Within the framework of the Staff visit that has begun The International Monetary Fund (IMF) held a meeting of the leadership of the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the IMF delegation headed by the head of the country mission Ron van Ruden.
During the meeting, the management of the Central Bank acquainted the IMF representatives with the preliminary balance of payments indicators for the first nine months of this year.
In particular, the indicators of the current account and the financial account, as well as the factors that influenced their formation, were considered in detail.
The parties also discussed the current situation in foreign trade and the forecast indicators of the balance of payments for the current year.
Membership in the international organization APWG (Anti-Phishing Working Group) provides the CERT-CBU Cybersecurity Center of the Central Bank with the opportunity to share experience in ensuring cybersecurity in banking and payment systems, as well as receive timely warnings about cyber threats that occur worldwide.
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.
