Central Bank Takes on Banks: 11 Financial Institutions Fined in Uzbekistan

Regulator identifies violations of prudential norms and financial monitoring requirements

In December 2025, the Banking Supervision Committee of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan held six meetings to consider 45 issues related to the activities of credit institutions. The main part of the discussions concerned registration and licensing, as well as assessing the financial condition of market participants. Following the inspections, the regulator applied measures to a number of banks and non-bank structures.

During the meetings, changes to the charters of credit institutions, registration of new microfinance and credit companies, issuance of permits for ownership of shares in the capital of banks, work within the framework of a "regulated license", as well as approval of the management and key employees of commercial banks were considered. Special attention was paid to the results of inspections and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Following the control, penalties were imposed on 10 banks and one microfinance organization. The basis was violations of prudential norms, requirements of the legislation of the Central Bank, as well as rules on countering the legalization of proceeds, financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.