23 commercial banks operated in Kyrgyzstan in 2021

Bishkek, May 14, 2022. /Kabar/. In 2021, there were 23 commercial banks operating in Kyrgyzstan, 16 of which had foreign participation in the capital, Svetlana Valuyskaya, the chief specialist of the Finance Statistics Department of the National Statistics Committee said during a press conference in Bishkek on Saturday. She noted that there are a total of 310 branches of commercial banks in the regions of the country. “The number of employment of workers in these branches in 2021 was more than 16 thousand people. Last year, the average salary of employees of financial intermediation increased by 9.4% compared to 2020," the specialist added. Valuyskaya also said that the number of customer accounts of commercial banks at the end of 2021 exceeded 5 million, with 94% of the total number accounts to individuals.