BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, January 10. There were 4,263 Mastercard cards in circulation in Kyrgyzstan's Jalal-Abad region, as of September 30, 2023, Trend reports.
According to data from the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan, this number declined by 26 percent compared to the 5,763 cards issued at the end of September of the preceding year.
The total number of Mastercard payment cards in Kyrgyzstan reached 52,573 by September 30, 2023, indicating a decrease of 13 percent compared to the 60,932 cards reported on the same date in 2022.
As of the reporting date of 2023, the share of Mastercard in the country’s card circulation accounted for 0.83 percent.
The overall number of cards in circulation within the Jalal-Abad region amounted to 771,562 by the end of September 2023, which is a 26-percent rise compared to the 612,190 cards during the same period in 2022. Notably, Jalal-Abad contributed 12.2 percent to the total number of cards in circulation in Kyrgyzstan by the end of September 2023.
In total, there were 6.344 million bank cards in circulation in Kyrgyzstan as of the reporting date, whic is a 36-percent increase compared to the same date in 2022.