BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 19. The number of bank cards in circulation in Uzbekistan amounted to 27.8 million from January through February 2022, which is an increase of 24.9 percent compared to the same period last year (22.3 million), Trend reports, referring to the Uzbek Central Bank.
The number of payment terminals installed in the country during the specified period decreased from 440,356 to 433,986.
From January through February 2022, the volume of transactions through payment terminals in Uzbekistan amounted to 20.5 trillion soums ($1.7 billion), which is an increase of 44.8 percent compared to the same period of 2021 (14.1 trillion soums or $1.2 billion).
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