Over the week, mobile banking apps in Central Asia and the Caucasus released 25 updates.
Trend of the week: integrating lifestyle services (flight bookings, parking payments) and automating routine transfers.
🏆 Update of the week: Kyrgyzstan’s MBank launched Apple Pay for Mastercard and Visa cards.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- Freedom SuperApp added the issuance of social cards for receiving pensions and alimony, continuing a series of summer releases focused on payment features.
- bcc.kz updated its ATM screen to show available currencies and operating hours, and integrated Smart Parking payments.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- The Islamic fintech Iman introduced personalized surveys and an AI chat providing recommendations based on user responses.
- Ipak Yuli Mobile improved its remote identification process and lending section. The app’s rating dropped slightly due to technical debugging.
- TBC Bank Uzbekistan automated term deposit rollovers and allowed partial withdrawals, marking its third deposit update this month.
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- MBank officially launched Apple Pay for its cards and enabled global MoneySend transfers, marking the bank’s major release since early summer.
- Kompanion released a technical update for payment stability. The app’s rating saw a slight weekly increase to 4.26.
🇹🇯 Tajikistan
- Alif automated transfer method selection when entering a phone number and sped up app launch times, focusing on speed following a series of July updates.
- Eskhata Business added notifications for expiring authorizations on linked organizations, simplifying corporate account administration.
- Eskhata Online introduced field identification without a branch visit and customer satisfaction (CSAT) scoring after support calls.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- ABB mobile integrated the DigiTravel service for booking low-cost Wizz Air and Ryanair tickets, continuing the trend of ecosystem development.
- Birbank eliminated the need for users to scan receipts from its own POS terminals and displayed earned bonuses on the main transaction history screen.
- Leobank expanded its service payment menu, adding new options in the sports and entertainment categories.
- PASHA Bank allowed clients to independently convert a standard salary card into a premium Miles&Smiles card through the mobile interface.
- m10 optimized wallet speed and updated the interface, maintaining a high 4.88 rating across 114,000 reviews.
Regional banks are increasingly moving beyond traditional finance. Integrating ticket purchases, parking payments, and AI chats shows the competitive focus is shifting toward retaining customers within a single lifestyle app.
