Regulatory Alerts2026-05-06
Instruction No. 190 on the Procedure for Providing Services via Bank Payment Cards
The National Bank of Tajikistan issued Instruction No. 190 to standardize the issuance, acquiring, and operational framework for bank payment cards across all licensed credit financial organizations. The regulation mandates precise definitions, mandatory security and fraud prevention procedures, standardized client agreements, and specific operational rules for debit, credit, prepaid, corporate, and virtual cards while integrating Islamic financing principles. It further requires issuers to maintain real-time transaction monitoring, strict anti-money laundering compliance, and transparent tariff structures within the national payment terminal network.
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