Current level of capital adequacy of the banking system makes up 23.7%, 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 28.1% year-on-year in January-March and made up over 56.6 trillion soums.

The volume of loans, directed to real sector of economy of Uzbekistan, rose by 30.6% year-on-year in January-March 2015 and made up over 35 trillion soums.

The commercial banks increased allocation of investment loans by 1.1 times year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 and as of 1 April 2015 its volume made up over 2.3 trillion soums.

The volume of issued loans to small businesses rose 1.3 times year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 and reached 2.8 trillion soums as of 1 April 2015, of which over 590.9 billion 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 quarter of 2015 and exceeded 314.3 billion soums, the regulator said.

The commercial banks issued 48.2 billion soums to support graduates of colleges in January-March 2015, which rose by 1.8 times year-on-year.

The deposits at the banks rose by 30.3% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 and exceeded 28.6 trillion soums as of 1 April 2015.

The banks emitted over 13.9 million banking cards, while number of installed POS-terminals exceeded 162,000 units.