Why the fear of “sizing roulette” and slow returns push users away from banks to global marketplaces.
The gap between payment and navigation: why specialized apps are still more convenient than banking super-apps.
How interface habits and courier speed beat bank brand loyalty in daily scenarios.
The joint company will focus on AI agents for business and the public sector. For banks, it is a chance to implement heavy algorithms without violating bank secrecy.
KASE and the Central Asian Institute for Ecological Research have signed a memorandum that will lower barriers to issuing green bonds in Kazakhstan.
The countries signed a package of agreements that includes coordination in the financial sector and the harmonization of customs statistics
The Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA) has authorized Commodity Chain Ltd to launch a platform for trading tokenized real-world assets (RWA). The first project will digitize grain in elevators to issue loans to farmers.
How “interbank blindness” and capital fragmentation hinder Kazakhstanis from managing their money.
What changed in the mobile apps of Central Asian and Caucasian banks over the week
The President of Uzbekistan laid the foundation stone for a new complex and visited an artificial intelligence laboratory. For banks and payment services, this signals an expansion of the developer pool beyond the capital.
The Central Bank of Uzbekistan has officially confirmed negotiations regarding the entry of Azerbaijani capital. The parties have moved on to discussing prudential supervision and the asset’s future development strategy.
The analytical division of the AIFC assessed the infrastructure of four countries. The main takeaway: the region is shifting from building basic institutions to competing for liquidity.
