Current level of capital adequacy of the banking system makes up 23.9%, 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%, which is twice higher compared to minimal level, set in international practice.

The assets of the commercial banks of Uzbekistan grew by 27.4% year-on-year in January-September and made up over 62.1 trillion soums.

The volume of loans, directed to real sector of economy of Uzbekistan, rose by 30.1% year-on-year in January-September 2015 and made up over 39.7 trillion soums.

The commercial banks increased allocation of investment loans by 1.2 times year-on-year in nine months of 2015 and as of 1 October 2015 its volume made up over 7.9 trillion soums.

The volume of issued loans to small businesses rose 1.3 times year-on-year in January-September 2015 and reached 9.6 trillion soums as of 1 October 2015, of which over 2 trillion soums were microloans, which grew by 1.3 times year-on-year.

The loans issued to businesswomen grew by 1.3 times year-on-year in the first nine months of 2015 and exceeded 985.4 billion soums, the regulator said.

The commercial banks issued 228.2 billion soums to support graduates of colleges in January-September 2015, which rose by 1.4 times year-on-year.

The deposits at the banks rose by 30.2% year-on-year in the nine months of 2015 and exceeded 31.8 trillion soums as of 1 October 2015.

Currently, commercial banks issued over 15.2 million banking cards and installed 170,000 POS-terminals.