Central Asia fintech news
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Latin passports and BNPL tours: How Uzbekistan buys travel in superapps
Conversion hurdles and why ticket aggregators still beat banking ecosystems.
Discounted Fines in Two Taps: How Uzbekistanis Use Govtech in Bank Superapps
Tax cashbacks serve as the main driver for integrating state services and fintech.
Charts nobody believes: how Uzbekistanis track finances in banking apps
Primitive banking analytics versus the habit of calculating expenses “in one’s head” and in Excel.
Two Seconds at the Turnstile: How Uzbekistanis Pay for Transport in Banking Ecosystems
Successful cashbacks and the battle for daily transport transactions.
How Uzbekistanis Use Grocery Delivery in Banking Ecosystems
Lagging widgets and promo code wars: Why banks are losing to specialized delivery apps.
How Uzbekistanis use search and AI in banking ecosystems
High demand for smart assistants shatters against total distrust in data security.
Why Movie and Concert Tickets Remain Outside Uzbekistan's Banking Superapps
How users interact with entertainment services within banking ecosystems.
How Uzbekistanis Use Apparel Shopping in Banking Ecosystems
Marketplace fragmentation and the hunt for cashback: why a unified shopping experience is still unavailable.
Two cards in one wallet: How Uzbekistanis pay and transfer money in banking ecosystems
How the incompatibility of Uzcard and Humo and opaque fees prevent Uzbekistanis from managing money in a single app.
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.
Halyk Finance adds Sharia investment screening by fintech Ailat to its app
The Kazakhstani broker has separated Islamic securities into a dedicated section of its mobile app. A partner fintech company provides asset screening according to international standards.
Central Bank of Uzbekistan Approves Composition of the Islamic Finance Council
The regulator has formed a team to develop Islamic banking standards. The council includes experts from the Fatwa Center and an auditor with Big4 experience.