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Kazakhstan requires banks and MFIs to survey clients before issuing online loans
Halyk Bank plans to obtain Islamic banking license
Anorbank comments on reports of shareholder's wanted status amid recapitalization plan
From Retail to B2B: How TBC Bank Assesses the Transformation of Uzbekistan's Financial Market
Travel-Tech: How Banks Are Becoming the Main Tour Operators
From Spending to Saving: Why Kazakh PFM Services Need a Reboot
Digital Emotions: How Kazakhstani Fintech Ecosystems Are Capturing the Entertainment Market
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One-Click Mobility: Integrating Transport into Kazakhstan's 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
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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.
UX/UI for Business: Design That Saves Money
In B2B, a clunky screen costs clients working hours, not just frustration. Here is where banks hide the bill.
Fintech Beyond the Capitals: Bridging Infrastructure Gaps
Outside the capital, connectivity is weaker and ATMs are older. Why services designed for megacities fail in the regions.
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.
The Bank as a Growth Partner: The Value of Non-Financial Content
Education, analytics, and partner matching retain businesses better than pricing. Which banks are building this layer, and which remain mere cash registers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.