The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic said staff from its Talas regional office gave an outreach lecture for employees of the Shumkar-Uya rural administration in Talas district as part of its financial literacy programme, covering the history of the Kyrgyz som, financial planning, measures to counter dropper activity, and the process for activating and removing a self-ban on obtaining credit through the Tunduk mobile app on the state e-services portal.