print version Personal Area Services to banks Services for trade and service enterprises Loyalty programs Search: About company History Manual Business geography Branches Requisites Press center Partners Career Contacts United Card Services in Moscow in other cities Novocheremushkinskaya st., 10 Tel .: (495) 956-48-06 Fax: (495) 956-16-37 Ask a Question Home / Company the UCS / Company History history of the company The history of UCS is inseparable from the development of the domestic card business, which began in the days of the Soviet Union. As the legal successor of those organizations that created credit card processing in the USSR, and then in Russia, our company can rightfully be considered the oldest - and most experienced in the market. The appearance of the first plastic cards in the former USSR dates back to 1969. It was then that the first agreement on servicing the cards of the international payment system Diners Club, and then American Express, was concluded. For obvious reasons, the scope of these contracts was limited to the Intourist chain of hotels and stores. It was Intourist and its commercial wing, VAO Intourservice, that became the first domestic companies to set up the processing of international credit cards. Of course, its volume at that time is difficult to compare with the turnover of the current acquiring leaders. But the success of the Russian card business is largely due to the natives of Intourservice, who in 1992 became the founders of the United Credit Cards Company. The start of issuing plastic cards by Russian banks gave a powerful impetus to the development of the UCS business. As the national economy grew and the volume of card issue increased, the structure of the company's turnover was gradually changing. Today UCS services cover all sectors of the consumer market - primarily retail, hotel and restaurant business. In 2000, a new page in the history of the company was opened. Having passed the necessary certification in the international payment systems VISA International and MasterCard International, UCS received the right to service bank emission programs. From that moment on, cooperation with banks on the issue of card products began to develop as an independent direction. reference Information Documents Glossary © 2015 United Card Services Design by Rustex Terms of Use