The latest episode of #Builders is out now. My guest this time is Nika Kurdiani, CEO of TBC Uzbekistan.
You can see here a short clip from the video, full episode here:
Nika is the CEO of TBC Uzbekistan, one of the world’s fastest-growing digital financial ecosystems, with more than 23 million registered users and 6 million monthly active users. He leads TBC Digital, the group’s Uzbek holding company, and Space International, and sits on TBC Group’s Executive Committee.
Over a career spanning more than 23 years, Nika has driven growth, transformation and post-acquisition integration across banking, payments, fintech, insurance and B2B SaaS in Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. As Deputy CEO of TBC Bank Georgia, he oversaw business banking, payments, international expansion and the launch of the digital neobank Space. He also chaired the board of Payme, one of Uzbekistan’s leading payment platforms, and held senior roles at UniCredit, Kaspi Bank and Bank of Georgia.
With him, we will talk about running a bank in Central Asia, the challenges of banking in 2026 and how to retain talent in the AI era.
As always, enjoy and share.
