Every event in Central Asia's fintech market — briefly, with a link to the source. Analysis and explainers are in our news.
Kazakhstan's ForteBank and developer BI Group have signed a cooperation memorandum and launched a mortgage program for primary market homebuyers, featuring a down payment starting at 20% and loan amounts from 5 million to 100 million tenge.
Source: t.me/finmentorkzIn July 2026, Kazakh banks issued 3.8 trillion tenge in new loans, up 10.7% from July 2025, according to the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market.
Source: kapital.kzKazakhstan's financial consumer protection agency reviewed 15,100 complaints between the start of the year and August 1, 2026.
Source: t.me/finregkzThe 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.kzAs of August 1, 2026, corporate deposits in Kazakhstani banks totaled 21.1 trillion tenge, up by 559.2 billion tenge in July.
Source: ranking.kzAstana regulator AFSA has issued a public warning about scammers impersonating Venera Capital Ltd., a Kazakh investment firm licensed by AFSA.
Source: afsa.aifc.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_kzThe National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has suspended the licenses of three currency exchange offices in Osh for violating legislation and the regulator's normative acts.
Source: t.me/NBKR_newsWinvestment Consult LLC voluntarily ceased its professional activity as an investment consultant in Uzbekistan's securities market on September 2, 2026.
Source: t.me/napp_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.uzKazakhstan's Unified Accumulative Pension Fund stopped accepting new applications to transfer pension assets to Halyk Global Markets on January 1, 2026, after the manager gave notice to terminate its contract from January 1, 2027.
Source: t.me/enpfkzIn July 2026, Kazakhstanis sent 56.4 billion tenge abroad via international money transfer systems, down 20% from July 2025, when 70.4 billion tenge was transferred.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaAnalysts 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.kzIn June, S&P Global Ratings upgraded the long-term credit rating of Kazakhstan's Freedom Bank to BB- with a stable outlook, while Moody's Ratings assigned the bank a first-time Ba3 rating in March.
Source: kapital.kzPresident Kassym-Jomart Tokayev officially endorsed China's initiative to establish a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Development Bank during a meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in Bishkek.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaKazakh citizens aged 17 and older can now obtain a certificate verifying their military service status in the Kaspi.kz mobile app, a document required for university admission, employment, and pension processing.
Source: t.me/kaspikzThe Uzbek payment system is preparing a joint project with Kazakhstan's largest bank
Source: humocard.uzSince Uzbekistan launched its IMEI registration system in 2019, it has registered more than 97.8 million mobile device codes, with collected registration fees exceeding 3 trillion soums.
Source: t.me/uzbekfintechOn August 31, applications opened in Kazakhstan for the Umay women's mortgage program, but the system ran into technical issues due to a high volume of borrowers.
Source: tengrinews.kzIn July, ForteBank increased corporate deposits by 157.8 billion tenge to 2.36 trillion tenge, ranking first among Kazakhstani banks in corporate deposit growth.
Source: t.me/bull_bellKazakhstan's second-tier banks posted a net profit of 1.396 trillion tenge for the first seven months of 2026, down 14.9% from the same period in 2025.
Source: t.me/finmentorkzIn July, Kazakhstan's Bereke Bank lost 15.9 billion tenge in retail deposits, reducing their total volume to 862.8 billion tenge, marking the largest outflow among Kazakh banks that month.
Source: t.me/bull_bellKazakhstan's Otbasy Bank announced the launch of solvency verification for borrowers under its housing improvement program in Aktobe from August 31 to September 4, 2026.
Source: hcsbk.kzThe Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) met with representatives of Ant Digital Technologies to discuss cooperation in digital finance and fintech.
Source: t.me/KASEofficialOn August 19, Tajikistan held a meeting of the commission on combating money laundering, financing of terrorism, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, discussing the country's preparations for the third round of mutual evaluation running through 2027.
Source: nbt.tjNational Bank of Tajikistan Chairman Firdavs Tolibzoda met with Indian Ambassador Rajesh Uike to discuss expanding bilateral banking cooperation, including payment system development and cross-border payments.
Source: nbt.tjSince the beginning of 2026, Kazakhstan's State Social Insurance Fund has disbursed 464.7 billion tenge in social benefits to over one million people, with the fund's assets reaching 1.47 billion tenge by August 1.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaUzbek payment system Click has added commission-free tuition payments for state universities, e-Maktab, and school after-care programs to its app.
Source: t.me/click_uzUzbekistan's Korzinka app reported 1.1 million monthly active users.
Source: t.me/skartarissThe Kazakh currency weakened by 1.07% against the US dollar to close trading on August 27 at 464.90 tenge per dollar, with trading volume reaching $576 million.
Source: t.me/tengenomikaKazakh fintech platform Solva has raised $2.5m in additional capital.
Source: t.me/bull_bellRespondents in the National Bank of Kazakhstan's macroeconomic survey expect the base rate to remain in double digits at least until 2028, with a median forecast of 16% for 2026.
Source: t.me/bull_bellA Pavlodar court has sentenced the organizers of the Khas financial pyramid, which defrauded 515 Kazakhstanis of 3 billion tenge by promising annual returns of 70%.
Source: kapital.kzIn July, the aggregate net profit of Kazakh banks reached 200.9 billion tenge, up 26% from June.
Source: kz.kursiv.mediaUzbekistan's JSCB Kapitalbank will hold a maintenance window on September 5–6 to migrate customer accounts from its Tashkent city branch and Chorsu branch from MFO codes 00445 and 01033 to a single MFO code, 01158.
Source: kapitalbank.uzUzbek payment service Click has added a feature in its SuperApp to top up som-denominated Mastercard cards from Uzcard and Humo cards.
Source: t.me/click_uzKyrgyzstan's MBank has added the MoneySend service to its app, enabling transfers to any Mastercard card using the recipient's card number.
Source: mbank.kgUzbek startup Speko, which develops voice AI infrastructure, has joined the Y Combinator summer batch.
Source: t.me/itpark_uzThe Halyk Business Index, compiled by Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan and Halyk Finance, increased by 0.6 points to 103.4 in July.
Source: t.me/nb_kz
