Central Asia’s fintech paradoxes. Why explosive growth is hitting an infrastructure ceiling
Digital payments are developing rapidly in Uzbekistan. At the same time, the market has run into a serious problem: infrastructure can no longer keep pace with the explosive growth of services.
Digital payments are developing rapidly in Uzbekistan. At the same time, the market has run into a serious problem: infrastructure can no longer keep pace with the explosive growth of services.
Journal: PLUS № 07-08(339-340), 2026 (Special Issue)
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- Banks without the internet — Part 2. Data centers below ground, chips and real priorities
- Stanislav Kuznetsov, Sber: “Cybersecurity is becoming a key competitive advantage”
- What color is the future: blue, green or red?
- ART Fintech: “We’re building a platform where businesses paint the fence themselves — and we see that as a strategic partnership.”
- Why Russia needs its own payment terminal
- Payment infrastructure is no longer the sole domain of banks: how to manage the entire payment chain
- Anti-Fraud 2.0: What’s changing and where things are headed
- Social engineering and deepfakes: AI-powered attacks and defense
- Venture capital and talent: the key capital of the 21st century. Why Uzbekistan neds to act fast
- Central Asia’s fintech paradoxes. Why explosive growth is hitting an infrastructure ceiling
- Crypto under the law: an overview of digital asset regulation around the world
- The use of stablecoins for cross-border B2B payments has surged
- When humans are no longer the ones who pay. The financial infrastructure of the AI-agent era: necessary transformations
- RegTech: how a new bank–regulator interaction architecture is changing the approach to data