Kazakhstan’s Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market (ARDFM) has extended the review period for an application to purchase a controlling stake in Jusan Bank, submitted by Vyacheslav Kim, a co-founder of Kazakhstan’s fintech giant Kaspi.kz, the regulator stated in response to a Kursiv.media inquiry. The initial 50-business-day period stipulated by law expired in April.
According to the ARDFM, it is entitled to extend the review period for a term not exceeding two months, citing the need to «determine factual circumstances of significance for the application review.»
The regulator also noted that the results of the application review...