Electronique Serge Dassault SA of Paris is pitching for a contract worth several hundred million dollars to computerise branches of the largest Soviet savings bank, Agence France Presse. The French company has an agreement for a pilot system, covering computer terminals, cheque-handling equipment and automated teller machines, due to go live at three branches of the Sberbank savings bank in Moscow during May, and the bank will then decide on whether to go ahead on a major multi-year implementation. Serge Dassault is also negotiating with other Eastern European banks to provide automated teller machines and electronic payment terminals.
