Current level of capital adequacy of the banking system makes up 23.2%, 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 64.5%, which is twice higher compared to minimal level, set in international practice.

Aggregate assets of the commercial banks of Uzbekistan grew by 25.4% year-on-year in January-March 2016 and made up over 69.7 trillion soums.

Total volume of loans, directed in real sector of economy, increased by 26.7% year-on-year in January-March and reached 44.1 trillion soums.

The volume of investment loans grew by 1.2 times year-on-year in the reporting period and as of 1 April 2016 made up 2.7 trillion soums.

The volume of issued loans to small businesses rose 1.3 times year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016 and reached 3.6 trillion soums as of 1 April 2016, of which over 772.9 billion soums were microloans, which grew by 1.3 times year-on-year.

About 409.7 billion soums of loans were directed to support businesswomen, which rose by 1.3 times year-on-year in the reporting period.

The commercial banks issued 63.4 billion soums to support graduates of colleges in January-March 2016, which rose by 1.3 times year-on-year.

The deposits at the banks rose by 27.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2016 and exceeded 36.8 trillion soums as of 1 April 2016.

Currently, commercial banks issued over 17.1 million banking cards and installed 190,800 POS-terminals.