Translated with AI from the Russian original.

By early August, there were almost 75.7 million bank cards in the country. From January to July 2026, the turnover through payment terminals reached 387.35 trillion soums, according to the Central Bank of Uzbekistan.

A total of about 453.5 thousand payment terminals, as well as 47 thousand ATMs and info kiosks, are installed in the country.

"Aloqabank" leads in terms of transaction volume — over 41 trillion soums, or 10.6% of the total turnover. NBU ranks second with 32.2 trillion soums (8.3%), and TBC Bank is third with 25.2 trillion soums (6.5%).

The top ten also included "Hamkorbank", "Ipak Yuli Bank", Uzum Bank, "Ipoteka-bank", "Xalq Banki", "Mikrokreditbank" and "Agrobank".

"Xalq Banki" leads in the number of cards issued — over 12.1 million. It is followed by Uzum Bank with 7.2 million cards and "Agrobank" with 6.8 million.

"Hamkorbank" has the largest network of payment terminals — over 68 thousand devices. In terms of the number of ATMs and info kiosks, "Xalq Banki" ranks first — over 3.1 thousand devices.

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