The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic’s Jalal-Abad Regional Department, together with Open Joint Stock Company Eldik Bank, held a financial literacy outreach lecture on 29 January 2026 for economics students at Jalal-Abad State University, covering the importance of savings, ways to preserve and increase savings, personal money management, and the structure of household income and expenses, in line with its 2026 regional financial literacy plan and a presidential decree recognising Eldik Bank as a successor of the culture of savings.