On April 30, Tashkent hosted the international summit KEY TECH: AI Summit 2026, with the HUMO payment system serving as the key partner.

The summit brought together over 300 participants and 25 speakers, including representatives from government agencies, banks, payment systems, fintech companies, technology vendors, and the expert community. Participants included the Ministry of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, NAPP, the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis, the Cybersecurity Center of the Republic of Uzbekistan, HUMO, SQB, Kapital Bank, Ipak Yuli Bank, NBU, TBC Uzbekistan, Ipoteka Bank OTP Group, Yandex Tech, Pro Data-Tech, Cybernet AI, and other organizations.

The program focused on four key blocks:
— Strategic Dialogue: State, Regulators, and Industry
— AI in Banking, Fintech, and Payment Infrastructure
— AI Infrastructure, Data, Cybersecurity, and Digital Services
— Women in AI

Participants discussed how AI is already transforming the financial sector, digital services, payment infrastructure, cybersecurity, and approaches to economic development.

As noted by Oleg Pekos, First Deputy Minister of Digital Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, artificial intelligence is now a matter of economic competitiveness, the efficiency of public administration, and the quality of digital services.

Dinar Samigullin, Deputy Chairman of the Board at HUMO, emphasized that for the company, artificial intelligence is not just a promising direction but a real tool for developing payment infrastructure, digital services, and increasing system stability.

KEY TECH: AI Summit 2026 confirmed that artificial intelligence in Uzbekistan is increasingly becoming part of the real business and government agenda.