Uzbekistan's Central Bank, alongside the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), an international non-profit founded by Singapore’s Monetary Authority, unveiled the first Silk Road Finance & Technology Forum. The event is set to be held in Tashkent from August 24 to 26, 2026, UzA reported.
The forum will bring together representatives from government agencies, central banks, international financial institutions, investors, and technology companies across Central Asia, the Gulf states, and other regions worldwide. The forum’s concept is based on the term Al-Jabr, meaning “the reunification of parts into a whole,” which gave rise to the word “algebra”.
In line with this concept, the forum’s three-day program will focus on five key areas: open banking, digital assets and stablecoins, cross-border payments, Islamic finance, and innovation and investment. Organized in partnership with Ant International and supported by the Ministry of Digital Technologies and the National Agency of Prospective Projects of Uzbekistan, the forum will be part of GFTN’s global network of events.
This network includes the Singapore FinTech Festival, the Point Zero Forum in Zurich, GFTN Forum Japan, and the Black Swan Summits. The organizers state that the forum will serve as a new international platform for discussing the future of financial technologies and boosting Central Asia’s investment attractiveness.
Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that direct flights will connect Kazakhstan’s Kostanay and Uzbekistan’s capital.