Current level of capital adequacy of the banking system makes up 23.57%, 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 64.5%, which is twice higher compared to minimal level, set in international practice.

Aggregate assets of the commercial banks of Uzbekistan grew by 25.1% year-on-year in January-June 2016 and made up over 73.4 trillion soums.

Total volume of loans, directed in real sector of economy, increased by 26.2% year-on-year in January-June and reached 48 trillion soums.

The volume of investment loans grew by 1.2 times year-on-year in the reporting period and as of 1 July 2016 made up 5.8 trillion soums.

The volume of issued loans to small businesses rose 1.3 times year-on-year in the first half of 2016 and reached 8.3 trillion soums as of 1 July 2016, of which over 1.8 trillion soums were microloans, which grew by 1.3 times year-on-year.

About 897 billion soums of loans were directed to support businesswomen, which rose by 1.3 times year-on-year in the reporting period.

The commercial banks issued 176.5 billion soums to support graduates of colleges in January-June 2016, which rose by 1.3 times year-on-year.

The deposits at the banks rose by 27.7% year-on-year in the first half of 2016 and exceeded 40.1 trillion soums as of 1 July 2016.

Currently, commercial banks issued over 18.2 million banking cards and installed 200,800 POS-terminals.