Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Uzbekistan’s Central Bank held talks with representatives of major US companies in Samarkand on 19 October to discuss financial market development, digital payments and investment opportunities.
The meetings took place as part of the Uzbekistan–US Business and Investment Cooperation Council.
Participants included representatives of StoneX Group Inc., Visa, Nasdaq, Franklin Templeton and Citi. The international partners noted that Uzbekistan’s economic growth and ongoing reforms were creating favourable conditions for foreign investors.
The discussions covered cooperation on financial market infrastructure, international reserve management and the introduction of hedging mechanisms.
Other topics included digital payments, strengthening cybersecurity, developing the concept of Open Banking and improving the operations of the Central Securities Depository.
The parties agreed on further steps to advance cooperation in these areas.
The council also held a Finance and Investment session involving Uzbek and US companies. It was co-chaired by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Participants discussed Uzbekistan’s macroeconomic outlook, ongoing privatisation processes and the country’s main investment priorities.
