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Banks & Finance
December 26, 2022

Hungarian OTP Group enters the banking market in Uzbekistan

Pavel Nosachev

Pavel Nosachev

Special correspondent for international markets
Vadim Erzikov

Vadim Erzikov

Deputy Editor-in-Chief v.erzikov@kursiv.media
Фото: Илья Ким

OTP Group, the leading financial organization in Hungary, has finally signed a purchase agreement with Uzbekistan’s Ipoteka-Bank. A long-awaited deal Even though the deal between Ipoteka-Bank and OTP Group was expected to be closed within two months, it took almost a year because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. OTP’s…

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December 9, 2022

U.S. Department of Treasury won’t go after Kazakhstani banks over Mir

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The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control doesn’t mind if individuals who left Russia for Kazakhstan are using Russian payment cards Mir in their daily life, according to the Agency for Regulating and Development of the Financial Market in Kazakhstan.  «Kazakhstan’s commercial banks can accept any payments and money transfers…

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December 9, 2022

Key merger and acquisition deals in Kazakhstan this year

Адиль Касымов

Адиль Касымов

Фото: Shutterstock

Two main factors shaped the M&A process in 2022

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September 23, 2022

Russian payment system Mir is widely available in Kazakhstan

Olga Fominskikh

Olga Fominskikh

Finance columnist
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Although not every bank here is eager to accept these Russian cards

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September 15, 2022

Why Kazakhstani tenge won’t fall with Russian ruble

Timur Turlov

Timur Turlov

CEO and majority stakeholder in Freedom Holding Corp.
Фото: Валерий Аяпов

The op-ed of Timur Turlov, CEO of Freedom Holding Corp.

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August 23, 2022

Kazakhstan and Sberbank sign share purchase agreement

Фото: Аскар Ахметуллин

The national holding of Baiterek has confirmed the deal

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July 13, 2022

US authorities extend license for Sber subsidiary in Kazakhstan

The bank will continue to operate until October

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July 12, 2022

Kazakhstan’s regulator backs the current base rate

He said that the country isn't facing a recession

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July 5, 2022

Baiterek confirms negotiations with Russian Sber

The holding is going to complete the deal with the acquisition of Sber subsidiary in Kazakhstan

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June 29, 2022

DBK is going to support Kazakhstan’s exporting companies

More than $147.5 million will be allocated by the development bank through lending facilities

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June 27, 2022

Real interest rate hits zero in Kazakhstan

The rate can turn into a negative one in the months to come

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June 3, 2022

Development Bank of Kazakhstan is going to make public all final beneficiaries of projects it supports

Фото: Аскар Ахметуллин

The bank has changed its internal rules

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June 3, 2022

VTB to pour more money into its subsidiary in Kazakhstan

The bank is going to increase its capital equity

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May 24, 2022

Kazakhstan reports freezing banking assets

Kursiv.media

Foreign banks have frozen $21.3 million from three banks in Kazakhstan due to sanction requirements

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May 17, 2022

Home Credit Kazakhstan is going to be sold

Kursiv.media

The potential buyers are top executives of the bank and PPF investment group from the Czech Republic

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May 6, 2022

Alfa-Bank Kazakhstan prepares for renaming

Kursiv.media

BCC has completed the acquisition of the Russian subsidiary in Kazakhstan

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April 18, 2022

Alfa Bank Kazakhstan to be sold very soon

Kursiv.media

The bank said that it is in final negotiations with an investor

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April 13, 2022

Sberbank Kazakhstan sells its loan portfolio

Фото: Kursiv.kz

Halyk Bank has already bought car loans from Sber

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April 7, 2022

The United States imposes blocking sanctions against Sberbank and Alfabank in Kazakhstan

Фото: Deposit Photos

Russian subsidiaries, however, haven’t revealed yet what it means for their clients

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March 5, 2022

Why base rate increase can cause sharp damage for outlook of Kazakhstan’s economy

Sergey Domnin

Sergey Domnin

Head of Kursiv Research s.domnin@kursiv.kz

According to Timur Turlov, CEO of Freedom Holding Corp.

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February 1, 2022

How national currencies in Central Asia changed in January

Анастасия Яцун

Анастасия Яцун

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In January 2022 the US dollar become a bit cheaper in Uzbekistan and more expensive in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. In Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, there were no changes in the exchange rates.

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January 20, 2022

How January Events in Kazakhstan May Impact Its GDP

According to the EABR forecast

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January 19, 2022

Pension Fund of Kazakhstan Pulls Its Capital from Halyk Bank

Tatyana Trubacheva

Tatyana Trubacheva

Editor on Post-Soviet countries t.trubacheva@kursiv.media

The news appeared once KASE had updated its register

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January 18, 2022

Kazakhstan Imposes Eviction Ban

Zhanbolat Mamyshev

Zhanbolat Mamyshev

Senior Business News Correspondent zh.mamyshev@kursiv.kz

The government has announced a plan to get over the economic problems

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Kazakhstan pledges cautious revision of production sharing agreements with oil majors

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July 14, 2025

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