Every event in Central Asia's fintech market — briefly, with a link to the source. Analysis and explainers are in our news.
The Smart Data Finance system gathers information on citizens' real estate, cars, and other assets from 80 sources to detect mismatches between declared income and spending.
Source: lsm.kzStarting November 27, 2026, Halyk Bank will raise the fee for transfers by phone number to cards of other Kazakh banks from 200 to **250 tenge**.
Source: digitalbusiness.kzThe Astana International Financial Centre has expanded its partnership with Bybit Kazakhstan and Binance Kazakhstan, adding digital assets to the Investment Tax Residency Programme (ITRP).
Source: aifc.kzOn October 1, the Board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic adopted Resolution No. 2026-P-12/48-2-(NPA) to strengthen measures mitigating terrorist financing and money laundering risks in banking operations.
Source: t.me/NBKR_newsUzbekistan's Biznesni Rivojlantirish Banki has launched the Business 24/7 digital platform for legal entities and sole proprietors, enabling round-the-clock banking operations without visiting a branch.
Source: daryo.uzJSC Halyk Finance executed a technical unit split on October 5, 2026, across three interval mutual funds: Dollar Bonds (1:1000 split), Global Equities (1:100), and Bolashaq – Shares of the Future (1:10).
Source: halykfinance.kzKyrgyzstan's MBANK has showcased MPay Alakan, a service that lets shoppers pay in stores using palm biometrics without cards or a phone.
Source: akchabar.kgAccording to profit.kz, clients of Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank faced technical issues logging into the mobile app on October 6, with the system displaying a notice of temporary access restrictions due to heavy load.
Source: profit.kzKazakhstani exchange KASE presented its Digital Assets Platform (DAP) at Solana Summit Singapore to support digital financial instruments from Kazakhstani issuers on the Solana blockchain.
Source: t.me/KASEofficialCorporate deposits in Kazakh banks fell 3.9% in August to **21.6 trillion tenge**, according to the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market.
Source: kapital.kzIn 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.kzNet profit at Kazakhstan’s banks reached **1.6 trillion tenge** since the start of 2026, down 13.6% compared to the same period in 2025.
Source: kapital.kzKazakhstan's financial consumer protection agency reviewed **14.7 thousand complaints** between the start of the year and September 1, 2026.
Source: t.me/finregkzAccording to spot.uz, Uzbekistan's Competition Committee received 1,230 e-commerce complaints in the first nine months of 2026, with over half targeting the Uzum ecosystem.
Source: spot.uzKazakh fintech company Solva Group announced the exit of 13 minority shareholders, whose stakes were transferred to the private company AG Holding Ltd.
Source: kapital.kzUzbekistan's State Savings Bank (SQB) now allows clients to top up international Visa, Mastercard, and UnionPay cards with cash in soums and US dollars via Multipay self-service kiosks.
Source: t.me/sqbuzThe National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic suspended the license of the Gimex LLC exchange bureau for 10 days for legal violations.
Source: cbd.minjust.gov.kgIpoteka bank OTP Group, one of Uzbekistan's largest banks, has launched a new corporate online banking system for legal entities and sole proprietors on the U-BSS platform.
Source: spot.uzKazakhstan's Financial Monitoring Agency has uncovered a money laundering scheme involving local university students who used their bank cards to receive and transfer funds.
Source: kapital.kzThe World Bank will provide Kazakhstan with a **$75 million** (11.9 billion yen) loan to implement the ALEM project for human capital development in artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, and markets.
Source: kapital.kzThe volume of cross-border money transfers via money transfer systems in Kazakhstan dropped from 56.4 billion tenge in July to **27.9 billion tenge** in August, marking the lowest figure since April 2020.
Source: ranking.kzFreedom Holding Corp published Kazakhstan's services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September, which stood at **51.4 points** down from 51.9 in August, pointing to marginal growth in activity as momentum slowed.
Source: t.me/FREEDOMFINANCEKAZAKHSTANUzbek bank Milliy has launched a feature in its mobile app to top up deposits previously opened at branch offices.
Source: t.me/nbu_officialQazaqstan 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.kzAccording to kapital.kz citing the Ministry of Health, **502.6 million tenge** in insurance payouts has been disbursed to patients and their families in Kazakhstan under mandatory medical malpractice liability insurance in the two years since the law took effect in October 2024.
Source: kapital.kzAccording to the Telegram channel @centralbankuzbekistan, the Central Bank identified terms in commercial banks' deposit agreements that restrict depositors' right to reclaim their funds.
Source: t.me/centralbankuzbekistanKaspi.kz charges a fee of **0.95%** on transfers from Kaspi Gold cards to accounts at other Kazakh banks, with a 200 tenge minimum.
Source: digitalbusiness.kzStarting October 2, 2026, Kazakhstan's Kaspi.kz changed the terms for its tenge Kaspi Savings Deposit, cutting the annual effective rate from 19% to **18% per year**, while the nominal rate fell from 17.52% to 16.67%.
Source: digitalbusiness.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.mediaJSC National Bank of Uzbekistan (NBU) has completed a certification audit verifying compliance with the international Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
Source: nbu.uzThe Agency has granted JSC Commercial Bank BNK a universal banking license authorizing interbank lending, guarantees, and sureties.
Source: gov.kzAmerican 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.kzStarting April 2027, pension payments in Uzbekistan can be credited to an e-wallet in a bank's mobile app rather than just to a bank card, according to a presidential decree dated September 28.
Source: gazeta.uzIn the first half of 2026, Kazakhstan's current account ran a surplus of **$2.4 billion**, reversing a $3.6 billion deficit from the same period in 2025.
Source: nationalbank.kzAt an extraordinary meeting of the supervisory board on August 13, 2026, a decision was made to voluntarily liquidate the Public Foundation 'Microcredit Agency 'Toguz-Toro District Development Fund'.
Source: t.me/NBKR_newsAccording to kapital.kz, citing the Bureau of National Statistics, annual inflation in Kazakhstan reached **9.3%** at the end of September 2026, with monthly inflation at 0.6%.
Source: kapital.kzStarting October 1, 2026, Kazakhstan's financial regulator has mandated banks and microfinance organizations to survey borrowers when issuing unsecured online consumer loans.
Source: t.me/finregkzAccording to spot.uz, citing Bloomberg, Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International is looking at Central Asia as a new growth frontier and exploring potential acquisitions in the region.
Source: spot.uzAccording to ranking.kz, Kazakh pawnbrokers posted a combined net profit of **36.9 billion tenge** in the first half of 2026, with M-Lombard, MK-Lombard, and MK-Zoloto Lombard together accounting for 18.9 billion tenge, or 51.3% of the sector's total.
Source: ranking.kzAccording to kapital.kz, the National Bank of Kazakhstan postponed its September mirroring operations with the National Fund worth $200–300 million due to an excess supply of foreign currency in the market.
Source: kapital.kz
