The FAS recognized Promsvyazbank's credit card advertisement as inappropriate

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recognized inappropriate advertising of Promsvyazbank credit card. The service issued an instruction to the organization to eliminate violations of the law on advertising, the service reported on February 17.

"The FAS of Russia was approached by a citizen with a complaint about the advertisement of PJSC Promsvyazbank. It was distributed on a dynamic construction in Moscow and contained the information: "PSB. Credit card 101 days without interest. 0 rubles cash withdrawal". Other information was presented in an explanatory footnote in small print for a short time", - explained in the FAS.

According to the agency, this did not allow consumers to receive the information necessary for an informed choice of information about all the conditions of financial services.

The bank faces a fine in accordance with the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.

Earlier, on January 13, FAS fined Alfa Bank for improper advertising campaign with "Yandex Food". It was reported that the joint advertising was distributed on the air of federal TV channels. The video contained attractive information for consumers about the accrual of a 50% cashback when paying for an order in the service "Yandex" any card of the bank. Earlier, the service recognized Alfa Bank's and Yandex Food's advertising as inappropriate and issued the companies with an instruction to cease violating the federal law "On Advertising".