Seven years ago in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, a QR code sticker on a coffee shop would elicit confused glances and bemused smiles. In small convenience stores across this mountainous Central Asian country, such technology simply didn’t exist. Cash was a king, handling over 90% of all transactions. Bank account ownership hovered … Continue reading How Kyrgyzstan in just three years transformed to cashless economy by integrating QR as Digital Public Good