Every event in Central Asia's fintech market — briefly, with a link to the source. Analysis and explainers are in our news.
Kazakh startup Solomon, led by Sultonsho Nazarshoev, is developing an AI platform to automate compliance, fraud monitoring, and financial transaction investigations for banks and financial institutions.
Source: digitalbusiness.kzFinancial group Solva posted 3 bln tenge in net profit for the first nine months of 2026 and paid 8.84 bln tenge to external lenders.
Source: kapital.kzThe National Bank of Kazakhstan's Anti-Fraud Center blocked suspicious transactions totaling **117 billion tenge** and recorded 180,000 suspicious incidents over two years.
Source: lsm.kzKazakh fintech company Kaspi.kz has introduced Kasper, an AI assistant for Kaspi Magazin, at the Digital Bridge 2026 international forum in Astana.
Source: t.me/kaspikzQazaqstan Investment Corporation (QIC), a subsidiary of the Baiterek holding, and Dasco Capital have signed a strategic partnership agreement to establish the Tolqyn AI Venture Fund with a target size of **$50 million**.
Source: kapital.kzFreedom Holding Corp. is developing an AI agent for its superapp that will help Kazakhstanis select investment options, insurance, tours, flights, and visas, CEO Timur Turlov said.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaAmerican venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, founder of Sofreh Capital, has announced plans to open a company office in Kazakhstan and relocate part of its operations to the country.
Source: kapital.kzAccording to spot.uz, banks have cut interest rates on national currency deposits: after a June peak of 17.6%, the average yield dropped by 0.1 percentage points in July and 0.3 percentage points in August, reaching 17.2%.
Source: spot.uzSince its launch on July 1, one million customers of the Kazakh platform Kaspi.kz have used the personal AI assistant Kasper.
Source: profit.kzThree-quarters of Kazakh banks use AI in credit scoring, fraud prevention, and marketing, according to the "Fintech in Kazakhstan 2026" study by RISE Research.
Source: profit.kzKazakhstan's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection is scaling proactive public services through the "Digital Family Card" platform, which analyzes data on more than 20 million members of 6.2 million families.
Source: profit.kzExperts estimate that Kazakhstanis own 1 million crypto wallets worldwide, with most held on foreign platforms outside AIFC regulation.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaNational Bank Governor Timur Suleimenov said at Astana Finance Day 2026 that the digital tenge will not be used for retail payments, but rather to program and track government spending.
Source: digitalbusiness.kzUzbek payment service Paynet has launched an installment payment service with zero down payment through its Paynet Nasiya product.
Source: paynet.uzBuyers of assets on the balance sheets of state-owned and mixed-ownership banks in Uzbekistan will receive property and land tax relief for 12 months from full payment until January 1, 2030.
Source: spot.uzUzbekistan's Kapitalbank, together with the company Hamroh, has launched the Business Lady loan program for women entrepreneurs with an interest rate of 20% per annum and an amount of up to 10 billion soums.
Source: kapitalbank.uzThe President of Uzbekistan issued a decree on the customs development strategy until 2030, which includes raising the undeclared foreign currency export limit from the current 100 million soums to the equivalent of $10,000.
Source: spot.uzUzbek startup Speko, which develops voice AI infrastructure, has joined the Y Combinator summer batch.
Source: t.me/itpark_uzIn 2025, retail deposits in Kazakhstan exceeded 28 trillion tenge, rising by 14.7%, as Kazakhstanis increasingly shifted money into term deposits, which surged more than 14-fold, and savings deposits, up 1.5 times.
Source: kapital.kzKazakhstan Stock Exchange KASE launched trading in BlackRock's iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI_KZ) on KASE Global starting October 17, 2025. The fund provides access to shares in China's largest companies, including Tencent, Alibaba, Xiaomi, and China Construction Bank, and trades in USD at around $35.58.
Source: t.me/KASEofficial
