DUSHANBE, February 23, 2009, Asia-Plus  -- On Friday February 20, top managers of Bonk Rushdi Tojikistion (Tajikistan Development Bank or TDB) met here with visiting senior representatives of Russia’s closed joint stock company (CJSC) Russlavbank.

According to press release issued by TDB’s head office, the deputy head of the correspondent business directorate at the Contact money transfer network, Alekxei Taktarov, also attended the meeting.

During the meeting, the deputy chairman of board of Russlavbank, Sergey Bloudov, noted that they considered the Bonki Rushdi Tojikiston as a strategic partner in all directions of the banking activity.

Presenting information about the volumes of transactions conducted through the Contact monetary transfer system, Taktarov, for his part, expressed hope for close and fruitful cooperation between Contact and TDB in the future.

Established in September 2006 a closed joint stock company (CJSC) TDB with headquarters in Dushanbe has four branches across the republic.  The bank offers a broad range of services, including accepting deposits in national and foreign currencies, cash operations, providing short-term and long-term loans, etc.  TDB hsa cooperated with the Contact money transfer system since July 30, 2007.   

CJSC Russlavbank has acted on the banking market since December 5, 1990. Russlavbank offers banking services to more than 500 Russian and foreign respondent banks.  Nowadays, Russlavbank operates for more than 6000 corporate clients with wide range of production activity.