Every event in Central Asia's fintech market — briefly, with a link to the source. Analysis and explainers are in our news.
Kazakhstan's Alatau City Bank, controlled by businessman Vyacheslav Kim, will start trading $50 million in commercial paper on the Astana International Exchange on September 15, 2026.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaBy September 1, 2026, the National Anti-Fraud Center blocked fraudulent transactions worth 127 billion tenge, with over 270 participants connected to the system.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaAstana International Exchange (AIX) and the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange (KSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 10 at Astana Finance Days 2026.
Source: t.me/aixkzYandex Qazaqstan head Timur Shalkenov said the company does not plan to launch its own bank, but is exploring a payment organization license to streamline payouts to couriers and taxi drivers.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaSince the July 19 launch of Kazakhstan's unified interbank QR code system, it has processed 20 million transactions worth more than 400 billion tenge, National Bank Chairman Timur Suleimenov said at the Central Asia Fintech Summit in Almaty.
Source: kapital.kzJSC Kazakhstan Sustainability Fund placed bonds on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange on September 10, raising 9.7 billion tenge at a yield to maturity of 15.40% per annum.
Source: kase.kzKazakh gold miner BASS Gold closed 2025 with a net profit of 2.9 billion tenge after posting a loss a year earlier, with revenue quadrupling to 13.2 billion tenge.
Source: t.me/KASEofficialCustomers of Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank can earn bonuses when paying via Halyk QR at other banks' payment terminals until November 30.
Source: tengrinews.kzGross reserves of the National Bank of Kazakhstan increased by 11.4% to $70.6 billion in July, while National Fund assets grew by 3.2% to $68.2 billion, bringing the country's total international reserves to $138.8 billion by early September.
Source: afk.kzKazakh leasing operator KazAgroFinance funded agricultural machinery worth 250.5 billion tenge in the first half of 2026, doubling the 126.6 billion tenge recorded in the same period of 2025.
Source: kaf.kzKazakhstan's national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, will list shares simultaneously on the Hong Kong and London Stock Exchanges, as well as on the Astana International Financial Centre's exchange.
Source: kapital.kzMoody's has assigned initial insurance financial strength ratings to Kazakhstan's Freedom Insurance and Freedom Life at Ba1 and Baa3, respectively, both with a stable outlook.
Source: ir.freedomholdingcorp.comUzbekistan is introducing a practice to retain state "special participation" during the privatization of large and strategic enterprises based on special presidential decrees.
Source: spot.uzStarting September 9, Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) published on its website the results of an external screening of shares for compliance with Islamic investing principles.
Source: t.me/KASEofficialFitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of Kazakhstan's platform Kaspi.kz and Kaspi Bank at BBB− with a stable outlook.
Source: profit.kzRaiffeisen Bank, an Austrian bank, has begun trading government securities on the trading platform of the Uzbek Republican Currency Exchange (UZCE).
Source: t.me/uzceinfoRaiffeisen Bank has launched operations with government securities on the UzRVB trading platform following the bank's integration into Uzbekistan's financial market infrastructure.
Source: t.me/uzceinfoOn September 10, the Kyrgyz Stock Exchange will host an auction to place 12-month state treasury bills worth 550 million soms.
Source: t.me/kse_publicinfoThe Analytical Center of the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan released an auto lending review for the first half of 2026, recording a 9% year-on-year drop in applications alongside a weighted average interest rate surge from 18.8% to 24.4%.
Source: kapital.kzOn September 4, the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan approved a resolution on payouts to citizens and organizations that report violations of licensing and permit requirements, setting the reward at 10% of the fine imposed on the violator.
Source: spot.uzKazakhstan's Halyk Bank has scrapped bonus accruals for card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay payments, now awarding bonuses exclusively for QR-code payments made via the bank's app.
Source: t.me/nb_kzKazakhstan-based exchange ITS has launched its Prediction Market platform, enabling users to trade options based on the probability of specific events.
Source: t.me/nb_kzThe weighted average dollar rate dropped from 456.56 to 454.31 tenge on the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange at the start of the trading week on September 8.
Source: inbusiness.kzThe National Anti-Fraud Center, established under the National Payment Corporation of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, has processed over 180,000 incidents in its two years of operation, with fraud accounting for 78% of cases.
Source: npck.kzInternational ratings agency S&P Global Ratings has upgraded the long-term credit rating of Kazakhstan's Bank CenterCredit from BB to BB+, affirmed its short-term rating at B, and raised its national scale rating from kzAA- to kzAA+.
Source: inbusiness.kzInternational rating agency S&P Global Ratings has revised its outlook on the long-term credit ratings of Kazakhstan's Freedom Bank Kazakhstan JSC to positive from stable, affirming the ratings at "BB-/B".
Source: kapital.kzS&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Kazakhstan's Nurbank from Stable to Positive, affirming its long-term credit rating at 'B'.
Source: t.me/bull_bellKaspi.kz updated its interbank transfer fees: sending money from Kaspi Gold to a card of another Kazakhstani bank now incurs a 0.95% fee, with a minimum charge of 200 tenge.
Source: digitalbusiness.kzUzbekistan's payment service promotes going cashless through brand communications
Source: t.me/click_uzTrading volume in Solidcore shares on the alternative exchange AIX exceeded the total trading volume on Kazakhstan's KASE exchange.
Source: t.me/finmentorkzMoody's Ratings has assigned Kazakhstan life insurer Freedom Life an insurance financial strength rating of Baa3 with a stable outlook, marking the insurer's first investment-grade rating.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaIn the first half of 2026, small business financing in Kazakhstan increased by 21.2% to 4.6 trillion tenge, medium business financing rose by 56.2% to 1.9 trillion tenge, and large business financing grew by 10.5% to 4.9 trillion tenge, according to the Financing and Lending Agency (AFK).
Source: t.me/qara_aqquInternational rating agency S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the long-term credit ratings of Kazakhstan-based Freedom Holding Corp and four of its key subsidiaries from stable to positive.
Source: t.me/FREEDOMFINANCEKAZAKHSTANThe National Bank of Kazakhstan has revised its 2027 inflation forecast upward from 5.5–7.5% to 6.5–8.5% due to rising external inflation, revised assumptions for regulated prices, and a stronger fiscal impulse.
Source: t.me/nb_kzKazakhstani insurance company Halyk-Life has received a 65.1 million tenge tranche for the first half of 2026 from the operator of the State Educational Savings System, which will be credited to educational insurance policies within five days.
Source: kapital.kzBaku Stock Exchange and PASHA Capital Investment Company signed a market-making agreement for International Bank of Azerbaijan shares, effective August 31, 2026.
Source: bfb.azThe loan portfolio of Kazakh microfinance organizations, pawnshops, and credit partnerships shrank by 0.6% to 3.1 trillion tenge in the second quarter of 2026.
Source: kapital.kzThe financial services market in Uzbekistan reached 125.8 trillion soums in January–July 2026.
Source: t.me/FinTechRetailKazakhstan's Bank CenterCredit has launched a buyback program for 6.8 million of its own shares at 4,399 tenge each — 8% below the current market price of 4,780 tenge — running through the end of 2026.
Source: t.me/nb_kzAnalysts at the Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan expect annual inflation in August to reach 9.8–9.9%, falling below 10% for the first time due to seasonal food price drops, tight monetary conditions, and a stronger tenge.
Source: kapital.kz
