DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, October 26. Tajikistan recorded 11.691 million transactions made through bank payment cards in August 2023, Trend reports.
Data from the National Statistical Bank of Tajikistan reveals that this figure represents a more than 20 percent increase compared to July 2023 when there were 9.667 million transactions.
The total transaction value through bank payment cards reached 7.563 billion somoni ($688 million), marking an 18.3-percent increase over the previous month's 6.389 billion somoni ($581 million).
Out of these transactions, 6.817 million were cash withdrawals, and 4.874 million were payments for goods and services made through bank payment cards.
Additionally, there were 2.067 million transactions for payments of goods and services by non-bank payment cards.
Tajikistan has had 64 credit and financial institutions in operation, including 14 traditional banks, 1 Islamic bank, 1 non-bank credit organization, 19 microcredit deposit organizations, 3 microcredit organizations, and 26 microcredit funds, as of June 30, 2023.
