As part of a $237mn landmark deal, Halyk Bank will acquire a 49% stake in Click for $176.4mn, while Click’s shareholders will purchase a 49% stake in Tenge Bank for $60.76mn—establishing a strategic partnership that maintains legal independence while accelerating digital innovation and expanding financial services across Uzbekistan.

Click, Uzbekistan’s leading payment services provider, and Halyk Bank, the largest financial group in Central Asia, have announced a strategic partnership that marks the largest-ever private sector transaction in Uzbekistan’s history..

Kazakhstan’s largest bank Halyk Bank reached an agreement with Click, Uzbekistan’s fintech company, on a mutual share swap: 49% of Click will go to the Kazakh side, while 49% of Tenge Bank (Halyk Bank subsidiary) will be transferred to the Uzbek side. The deals are valued at $237 million.

Sales of several types of imported slimming coffee have been blocked in Uzbekistan after authorities discovered they contained sibutramine – a powerful substance regulated under national law..

Tatlift, a Russian elevator manufacturing company, is planning to launch a production facility in Uzbekistan’s Bukhara region, according to the regional administration..

Uzbekistan plans to restore its saiga population in cooperation with Kazakhstan, where the growing number of these antelopes has recently raised concerns over crop damage, prompting population control measures..

Russia’s former chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko has called for foreign migrants to undergo medical screening and vaccination before entering the country..