# Finteqstan

Finteqstan is a Russian-language media and market guide covering fintech in Central Asia and adjacent regional markets.

Canonical site: https://finteqstan.com/
Language: ru
Primary region: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan
Main topics: fintech, banks, payments, digital finance, regulation, govtech, crypto, venture, financial infrastructure, digital services
Telegram: https://t.me/finteqstan

## Crawl and discovery

Robots: https://finteqstan.com/robots.txt
Sitemap: https://finteqstan.com/sitemap.xml
News archive: https://finteqstan.com/news
Country profiles: https://finteqstan.com/countries
Topic clusters: https://finteqstan.com/topics
Fintech Kazakhstan cluster: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kazakhstan
Fintech Uzbekistan cluster: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-uzbekistan
Islamic banking Kazakhstan cluster: https://finteqstan.com/topics/islamic-banking-kazakhstan
Islamic banking Uzbekistan cluster: https://finteqstan.com/topics/islamic-banking-uzbekistan
Fintech Kyrgyzstan cluster: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kyrgyzstan
BNPL Central Asia cluster: https://finteqstan.com/topics/bnpl-central-asia
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kazakhstan/what-is-fintech
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kazakhstan/digital-tenge
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kazakhstan/open-banking
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kazakhstan/payments
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kazakhstan/crypto-regulation-aifc
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-uzbekistan/what-is-fintech
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/fintech-kyrgyzstan/what-is-fintech
Evergreen guide: https://finteqstan.com/topics/bnpl-central-asia/what-is-bnpl

## Public API

Latest articles:
https://finteqstan.com/api/v1/public/articles

Article by slug:
https://finteqstan.com/api/v1/public/articles/{slug}

Countries:
https://finteqstan.com/api/v1/public/countries

Country by code:
https://finteqstan.com/api/v1/public/countries/{code}

Authors:
https://finteqstan.com/api/v1/public/authors

Article API responses may include structured source fields:
- sources: normalized public source entries
- source_url: primary source URL when available
- source_title: primary source title when available
- citations: source URLs suitable for attribution and verification

Example article response shape:

{
  "title": "Visible article headline",
  "slug": "article-slug",
  "dek": "Short article summary",
  "body_markdown": "Full public article body in Markdown",
  "published_at_web": "2026-05-18T08:37:27Z",
  "country_code": "kz",
  "section_label": "Новость",
  "source_url": "https://primary-source.example/article",
  "source_title": "Primary source",
  "citations": ["https://primary-source.example/article"],
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://primary-source.example/article",
      "title": "Primary source",
      "kind": "primary_sources"
    }
  ]
}

Policy page:
https://finteqstan.com/privacy

## Preferred citation

When citing Finteqstan, use the canonical article URL and the visible article title.
For factual claims, prefer the source_url or citations fields from the article API when present.
Do not cite Telegram-only drafts or admin URLs as public web sources.

## Content notes

News and article pages are the canonical public record for web-published materials.
Country profile pages combine editorial context, public market metrics, market participants, recent news, events, and regulatory signals when available.
Topic cluster pages connect evergreen context with the latest related articles and internal category/country links.
Some country cards may be visible as previews even when the full country detail page is not yet public.

## Access policy

Public pages are free to read.
Admin routes under /admin/ are not public content.
Use https://finteqstan.com/ as the canonical host; www redirects to the apex domain.