The Talas Regional Office of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic held a financial literacy lecture on 26 May 2026 for students at the College of Information Technologies, Technology and Economics of Talas State University as part of its regional financial literacy programme, covering the history of the Kyrgyz som, numismatic values, financial planning, measures against dropper activity, and the process for activating and removing a self-ban on obtaining credit in the Tunduk mobile app of the state electronic services portal.