Uzum
About Uzum
Uzum provides a digital ecosystem of financial and retail services for consumers in Uzbekistan. The company operates a national marketplace alongside neobanking and payment services, including the issuance of plastic cards. Recent coverage has focused on strategic investment rounds, the company reaching unicorn status and its partnerships to improve financial literacy.
FF News has published 7 stories featuring Uzum since 2024, most recently "Uzum Records Massive Apple Pay Surge in Uzbekistan with 142,000 Card Activations in 24 Hours" (29 October 2026).
Uzum group companies
- JSCB Kapitalbank acquired December 2022
People at Uzum on FF News
- Djasur Djumaev, Chief Executive Officer
- Roman Lavrentyev, Co-founder and COO of Uzum, and CEO of Uzum Fintech
Latest Uzum news
- Uzum Records Massive Apple Pay Surge in Uzbekistan with 142,000 Card Activations in 24 Hours 29 October 2026 Merchants Eye
- Uzbekistan’s Uzum Named Among World’s Top Fintech Companies by CNBC and Statista 22 July 2026
- Uzum Secures Over $130 Million in Strategic Investment Led by the Sovereign Entities of the Sultanate of Oman 10 March 2026
- Uzum Secures $70M Equity Financing Led by Tencent and VR Capital, Reaches $1.5B Valuation 3 August 2025
- Uzum Bank Issues 1.5 Million Cards and Launches Nationwide Access to Plastic Cards 16 April 2025
- Uzum Partners With Mastercard to Boost Financial Literacy in Uzbekistan 17 September 2024
- Uzum Becomes First Tech Unicorn in Uzbekistan After Raising Over $100 Mln in Funding 26 March 2024