Bucharest, 27th of July 2006

Finansbank developed a new campaign for CardFinans Avantaj (MasterCard Standard and MasterCard Gold), campaign which takes place in the period 1st of June 2006 - 15th of September 2006.

The campaigned named "Through CardFinans Avantaj every friend brings you a bonus" represents a premiere on the Romanian cards market and has the following mechanism: each CardFinans Avantaj cardholder who calls free of charge at Tel Verde 0800.800.700 and offers information about potential customers who can obtain this card, receives a bonus according to the number of cards granted and a super bonus for minimum 11 cards granted during the period of the campaign.

The value of the bonus is cumulated separately from the credit limit in the bonus account and through this bonus the cardholder can pay the value of other transactions in the network of shops partners of Finansbank, in over 2,300 locations.

"The number of calls received from the first days of the campaign demonstrated us the potential that this campaign has among the cardholders, that is the reason that after a grace period when we wanted to see the potential of this campaign, we decided to continue it, intensifying the promotional methods.

CardFinans Avantaj brings once again something new even to the existing cardholders which are convinced by the benefits of this card as well as the value of the bonus, becoming in this way a promotional channel, the amplitude of this action being a important factor in developing new inovative marketing strategies" says Flavia Branga, Deputy Vice-President - Plastic Cards Department & Alternative Distribution Channels, Finansbank (Romania) S.A.

CARDFINANS AVANTAJ is the first credit card with national and international usage which offers the advantage of shopping with payment in installments, 0% interest and bonus for each transaction made. The shopping with payment in installments and the bonus are available in the network of shops partners of Finansbank, in over 2,300 locations. CARDFINANS AVANTAJ can be used also as a regular credit card issued under MasterCard license and can be used at any ATM or POS which has displayed MasterCard logo.

Finansbank network has 52 branches and agencies, 43 ATM's and over 3,700 POS's installed at the merchants from the accepting network.