{"id":12383,"date":"2025-11-06T15:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/cashless-payments-in-transport-increased-by-38\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T10:49:29","slug":"cashless-payments-in-transport-increased-by-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/cashless-payments-in-transport-increased-by-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Cashless payments in transport increased by 38%"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why is this important<\/h3>\n<p>A 38% increase is the result of the ban on cash on buses from January 2025. Bank cards increased by 175% due to convenience and cashback. QR codes have soared by 529% in the metro \u2014 young people and tourists prefer mobile payments. The 66% drop in paper tickets indicates the transition to a figure. Tashkent dominates \u2014 88% of all transactions in the country.    <\/p>\n<h3>What happened<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>490.1 million transactions for 9 months (+38% compared to 2024);<\/li>\n<li>Bank cards \u2014 261.8 million, 53% of payments (+175%);<\/li>\n<li>Transport cards \u2014 160.9 million, 33% (+58%);<\/li>\n<li>QR in the metro \u2014 11.1 million (+529%);<\/li>\n<li>QR in buses \u2014 15.6 million (+428%);<\/li>\n<li>Paper metro tickets \u2014 18.6 million (-66%);<\/li>\n<li>Virtual ATTO cards \u2014 4.9 million (+283%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tashkent is dominant<\/h3>\n<p>Capital&#8217;s buses \u2014 300 million transactions (+31%), metro &#8211; 132.4 million (+10%). Together, this is 88% of all payments in the country&#8217;s public transport. Developed infrastructure and a population of 3 million provides leadership.  <\/p>\n<h3>Regions are growing<\/h3>\n<p>Samarkand showed explosive growth \u2014 from 2.9 million to 15.2 million transactions. Namangan grew from 1.2 thousand to 8.3 million, Fergana \u2014 from 125.7 thousand to 8.7 million. Andijan, Jizzakh, and Angren also demonstrate active implementation of cashless payments.  <\/p>\n<h3>Cash ban<\/h3>\n<p>From January 2025, cash is prohibited on buses across the country. Bank cards, transport cards, QR codes, mobile applications are accepted. In the metro, cash is still accepted through paper tickets, but their share has fallen by 66%.  <\/p>\n<h3>QR codes \u2014 growth leader<\/h3>\n<p>Mobile QR payments increased by 529% in the metro and 428% in buses. The convenience, absence of the need for a physical card, integration with ATTO, Click, Payme attract young people and tourists. <\/p>\n<h3>Context<\/h3>\n<p>490.1 million transactions \u2014 an average of 1.8 million per day. Bank cards are growing fastest (+175%) thanks to contactless payments and cashback. Paper tickets are in the past \u2014 the metro plans to completely abandon them by 2026. 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