1 BAGAKHANGAI–KHUSHIG VALLEY–EMEELT RAILWAY TO OPEN NEXT MONTH WWW.MONTSAME.MN PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      2 MONGOLIA'S CENTRAL BANK TIGHTENS MONETARY POLICY: KEY RATE INCREASED TO 12.5% WWW.OPEN.KG PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      3 KOREAN HOSPITALS EXPAND MEDICAL OUTREACH IN MONGOLIA, SHIFT FOCUS TO LOCAL CAPACITY WWW.KOREABIOMED.COM PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      4 BORDER TOWNS BRIDGED BY MORE THAN A ROAD WWW.CHINADAILY.COM.CN PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      5 MONGOLIA USES UN PASSENGER DATA SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY SMUGGLING, DRUG TRAFFICKING AND OTHER BORDER THREATS WWW.HSTODAY.US PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      6 MONGOLIA'S LOST OPPORTUNITIES FROM COPPER WWW.MONGOLIANMININGJOURNAL.COM PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      7 AIR CHINA C919 LANDS IN MONGOLIA USING BILATERAL AIRWORTHINESS WORKAROUND WWW.TECHTIMES.COM PUBLISHED:2026/08/13      8 43,000 PASSENGER CARS IMPORTED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2026 WWW.GOGO.MN PUBLISHED:2026/08/12      9 OIL REFINERY CONSTRUCTION TO BE INTENSIFIED AND LEGISLATIVE BOTTLENECKS REMOVED WWW.MONTSAME.MN PUBLISHED:2026/08/12      10 TEN YEARS OF 'HUNNU ROCK': THE HU LAUNCHES NEW WORLD TOUR WWW.MONTSAME.MN PUBLISHED:2026/08/12      ГЕГ: ГААЛИЙН ЗӨРЧИЛ ӨНГӨРСӨН ОНООС 18 ХУВИАР ӨССӨН WWW.EAGLE.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     ГАДААД УЛСАД ХӨДӨЛМӨРИЙН ГЭРЭЭГЭЭР АЖИЛЛАХ МОНГОЛ ИРГЭДИЙН ТОО 58.2 ХУВИАР БУУРЧЭЭ WWW.EAGLE.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     ШХАБ-Д ХАРИЛЦААГАА АХИУЛАХ ХАМГИЙН БОЛОМЖИТ НЭР ДЭВШИГЧИД НЬ МОНГОЛ, АЗЕРБАЙЖАН ГЭВ WWW.ITOIM.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     “BYD” -ИЙН ТАНИЛЦУУЛСАН БАТАРЕЙД СУУРИЛСАН НИЙТИЙН ТЭЭВРИЙН "SKY SHUTTLE" ТӨСЛИЙГ УЛААНБААТАР ХОТ ДЭМЖИНЭ WWW.ITOIM.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     177 КМ ТӨМӨР ЗАМЫГ МОНГОЛЧУУД ӨӨРСДӨӨ БАРЬЖ БАЙНА WWW.GOGO.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     АНХААРУУЛГА: ЦЭНХЭР ХУВАНЦАР САВНААС ИЛЭРСЭН ХАР ТУГАЛГА ХҮЛЦЭХ ХЭМЖЭЭНЭЭС 60–72 ДАХИН ИХ БАЙНА WWW.GOGO.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     БЭЭЖИН-УЛААНБААТАРЫН ЧИГЛЭЛД ОЛОН УЛСЫН ТОГТМОЛ НИСЛЭГИЙГ ЭХЛҮҮЛЭВ WWW.MONTSAME.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     ТҮЛШ, БИТУМ ТАСАРЧ, ЗАМЫН ТӨСЛҮҮД ЗОГСОХОД ХҮРЧЭЭ WWW.NEWS.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/13     Ц.САНДАГ-ОЧИР: МОНГОЛ УЛСЫН НИЙТ ГАЗАР НУТГИЙН 81.9 ХУВЬ ЦӨЛЖИЛТӨД ӨРТСӨН БАЙНА WWW.ITOIM.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/12     МӨНГӨНИЙ БОДЛОГЫН ХҮҮГ 0.5 ХУВИАР ӨСГӨВ WWW.NEWS.MN НИЙТЭЛСЭН:2026/08/12    
Англи амин дэм Монгол улсад албан ёсоор бүртгэгдлээ.

National ₮ card renewed with EMV chip technology www.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. Within its goal to develop the payment system, the Bank of Mongolia made its first step of bringing Mongolia’s national payment ₮ card into a new level or renewing it with EMV chip technology, in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank through the ‘Payment System Modernization Project’.

Upgrading national brand ₮ card into EMV/NFC technology will greatly improve safety and security and be important step to introduce advanced solution of mobile payment in the future.

Within this framework, the BoM signed a cooperation agreement with Mastercard, leading global payments and solutions company, on November 12. Deputy Governor of BoM Mr. Lkhagvasuren Byadran and Co-President for Asia Pacific at Mastercard Mr. Ling Hai signed the agreement, with presence of authorities of the BoM, Financial Regulatory Committee, Communications Regulatory Commission of Mongolia, Mongolian Bankers Association banks and fintech companies.

In cooperation with commercial banks of the country, the Bank of Mongolia successfully introduced national ₮ card, symbolically named as national currency ‘Tugrug’, in 2012. As of the second quarter of 2019, the national ₮ card makes up 74.9 percent of the market, with the use of 2.7 million pieces in total.



Published Date:2019-11-13