DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, January 30. The total number of bank payment cards in circulation in Tajikistan reached 6,610,554 as of November 30, 2023, Trend reports.
Data from the National Bank of Tajikistan reveals that within a month, the number of cards increased by 1.08 percent compared to the figures at the end of October 2023 (6,539,640 cards).
At the end of November 2023, the count of bank payment cardholders totaled 6,429,350, which is a 1.86 percent increase within the month (6,311,834 cardholders as of the end of October). The number of cash-issuing offices in the country amounted to 3,434, which is 1.72 percent less than in October 2023 (3,376).
As of November 30, 2023, 63 credit financial institutions, including 14 traditional banks, 1 Islamic bank, and 1 branch of foreign banks, operated in Tajikistan, as well as 1 non-bank credit organization.
As of the end of 2022, the count of bank payment cards in Tajikistan reached 5.060 million, surging by 45.4 percent compared to 3.479 million cards at the end of 2021.