Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 1 June 2021, an international PLUS-Forum "BANKS and RETAIL: Digital transformation and interaction" will be held in Tashkent. The forum is organized by the PLAS Media Holding. The forum is held with the official support of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The most important goals of organizing the PLUS-Forum "BANKS and RETAIL: Digital Transformation and Interaction" are to create a professional platform for the exchange of experience, as well as the demonstration and implementation of new technologies, the development and promotion of innovative solutions in the field of finance, banking and retail, the establishment of interaction between leading international players and companies of Uzbekistan, creating conditions for successful economic cooperation throughout the Central Asian region.

For the first time in the Republic of Uzbekistan, over 300 specialists, heads of major state and international private corporations, top managers of leading banks of Uzbekistan, CIS countries, representatives of ministries and departments will gather in one place.

The business program of the PLUS-Forum includes a broad agenda of the most pressing issues of banking, payment industry, trade retail, facial biometrics, international payments, information security and the modern financial digital environment.

The key speakers of the forum will be Ilkhomzhon Abdugafarov, Deputy Chairman - Member of the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Rafal Trepka, General Director of Mastercard in Central Asia; Shukhrat Fayzullaev, Deputy Director of the Payment Systems Department of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Mikhail Shashilov, head of CIS cross-border transfers, Tinkoff; Sherzod Tuyboyev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Orient Finance Bank, Farrukh Abdullakhanov, Partner, Head of Consulting Department, KPMG in Uzbekistan.

More than 30 companies - leading international brands representing innovative technologies and solutions that will not go unnoticed by the majority of industry professionals - will take part in the exposition part of the Forum.

The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency Tashkent site.