BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17. TBC Uzbekistan has
been named Central Asia's Best Digital Bank at the Euromoney Awards
for Excellence.
According to TBC Uzbekistan, the company also received awards
for Uzbekistan's Best Digital Bank, Uzbekistan's Best for Consumer
Lending, and Uzbekistan's Best Digital Bank for SMEs.
"Since our launch in Uzbekistan in 2020, we have made great
strides on our ambition to transform and make more accessible
financial services in Central Asia. We have built a market-leading
retail offering, are quickly scaling our business offering and have
leveraged AI to transform the customer experience and bring it into
a new era. This recognition by Euromoney serves as further
testament to our work in building not only Uzbekistan's digital
banking powerhouse, but an innovative technological leader across
the entire Central Asia region," CEO of TBC Uzbekistan Nika
Kurdiani said.
The company said the recognition reflects the expansion of its
digital financial ecosystem, which now serves more than 6 million
monthly active users. Its portfolio includes retail banking,
lending, payments, buy now, pay later (BNPL), insurance, travel and
ticketing services, as well as digital banking solutions for small
and medium-sized businesses through TBC Business and the BILLZ
retail management platform.
TBC Uzbekistan also highlighted its artificial intelligence
strategy as a key factor behind the awards. The company's AI
Assistant Lola is designed to connect consumers and businesses
within its digital ecosystem and is supported by proprietary speech
recognition technology and Uzbek-language large language models
(LLMs), which are also used in customer support, sales, and
collections.
Euromoney's Awards for Excellence are among the banking
industry's best-known annual awards, recognizing financial
institutions for performance, innovation, and customer impact
across more than 125 countries and territories.
According to Trend's analysis, the recognition reflects the rapid
development of Uzbekistan's fintech sector and the growing role of
digital banking in Central Asia. As financial institutions
increasingly invest in artificial intelligence and digital
ecosystems, competition is expected to accelerate innovation and
broaden access to financial services across the region.
