BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
The State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan is introducing a new bank card called Milli VISA Karty, said Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Gadyrgeldy Mushshikov, Trend reports with reference to Turkmenistan Today State News Agency.
The announcement was made during a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.
The new card will improve the country's banking sector, and also make it possible to connect the national payment system of Turkmenistan to the modern international network, said Mushshikov.
Thus, the new card is introduced in order to expand the range of non-cash payments in the country.
Turkmenistan pays special attention to extension of services of the country’s banking sector.
Earlier, Turkmenistan introduced a new Tmcell töleg software, which allows making non-cash payments. This software was also created to further improve the system of non-cash transactions.
Improving card payment is an important point of Turkmenistan's digitalization.
In order to become a participant in the global information dialogue, on November 30, 2018, Turkmenistan approved the concept for the development of the digital economy from 2019 through 2025 at the highest government level.
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