regions, but all over the country as well.For the mPOS market cheap mobile internet is the key to successful development. According to the latest data from analytical agencies, Russia has all chances to not only catch up but also overtake the colleagues from the west.Content Review agency reports that Russia took third place in the ranking of the countries with the cheapest mobile internet. Those who live in England, Japan, South Korea-the most advanced countries when it comes to mobile communications-have to pay considerably more. An average Russian user pays 117 rubles for 1 GB every month, the English one pays 9, 5 times more, Japanese- 8 times more, in Germany and South Korea Mobile Internet costs 7 times more expensive.The price for the mobile Internet in Russia is decreasing from year to year, due to high competition among the mobile operators. As reported by representatives of companies-operators, MTS volume of Internet traffic per subscriber in the second quarter of 2015 year rose for nearly 45%, VimpelCom's average consumption of data-traffic (MboU) in "packages" rose by more than 50%, and the number of users of mobile Internet -for 13%.Cheap mobile communication ensures the growth of the Smartphone market. RBC reports that nearly 50% of Russians have smartphones, while in Moscow the number of smartphone owners is already 63%.Source 16 oct Project of mobile acquiring has been launched in Yakutia A large-scale project on implementation of mPOS technology has been launched in Yakutia; the initiator of the project is "Mobi-Cassa" (brand "QP"). According to Ayal Protopopov, head of "Mobi-Cassa", "QP" will cover all the regions of the Yakutia republic, including small towns, where there’s no equipment for card payments. All the villages are expected to be equipped with mPOS terminals by the first quarter of the year 2016. Technology platform for the project was presented by the service company PayMob, part of CCT group. "As for today, mobile acquiring is the most convenient and affordable way to accept cards, it is the best alternative to classic POS. Small businesses in Russian cities are highly interested in mPOS due to the low cost of the terminal. Such project as QP can become a real salvation both for businessmen and for their clients", - said Andrei Balandin, commercial Director of CCT Info: "Mobi-Cassa" LLC provides unique solution for card payments with the help of smartphone. "Mobi-Cassa" LLC is the resident of "Technopark "Yakutia". Project of mobile acquiring is implemented with the support of JSC "Venture company "Yakutia" and State Committee of the Sakha Republic of innovation policy and science. Project in Yakutia was launched in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Bank. "Mobile payment systems" LLC (brand PayMob) is a part of CCT group- one of the leading Russian developers of innovative IT-solutions for banking and financial sector. In 2014 the company got the status of resident of Technopark "Strogino". Paymob service meets the PCI DSS standard of secure payments. 13 oct Paymob: new bank-partners For the past third quarter of the current year payment service Paymob has concluded the agreement with two new bank-partners-CJSC Bank "Reserve finance and investments" and Asian-Pacific Bank. Within the agreement, both banks will offer the service of mPOS (mobile terminals) to receive payments by credit cards on the territory of Russia. About the companies: CJSC Bank "Reserve finance and investments" has been operating since 2000. The Bank aims to attract new clients and increase its financial results by ensuring the whole range of banking services and adding new products and solution. The Bank is going to make banking service a mandatory part of everyday life, it is going to transform it into status of some development source, stability and independence charge, personal and family financial prosperity basis and the powerful career tool. Asian-Pacific Bank is one of the largest privately-owned banks in the Eastern part of the Russian Federation. It was established in 1992 as Amurpromstroybank and rebranded in 2006, the Bank provides full range of banking services and products for individuals and corporate customers. The Bank's transparency and stable positions are confirmed by leading international and Russian rating agencies. PayMob — an innovative service that enable acceptance of credit cards anywhere in Russia. PayMob provides universal access to international payment systems: VISA/MasterCard, the service is very flexible, convenient, reliable, has an intuitive interface that meets all modern requirements. 21 sep The II International forum will be held in Moscow "NFC Live 2015. Mobile contactless technologies" LLC "Center of corporate technologies" is pleased to invite the partners and clients to the Second Annual International forum "NFC Live 2015. Mobile contactless technologies". The event will take place from 5-6 of October 2015 at Digital October conference hall, Moscow. The Forum is going to be visited by representatives of technology companies, largest Russian banks and mobile phone service providers. The program of the forum includes:Two-days conference, featuring leading experts of the industryExposition with stands of companies with innovative solutionsDemonstration areas where visitors can get acquainted with innovative technologies.Guests and speakers of the Forum are going to discuss the new opportunities and challenges of the payment market and the main vector of its development-mobile contactless technology.As a partner and sponsor of the event, CCT will present the stand under the motto "Solutions for contactless POS and mPOS acquiring". In addition to that, Egor Petukhovsky, Marketing director, will perform with the topic "In touch with the client". The speech will be focused on the innovative services, developed by the Company: merchant's office, tools for analytics and terminal network management, support of loyalty programs and complex integration projects. During the Forum the first annual awarding ceremony will take place -NFC LIVE AWARD 2015 for the successful projects, best ideas and solutions with the NFC-technology. For the more detailed information on the program and speakers, visit the official site of the event 9 sep Mobile services and payments- Mobi Event'15 CCT company is pleased to invite partners and clients to the fourth international conference "Mobile services and payments - Mobi Event'15" dedicated to the current situation and development of the market of mobile financial services and payment technologies in Kazakhstan and CIS countries. The conference will be held at "Rixos" and "Dostyk" hotels, the Republic of Kazakhstan, on October 1-2. The previous year, this event was visited by more than 500 representatives of financial, telecommunication and technology companies , 40% of the participants were senior executives. CCT company will participate in the discussion of innovative payment solutions and mobile services for banks and their customers. Below are the main topics that will be covered during the conference: Mobile acquiring-present and future Perspectives and review of the mobile payment market. New mobile services for money transfer Global trends of mobile commerce market Information about the event: "Mobile services and payments- Mobi Event'15" is the first and the only industry event, which is attended by representatives of national and international banks, electronic payment systems, mobile payments, mobile network operators, hardware and software developers, content and service providers from year to year. The Conference is a great and open discussion platform and a place for experience exchange on the development of e-commerce and mobile payment solutions and innovative technologies. 7 jun Paymob Global opened representative office in Myanmar Paymob Global opened its first representative office on the territory of Republic of the Union of Myanmar. «We have a high interest in the promotion of innovative payment solutions both in Myanmar and other countries of Southeast Asia, as we are confident in the potential and perspectives for this market »,- says Andrey Balandin, commercial director of the Company. As for now, management of the company negotiates with the local banks for the further partnership. mPOS technology shows a rapid growth in the whole world. Payments by mPOS became really convenient and simple. More and more vendors turn to mPOS solutions, because, in addition to the fact that they are much cheaper than the classic POS terminals, such systems are easy to maintain and good at tracking the transactions, committing their further analysis, including trends in consumer demands, as well as information on the geographical location of transactions.