BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 19. The number of MasterCard payment cards in circulation in Kyrgyzstan's Osh region amounted to 5,071 as of the end of December 2023, Trend reports.
Data from the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan indicates that this figure decreased by 2.6 percent compared to the 5,209 cards at the end of December 2022.
As of the end of December 2023, there were a total of 932,941 cards in circulation in the Osh region, which is 24.3 percent higher than the number for the same date in 2022 (750,097 cards). The Osh region's share in the country's total number of cards in circulation amounted to 13.5 percent.
By the end of 2023, the total number of Mastercard payment cards in circulation in Kyrgyzstan had reached 55,322, accounting for 0.8 percent of the country's total card circulation. This figure declined by 2.4 percent from the 56,685 Mastercard cards in circulation at the end of 2022. Mastercard cards' share has also been reduced from 1.1 percent of the total in 2022.
Overall, the number of bank payment cards circulating in Kyrgyzstan surpassed 6.89 million by December 31, 2023.