The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) and Visa held an economic review session examining global and regional conditions, consumer spending trends and Georgia’s market outlook. Visa’s chief economist for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Mohamed Bardastani, presented Georgia as strongly positioned relative to regional markets and economies with similar characteristics. He discussed how changes in commerce and technology are reshaping consumer behavior and expectations. Speaking at the session, NBG Vice President Ekaterine Galdava highlighted the existing exchange of information under which Visa supplies statistics on Georgia’s payments market to support analysis of current trends. Visa’s regional manager for the Caucasus and Moldova, Diana Kiguradze, explained how its network enables analysis of changes in spending and travel behavior across markets, helping place developments in Georgia in a global context. Information exchange was also part of the broader payments cooperation discussed by NBG and Visa leadership in February 2026.
National Bank of Georgia and Visa review economic outlook and consumer spending trends
The National Bank of Georgia and Visa held a session on economic conditions, consumer spending and Georgia’s outlook, with Visa’s chief economist presenting Georgia as strongly positioned against comparable markets. The discussion also highlighted Visa’s existing provision of payments market statistics to the central bank, an information exchange component of their broader payments cooperation.