Kyrgyzstan sees substantial rise in Visa payment card usage y-o-y

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, December 2. As of September 30, 2023, Kyrgyzstan had 2.956 million Visa payment cards in circulation, accounting for 46.61 percent of total cards in circulation, Trend reports.

According to data from the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan, this represents a 73 percent increase over the 1.704 million cards (36.6 percent of the total) reported on the same date in 2022.

The majority of these cards, totaling 2.117 million, were actively used in Bishkek, followed by the Osh area with 246,473 cards.

The following is a breakdown of the number of Visa cards in circulation by area as of September 30, 2023:

Note that, Kyrgyzstan had 6.344 million bank cards in circulation as of September 30, 2023, a 36.1 percent growth over the same period last year.