BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec.18
By Natavan Rzayeva - Trend:
The number of bank cards in circulation in Uzbekistan amounted to 26.5 million from January through November 2021, which is an increase of 6.9 percent compared to the indicator of the beginning of the year (24.8 million), Trend reports, referring to the Uzbek Central Bank.
The number of payment terminals installed in the country during the specified period decreased from 438,699 to 432,842.
At the same time, the number of installed ATMs increased by 4.1 percent from January through November 2021 (12,814) in comparison with the begging of 2021(12,308).
During the corresponding period, the volume of transactions through payment terminals in Uzbekistan amounted to 99.2 trillion soums ($9.1 billion), which is an increase by 14 times compared to the figure for the begging of the year (7 trillion soums or $650.4 million).
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