HSBC Bank Armenia to increase number internet banking customers to 3000 till yearendSeptember 15, 2009 - 15:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - HSBC Bank Armenia intends to increase the number Personal Internet Banking customers to 3000 till yearend. "Around 900 customers have already signed up to the service to view their accounts, make transactions and open new accounts on-line," HSBC Bank Armenia Chief Executive Officer Tim Slater said. HSBC Internet Banking is new for customers in Armenia, but it has been used in more than 40 countries by more than 40 million HSBC customers worldwide, who consider it as the most convenient and secure way of banking, with the ability to control their finances anywhere and anytime. "Personal Internet Banking will allow Diaspora to manage accounts in Armenia," Mr. Slater said. Personal internet banking is a USD 2 million investment and provides HSBC customers a secure internet system to access and manage their accounts. To safeguard customers HSBC internet banking uses one of the most advanced security technologies. The log-on process and transactions are protected by the use a portable on-line security device provided to customers registering for the service. 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 | Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. Heads of Armenian, Ukrainian parliaments hold virtual talks Alen Simonyan and Ruslan Stefanchuk held talks via video conference on Tuesday, May 21. Pashinyan travels to Iran to pay tribute to Raisi, others Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for the Islamic Republic of Iran on a working visit. Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. |