BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 22. The number of bank cards in circulation in Uzbekistan amounted to 30.3 million from January through July 2022, which is an increase of 27.7 percent compared to the same period last year (23.7 million), Trend reports, referring to the Uzbek Central Bank.
The number of payment terminals installed in the country during the specified period decreased from 438,909 to 433,178.
From January through July 2022, the volume of transactions through payment terminals in Uzbekistan amounted to 88.5 trillion soums ($8 billion), which is an increase of 52.1 percent compared to the same period of 2021 (58.2 trillion soums or $5.3 billion).
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