Moscow, Russia — 28 May 2020.Tinkoff has been listed as one of Europe’s top acquirers for 2019 and one of the top 45 acquiring banks by card payments from merchants, according to the annual electronic banking survey conducted by The Nilson Report on the largest merchant acquirers in Europe for 2019. Tinkoff is also one of the top 5 Russian banks included in the ranking.Over the past year, Tinkoff has moved from 50th to 44th place, as it increased the number and total value of transactions handled through POS terminals by 51% (321.8 million) and 61% (USD 11.9 bn) respectively. The Company is currently operating 48,400 POS terminals.For the second consecutive year, Tinkoff has been named one of the top 25 European and one of the top 5 Russian online acquirers. Tinkoff has retained the 13th place in the Top 25 Acquirers of Web Transactions ranking and the number 3 spot among Russian banks, according to The Nilson Report. In 2019, Tinkoff processed over 276 million web transactions through its acquiring network, an increase of almost 1.5x year-on-year.«We are pleased to be included in the ranking of Europe’s top acquirers and strengthen our position as one of Russia’s leading acquiring banks, including by online payments. As a result of continuous efforts by the Tinkoff Payment team, we see the number and amount of transactions growing every year. We are planning to further enhance our payment services and launch new products and payment methods to ensure the utmost ease, reliability and safety of transactions for our customers," said Sergey Khromov, Vice President and Head of Payments and Transfers at Tinkoff.In its survey, The Nilson Report analyses card transactions made via global (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, JCB, UnionPay) and local (Mir) brands of payment systems. In the Largest Merchant Acquirers ranking only Visa and Mastercard transactions are counted, while all the card brands are included in the Acquirers of Web Transactions ranking.