The National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic’s Batken regional office held an outreach seminar for staff of the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic in Batken Oblast on 21 November 2025, covering the history of the national currency, personal money management and financial planning, expanded use of QR codes for payments, how to activate and remove a self-imposed ban on obtaining credit in the “Tunduk” app, and basic cybersecurity and anti-fraud precautions.