In the second quarter of 2026, the share of approved loan applications from large Kazakhstani companies rose by 10 percentage points to 65%, said Dinara Tzetdinova, acting director of the National Bank’s financial stability and research department.
In the second quarter of 2026, the share of approved loan applications from large Kazakhstani companies rose by 10 percentage points to 65%, said Dinara Tzetdinova, acting director of the National Bank’s financial stability and research department. The number of loan applications from large businesses slipped by 1% to 235, while their average size dropped by 39% to 11.5 billion tenge. In the medium-sized business segment, the approval rate increased by 2 percentage points to 39%, while for small businesses it edged down by 1 percentage point to 33%. For the third quarter of 2026, banks expect higher demand from large enterprises.