Corporate History
ASSIST was developed by Reksoft
(www.reksoft.com), one of the leading Russian IT companies.
It was launched into operation in April, 1998 as internet
payment gateway for OZON
(www.ozon.ru) to provide it with credit card payment option.
OZON made a success story in Russian internet and still
is the leading Russian internet shop selling the variety
of Russian books, videos, music, software etc. It is also
one of the key clients for ASSIST.
In April 1999 ASSIST was deployed for full commercial
operation. By that time negotiations were started with major
Russian banks and processing companies. As a result, ASSIST
integrated with processing centers of STB Card and Alfa
bank in the year of 2000 and with UCS processing center
in the end of 2001.
In 2002 ASSIST continued to develop as a multi-banking
system providing new services to internet shops. It was
ASSIST that was the first in Russia together with Alfa bank
to introduce SET™ technology for internet payments. In excess,
ASSIST became the first Russian internet payment system
that started to offer web-services to Russian internet shops
based on Microsoft technologies.
ASSIST spun off from Reksoft, its mother company, in April
2002 to continue developing according to new strategic plans.
These plans include new acquiring banks, e-wallets, m-commerce
and e-commerce, solutions for various businesses.
The key point is still the same:
High quality of electronic payment services given to
clients.
In 2003, ASSIST managed to integrate all five Russian
major e-wallets - WebMoney,
Yandex.Money,
E-Port
and last but not least - Kredit
Pilot within half a year period. All Russian internet
shops can get now the line of all major Russian e-wallets
to cover the issue of micro-payments (purchases of 5 euro
and less).
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Management
Gennady N. Spirin
Head of the project, Director General
Mr. Spirin joined ASSIST project in October, 2001. Before
that he worked for OZON (www.ozon.ru),
still remaining the leading Russian books and video online
store. OZON story goes back to 1998 when Mr. Spirin joined
Reksoft in September 1998 as Executive Director to head
the project. After OZON had spun off from Reksoft and attracted
investments through Ru-net Holdings, Mr. Spirin continued
as Director General and CEO for OZON.
Before Reksoft, Mr. Spirin worked for Clausen Ltd., Finnish
company where he occupied the position of Area Manager.
Clausen Ltd. specialized in hi-tech banking equipment, solutions
for retail businesses and large-scale construction projects.
Mr. Spirin graduated from St. Petersburg Electrotechnical
State University with Industrial Electronics degree in 1978.
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