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SOE exposure underpins capital buffers at Uzbek banks

August 23, 2021

Tier 1 capital at Asaka Bank and Agrobank rose last year, although it dipped at National Bank of Uzbekistan.

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Uzbekistan takes global approach to local problems

March 1, 2020

After decades of isolationist government policy, Uzbekistan is taking tentative steps into the global capital markets and is looking to attract foreign investment. Kimberley Long looks at the country’s steep learning curve. 

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Odilbek Isakov: privatisation drive will transform Uzbekistan

January 2, 2020

The deputy finance minister of Uzbekistan speaks to The Banker about how the country is undertaking a wide range of banking and business reforms.

Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus dominate CIS banking landscape

May 4, 2011

In the past decade, foreign investment and natural resources wealth have transformed the banking landscape in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The Banker's latest ranking for the region shows which countries have benefited the most from this change.

State meddling hinders Uzbek banking

July 6, 2010

Uzbekistan's banking sector is lagging behind the country's broader economic growth, stymied by the interfering hand of the state. Writer Michelle Price

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