KYIV, July 2 – The Kyivstar mobile operator plans to launch an application for own Smart Money financial service within one month, Head of the mobile financial services department of the operator Taras Horkun said.

"We originally designed our financial services in a way that we could cover those cities and towns where the bank network is poorly represented. We have the opportunity of creating financial services that can be managed via SMS messages not only from smartphones, but also from button phones," he told journalists at a meeting in Lviv on June 29.

Now the service is undergoing the latest testing, and if the testing is successful at all stages - within a month the application should appear in the markets, he said.