OREANDA-NEWS. June 30, 2008. Banks of Uzbekistan significantly contribute to providing financial support for small businesses and private entrepreneurship, developing farming and enhancing the infrastructure on the ground, reported the press-centre of NBU.

Great variety of services and sustainable activity of affiliates play a significant role in enhancing the market positions of commercial banks. Success story Microcreditbank, which is continuing to expand and enhance the activity of its mini-banks network can serve as an example for that, Jahon information agency quoted UzA.

"At the moment we have 75 affiliates and 274 mini banks, as well as ten financial agencies on the ground, which render all kinds of banking services to the population," Ozod Omonov, the head of mini banks department at Microcreditbank said.

This year only Boysun mini bank of Surkhandarya region allotted 60 million soums worth soft loans to the entrepreneurs to develop their household businesses, clothing manufacture, cattle breeding and other types of small businesses.