DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, August 17. The number of POS terminals in Tajikistan will reach 4,637 units by the end of June 2023, Trend reports.
According to the National Bank of Tajikistan, this figure is 485 terminals more than in May of the current year (4,152). It represents a 22 percent increase compared to June 2022, during which 3,798 POS terminals were registered in Tajikistan.
At the end of April 2023, 4,126 POS terminals were registered in Tajikistan. By the end of March, there were 3,987 terminals, and by the end of February, the number stood at 3,896 terminals. In January, the count was 3,987 terminals.
Overall, the number of POS terminals in Tajikistan reached 3,872 by the end of 2022, which is a 27.7 percent increase over the 3,030 terminals recorded at the end of 2021.
Meanwhile, the number of payment cards issued by banks in Tajikistan amounted to 5.828 million by the end of June 2023, which is 2.5 percent more than the 5.732 million cards issued in May 2023.