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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Alfa-Bank customers receive temporary SMS numbers

Alfa-Bank, the largest private commercial bank in Russia, is issuing a temporary promotional and informational SMS number to customers.

The temporary measure is related to the tariff policy of the mobile operators as well as a strategy to combat SMS spam. The bank is taking several steps to rectify the situation and will notify customers of changes using the identification "Alfa-Bank."

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Moscow, Alfa-Bank is a universal bank offering a full range of banking transactions in the financial services market, including private and corporate clients, investment banking, leasing, trade and structured finance.

In the first half of 2013, according to the Financial Statements, the total assets of the Alfa-Bank Group, which includes Alfa -Bank and affiliated finance companies, amounted to $45.4 billion. The total loan portfolio was $33 billion, the total capital was $4.5 billion and net profit for the first half of 2013 amounted to $479 million.

Alfa-Bank serves approximately 103,500 corporate customers and 9.6 million individuals.