{"id":8106,"date":"2025-08-30T19:24:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/bez-kategorii\/uzbekistans-microfinance-market-doubled-in-six-months\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T19:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:24:53","slug":"uzbekistans-microfinance-market-doubled-in-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frank.uz\/en\/news-en\/uzbekistans-microfinance-market-doubled-in-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Uzbekistan&#8217;s microfinance market doubled in six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Why is this important<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sharp rise in microfinancing shows the high demand for small loans and the growth of their supply from both banks and private groups. This reinforces the role of microfinance in helping the population and small businesses. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The total volume of services is <strong>66.9 trillion soums<\/strong>, representing an increase of 32.1 trillion soums compared to 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sources:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sources: \u2014 80% (53,6 trln),<\/li>\n<li>microfinance organizations \u2014 18% (12 trln),<\/li>\n<li>pawnshops \u2014 2% (1,3 trln);<\/li>\n<li>91% of loans up to <strong>100 million soums<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>The proportion of microfinancing in the total loan portfolio rose from 26% to <strong>34%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Highest growth:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>for private banks \u2014 2.2 times,<\/li>\n<li>at state banks \u2014 by 46%;<\/li>\n<li>Leaders: <strong>TBC Bank<\/strong> (+3.2 times), <strong>Invest Finance Bank<\/strong> (+3.1 times), <strong>Anorbank<\/strong> (+75%);<\/li>\n<li>Among MFOs are \u201cTezkoyn\u201d (47% of the market), \u201cShaffof Finance\u201d (20%), \u201cFortuna Business\u201d (5%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they say<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Central Bank experts observe that the service segment for <strong>self-employed<\/strong> individuals is growing particularly rapidly: their share has reached 28% (18.6 trillion soums), which is three times more than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most microfinance services (99.5%) are provided in the national currency. 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