As of the beginning of April 2023, Dayhanbank became the leader in terms of the number of POS terminals in Turkmenistan, the official website of the Central Bank of Turkmenistan reports.

According to the submitted reports, SCBT "Dayhanbank" has 8970 POS-terminals. In second place in this indicator is the Bank "Turkmenistan" (8101 terminals), the third - "Halkbank" (7728 terminals).

POS-terminals of "Dayhanbank" are mostly installed in the regions of Turkmenistan. Thus, most of them are located in Lebap (2519), Mary (2008) and Dashoguz (1737) velayats.

It should be noted that the other two leaders of the rating - banks "Turkmenistan" and "Halkbank" have most of the POS-terminals installed in Ashgabat - 3365 and 2419, respectively.

Full ranking of banks in Turkmenistan by the number of POS-terminals as of April 1, 2023:

• SCBT "Dayhanbank" - 8970;
• SCBT "Turkmenistan" - 8101;
• Joint Stock Commercial Bank "Halkbank" - 7728;
• JSCBT "Turkmenbashy" - 5620;
• JSCB "Senagat" - 4613;
• JSCB "Rysgal" - 3976;
• Turkmen-Turkish joint stock bank - 1773;
• State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan - 1213.

POS-terminal - a device for accepting payments by bank cards and devices with the possibility of contactless payment. Simply put, a POS terminal allows you to pay for purchases with a bank card or smartphone with NFC (this is called acquiring).