In September of this year, some commercial banks implemented a new information system without notifying the Tax Committee. As a result of the improvements carried out by the bank's programmers, some of the payment orders were not executed.
For example, since the beginning of September, Tengebank has not processed 413 out of 2,439 orders, and Kapitalbank has not processed 740 out of 4,287 orders.
The Interregional Tax Inspectorate for Large Taxpayers under the Tax Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan officially notified both banks of the need to promptly eliminate these violations.
Banks were also warned about the possible liability provided for by the Tax Code for late fulfillment of obligations.
Chairman of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan Timur Ishmetov met with the heads of private commercial banks, as well as banks with foreign capital participation.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan held a meeting with a delegation headed by Liu Hang, Vice President of the international payment system UnionPay, at which they discussed the company's activities in the country, the results achieved and plans for the future.
In January-October of this year, the volume of money transfers to Uzbekistan amounted to $ 12.6 billion, which is 34% more than in the same period last year.
By the decision of the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan (reg. No. 3283-1 of 11/14/2024), amendments were made to the Regulation on the maximum amount of risk per borrower, including persons associated with the bank or a group of interrelated borrowers (Reg. No. 3283 of 10/29/2020).
The gold and foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan increased by $ 2.0 billion in October and reached $ 43.1 billion. In particular, foreign currency reserves increased from $8.7 billion to $9.2 billion (in September they grew from $8.2 billion to $8.7 billion).
As part of the Cyber Security summit 2024 event in Tashkent, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Central Asian Fintech Association.
By decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Alimov Abror Mirzo Mukhammadkosimovich was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
