A delegation of international rating agency Standard & Poor's paid a visit to Uzbekistan at the end of August. The delegation included S&P Financial Institutions Director Ekaterina Trofimova, associates Mikhail Nikitin and Sergei Voronenko.

Average salaries in Uzbekistan will reach about US$500 by the end of 2010, the Uzbek President Islam Karimov stated at his speech dedicated to the 19th anniversary of Independence of the country.

International money transfer system UNISTREAM and Agrobank open joint stock commercial bank (Uzbekistan) successfully realized integration project and launched money transfer system in branches of the bank.

As of 1 August 2010, assets of the Osiyo Trust credit union exceeded 21 billion soums.

Assets of Meros credit union reached 1 billion soums as of 1 August 2010.

Total assets of the Imkon credit union exceeded 9 billion soums as of 1 August 2010.

The outlook for Uzbekistan's banking system has been changed to stable from negative, reflecting the banks' resilience to the global economic downturn, their stabilising asset quality and improved capitalisation levels, says Moody's Investors Service in its new Banking System Outlook on Uzbekistan.

Leasing portfolio of the state joint stock commercial bank “Asaka” (Asaka Bank) made up over 99 billion soums as of 1 August 2010.

Uzbekistan's fledgling credit union movement has become one of the fastest-growing in the world, and Sardor Normukhamedov has come to the United States looking for ways to help increase that positive trajectory.

Central Bank of Uzbekistan replaced letterheads of licenses of microfinance organizations in connection with change of their postal addresses.