Remittances to Uzbekistan Reach $18.9bn as OSON X Opens a UAE Money App for Central Asians
A new entrant on the UAE–Central Asia corridor seeks banking and infrastructure partners ahead of Dubai FinTech Summit
DUBAI, UAE, October 31st, 2026 — People from Central Asia who live and work in the UAE send money home every month, for rent, school fees and family businesses. Much of that money still moves through cash counters, in a language that is not the sender’s own. OSON X, the UAE app from OSON, is built to close that gap.
Remittances to Uzbekistan reached $18.9 billion in 2025, up 27% from $14.8 billion in 2024 and more than three times the 2020 level of $6 billion, according to the Central Bank of Uzbekistan. About 78% still comes from Russia; at the same time, a growing share now arrives from Kazakhstan, Turkey, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the European Union, as the m...
