Anorbank and Central Bank report normal bank operations amid reports about shareholder

The Anorbank press service stated that the circulated information concerns exclusively personal matters of the shareholder and is unrelated to the institution's capital, management, or operational activities. The bank stressed that it has not received official confirmation or inquiries from competent authorities, and all operations and obligations to clients are being fulfilled as usual.

The reports were prompted by claims from The Insider, which, citing an anonymous source, alleged that a co-owner of the bank had purportedly been arrested in absentia in Uzbekistan and put on an international wanted list in a kidnapping case. At the same time, the publication itself pointed out that there is no official information about the existence of such a criminal case, and law enforcement agencies of Uzbekistan have not confirmed this information.

The Central Bank noted on the X platform that the situation around an individual shareholder does not determine the institution's financial stability. According to the regulator's data as of September 1, the bank's assets amounted to 21.4 trillion soums, and liabilities stood at 19.8 trillion soums. The share of highly liquid assets reached 16.9% against a regulatory minimum of 10%, the liquidity coverage ratio was 116%, and regulatory capital adequacy was 13% against a minimum requirement of 12%.