PASHA Bank launches POS Loan for small businesses
Azerbaijan's PASHA Bank has rolled out POS Loan, a credit facility for sole proprietors and legal entities using the bank's POS terminals.
Source: pashabank.azMarket feed
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SME loans in Kazakhstan are 68.3% concentrated in Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent
According to the National Bank of Kazakhstan, total lending to small and medium-sized enterprises reached **12.7 trillion tenge** by the end of August 2026, up 24.4% year-on-year.
Source: ranking.kzOctober 6
New SME loan issuance in Kazakhstan grows 47.3% year-on-year
In August 2026, Kazakhstani banks issued new loans to SMEs whose volume grew by 47.3% year-on-year, according to the Agency for Regulation and Business Financing.
Source: kapital.kzSeptember 10
KazAgroFinance doubles agricultural machinery leasing in the first half of the year
Kazakh 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.kzSeptember 4
Financing for Kazakhstan's Small and Medium Businesses Grows by 21.2% and 56.2%
In 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_aqqu