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Central Asia fintech news

Market updates on regulation, banking products, payments, deals and digital services across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.

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Kazakhstan Banks Earn Record Profits on High Interest Rates

The sector’s net interest income exceeded 4 trillion tenge, but the main source is not lending to the economy

Rocket Tech Studied How Kazakhstanis Use Banking Ecosystems

The study revealed a gap between bank strategies and user behavior

Click expands scheduled and event-based auto-payment capabilities

The Uzbek service offers auto-replenishment of balances upon reaching a threshold for Beeline, Ucell, and UzMobile

Kassa24 tightens limits for unidentified wallets

The Kazakhstani payment service lowered transaction limits to 3 MCI starting March 19 due to changes in the law

Click raises payment monitoring fee to 4,999 UZS

The Uzbek payment service increased the cost of its card transaction tracking service from April 1

Paynet launches Nasiya installment plan with no down payment

The Uzbek payment system offers installment purchases through a partner network of 400+ stores

Kazakhstan launches primary dealer system in the government securities market

Five major banks will support liquidity and quotes for government securities

Tenge Bank joins the Central Asian Fintech Association

The Uzbek bank, part of the Halyk Bank group, has become a new member of the regional fintech association

Kazakhstan's venture capital market may reach $400 million in 2026

Venture investments in Kazakhstan startups could double thanks to the Alem.ai fund and foreign capital

National Payment Corporation launches interbank QR payments with first participants

NPCK has started testing a unified QR code system with Bank CenterCredit, Home Credit Bank, and Freedom Bank

Kazakhstan's President Shown First Crypto Payment via Domestic System CryptoPay

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev witnessed the demonstration of the country’s first cryptocurrency payment of 120,000 tenge.