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Eurasian Bank analyzes transactions: retail client spending peaks on Saturday

Eurasian Bank analyzes transactions: retail client spending peaks on Saturday

Payment behavior research shows how banks can use data to shift from mass mailings to personalized offers

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|ResearchJuly 31, 2026
Kazakhstan's foreign cashless payments grow 10-fold in six years

Kazakhstan's foreign cashless payments grow 10-fold in six years

The share of cashless payments abroad reached 93%. Online purchases and smartphone transfers drove the growth, while POS terminal transactions began to decline.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|MarketsJuly 31, 2026
Kazakhstan's Unified QR Exposes Bank Tariff Battle for Business

Kazakhstan's Unified QR Exposes Bank Tariff Battle for Business

The universal payment system was supposed to free entrepreneurs from keeping multiple terminals at the checkout. In practice, the interbank service proved noticeably more expensive than the banks’ own QR solutions.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|MarketsJuly 31, 2026
Kazakhstan's insurance market: Annuities accelerate amid rising mandatory insurance thresholds

Kazakhstan's insurance market: Annuities accelerate amid rising mandatory insurance thresholds

Regulatory changes in Kazakhstan’s insurance sector have driven demand for annuity products and a market reassessment.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|ResearchJuly 30, 2026
ARDFM tightens rules for MFIs and debt collectors: a new wave of regulatory reform

ARDFM tightens rules for MFIs and debt collectors: a new wave of regulatory reform

The Kazakh regulator continues to tighten requirements for microfinance organizations and debt collection companies.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|ProductJuly 30, 2026
Freedom Bank agrees to integrate QR payments with China's Weixin Pay

Freedom Bank agrees to integrate QR payments with China's Weixin Pay

Freedom SuperApp users will be able to pay for purchases in China by scanning local QR codes. The bank signed a memorandum with the TenPay Global platform.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|NewsJuly 23, 2026
Kazakhstan becomes a founding member of the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO)

Kazakhstan becomes a founding member of the World AI Cooperation Organization (WAICO)

The republic joins 28 countries to develop global rules for neural network governance. For the financial sector, this is a step toward clear standards in scoring and anti-fraud.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 22, 2026
National Bank of Kazakhstan launches in-house AI platform and GPU cluster for supervision and analytics

National Bank of Kazakhstan launches in-house AI platform and GPU cluster for supervision and analytics

The central bank deployed proprietary AI infrastructure to monitor the financial system.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 22, 2026
72% of Kazakhstanis believe AI protects against scammers, but don't trust it to make payments

72% of Kazakhstanis believe AI protects against scammers, but don't trust it to make payments

A Visa study showed that users actively use neural networks for online shopping, but only 14% are ready to delegate the transactions themselves to them.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|AIJuly 18, 2026
AFK: Factoring could give banks access to 43 trillion tenge of short-term business debt

AFK: Factoring could give banks access to 43 trillion tenge of short-term business debt

The Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan has assessed the prospects of supply chain finance as an alternative to collateralized loans for SMEs.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|DealsJuly 17, 2026
Digital tenge to get legal tender status in Kazakhstan

Digital tenge to get legal tender status in Kazakhstan

Legislative norms establishing the legal status of the third form of the national currency come into force on July 18.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|DealsJuly 17, 2026
Kaspi.kz completes acquisition of Rabobank in Turkey: the bank will become the financial base for Hepsiburada

Kaspi.kz completes acquisition of Rabobank in Turkey: the bank will become the financial base for Hepsiburada

The Kazakhstani fintech holding has officially closed the deal to acquire the Turkish bank. The company needs the license to launch financial services around the Hepsiburada marketplace.

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan|MarketsJuly 16, 2026
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