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    From Retail to B2B: How TBC Bank Assesses the Transformation of Uzbekistan's Financial Market

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A single window for business: From LLC registration to partner verification

A single window for business: From LLC registration to partner verification

LLC registration, payroll, and counterparty verification in one app. What works now, and what businesses still do manually.

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
The Bank as a Growth Partner: The Value of Non-Financial Content

The Bank as a Growth Partner: The Value of Non-Financial Content

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan·July 2, 2026

Installments as an E-Commerce Driver: Apparel Shopping Patterns in Kazakhstani Fintech

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    Finance and food: why delivery is becoming the core of Kazakhstani super-apps

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    Seamless Payments: How Users Choose Between Ecosystems

    How “interbank blindness” and capital fragmentation hinder Kazakhstanis from managing their money..

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|ResearchJune 29, 2026
    Rustam Shanazarov Becomes Co-Founder and Partner of Uzbekistan IT Company WOOX

    Rustam Shanazarov Becomes Co-Founder and Partner of Uzbekistan IT Company WOOX

    The former McKinsey & Company partner with nine years of fintech experience has joined the team to build tech products in Central Asia..

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|NewsJune 23, 2026
    UX/UI for Business: Design That Saves Money

    UX/UI for Business: Design That Saves Money

    In B2B, a clunky screen costs clients working hours, not just frustration.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Fintech Beyond the Capitals: Bridging Infrastructure Gaps

    Fintech Beyond the Capitals: Bridging Infrastructure Gaps

    Outside the capital, connectivity is weaker and ATMs are older.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026

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    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Corporate cybersecurity: 2FA, digital signatures, and role-based auto-limits

    Corporate cybersecurity: 2FA, digital signatures, and role-based auto-limits

    Security that employees bypass doesn’t protect. How banks are shifting from passwords to biometrics, digital signatures, and auto-limits—and where they stall.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Access architecture: Why the basic role matrix no longer works

    Access architecture: Why the basic role matrix no longer works

    “One login for all” is how most banks handle access. Here is what a company needs when one employee drafts a payment and another approves it.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Open data: How APIs turn banks into business hubs

    Open data: How APIs turn banks into business hubs

    Every manual statement transfer to 1C wastes time and risks reporting errors. How APIs remove the middleman between banks and businesses.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Sales integration: Why acquiring needs to become invisible

    Sales integration: Why acquiring needs to become invisible

    Payment processing is shifting from a terminal to sales infrastructure. Yet onboarding still drags on for weeks.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    From Application to Cash in an Hour: Online Business Lending

    From Application to Cash in an Hour: Online Business Lending

    “Cash in an hour” and “cash in two weeks” are entirely different products. Why speed matters and how banks deliver it without raising risks.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Auto-payments and bulk transfers: How many clicks a business payment costs

    Auto-payments and bulk transfers: How many clicks a business payment costs

    A hundred manual payments a month cost an accountant days. How bulk transfers and invoicing win that time back.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Customer Service in SME Banking: Where Uzbekistan's Banks Waste Client Time

    Customer Service in SME Banking: Where Uzbekistan's Banks Waste Client Time

    Competition has shifted from pricing to onboarding speed and transparency. Where Uzbekistan’s banks have the most room to grow.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|ResearchJune 22, 2026
    Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Unveils Digital Asset Platform

    Kazakhstan Stock Exchange Unveils Digital Asset Platform

    KASE is preparing infrastructure for the issuance and circulation of DFAs with the participation of the National Bank.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|PeopleJune 12, 2026
    Bank CenterCredit introduces a 5% fee for cash ruble account deposits

    Bank CenterCredit introduces a 5% fee for cash ruble account deposits

    Starting June 16, 2026, the Kazakhstani bank will begin charging a fee for depositing Russian currency into individual accounts.

    🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|BankingJune 3, 2026
    Umidjon Khakimov becomes Chairman of the Management Board of Ipak Yuli Bank

    Umidjon Khakimov becomes Chairman of the Management Board of Ipak Yuli Bank

    He replaces Saidabror Saidakhmedov, who led the Uzbek bank for the past eight years.

    🇺🇿 Uzbekistan|PeopleJune 2, 2026
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