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 27.6% year-on-year in January-June and made up over 59.5 trillion soums.

The volume of loans, directed to real sector of economy of Uzbekistan, rose by 30.5% year-on-year in January-June 2015 and made up over 37.5 trillion soums.

The commercial banks increased allocation of investment loans by 1.2 times year-on-year in the first half of 2015 and as of 1 July 2015 its volume made up over 5 trillion soums.

The volume of issued loans to small businesses rose 1.3 times year-on-year in the first half of 2015 and reached 6.4 trillion soums as of 1 July 2015, of which over 1.4 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 six months of 2015 and exceeded 685.7 billion soums, the regulator said.

The commercial banks issued 133.2 billion soums to support graduates of colleges in January-June 2015, which rose by 1.7 times year-on-year.

The deposits at the banks rose by 30.2% year-on-year in the first half of 2015 and exceeded 35.5 trillion soums as of 1 July 2015.

The banks emitted over 14.5 million banking cards, while number of installed POS-terminals exceeded 166,100 units.