Current level of capital adequacy of the banking system makes up 23.3%, which exceeds requirements of the Basel committee on international banking supervision three times (8%), the Central Bank of Uzbekistan said.

For last several years, level of liquidity of the banking system exceeds 64.6%, which is twice higher compared to minimal level, set in international practice.

The assets of the commercial banks of Uzbekistan grew by 25.1% year-on-year in January-December 2015 and made up over 65.2 trillion soums.

The volume of loans, directed to real sector of economy of Uzbekistan, rose by 27.3% year-on-year in January-December 2015 and made up over 42.7 trillion soums.

The commercial banks increased allocation of investment loans by 1.2 times year-on-year in 2015 and as of 1 January 2016 its volume made up over 10.2 trillion soums.

The volume of issued loans to small businesses rose 1.3 times year-on-year in 2015 and reached 12.1 trillion soums as of 1 January 2016, of which over 2.5 trillion soums were microloans, which grew by 30% year-on-year.

The loans issued to businesswomen grew by 1.3 times year-on-year in 2015 and exceeded 1.2 trillion soums, the regulator said.

The commercial banks issued 277. billion soums to support graduates of colleges in January-December 2015, which rose by 1.4 times year-on-year.

The deposits at the banks rose by 28% year-on-year in 2015 and exceeded 35.6 trillion soums as of 1 January 2016.

Currently, commercial banks issued over 16.3 million banking cards and installed 183,100 POS-terminals.