#Kazakhstan
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Bank of Georgia Owner Lion Finance Eyes Top-Tier Lenders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
CEO Archil Gachechiladze tells Bloomberg the FTSE 100 group wants top-3/top-5 banks in Central Asia, using its Ameriaban...
Fraudsters Are Winning Kazakhstan's Regional Investors Before Brokers Arrive
Kazakhstan passed 5 million brokerage accounts, but the boom is concentrated in Almaty and Astana. In regions like Kosta...
Kazakhstan's $160bn Kashagan Arbitration Tests Oil Majors and Resource Nationalism
Astana says graft-inflated contracts delayed Kashagan by a decade; NCOC rejects the claims in an arbitration that could ...
Croatia’s Geoenergija and KazMunayGas Register Kazakh Oil Exploration Venture
Croatia’s state-owned Geoenergija and Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas have formed Shygys Operating to explore a 2,400 sq km Akt...
Freedom Bank Swings to T11.6bn First-Half Profit as Securities Gains Offset Cost Rise
The Kazakhstan lender controlled by Timur Turlov reported an 11.6bn tenge half-year profit after a 27.7bn loss a year ea...
Kazakhstan's Art Market: Supply Is Growing, But Demanding Buyers Are Not
A Kazakh gallery veteran argues that stronger authentication standards—not just higher prices—will decide whether the co...
Inside AlES's Kaizen Push: From a Single 5S Pilot to a Plant-Wide Habit
Kazakh power producer AlES started with one relay protection lab and now trains hundreds of employees in lean methods, a...
Shoqan School Losses Widen to 744.5 Million Tenge Despite 24% Revenue Growth
Kazakh private school Shoqan School's H1 2026 net loss rose 6.5-fold to 744.5 million tenge on interest costs, even as r...
Kazakhstan's FDI Turns Negative in 2025 as Oil Project Outflows Hit $7.5bn
Kazakhstan posted a $916.4m net FDI outflow in 2025, the only EAEU economy in negative territory, as large oil projects ...
Why Leaders Are Told to Package Purpose With Emotion, Not Just Strategy
A Forbes Kazakhstan essay argues that in turbulent times, leaders who wrap shared meaning in positive rituals can hold t...
Kazakhstan's secondary commercial property market carries hidden legal defects in up to 25% of assets
Buyers of Kazakh business premises risk inheriting land-use, servitude and unauthorised-rebuild liabilities. A full lega...
Kazakhstan's Crypto Mining Shift: From Garage Farms to a Licensed 676 MW Industry
Licences, accredited pools and a 70/30 energy program are reshaping Kazakhstan's crypto mining sector—but legal miners f...
Kazakhstan's Bibigul Tulegenova Creative School Puts Music, Art, STEM and Digital in One Timetable
A new private school in Astana named after the opera legend combines general education with four creative and technical ...
Kazakhstan Offers Three-Year Tax Holiday to Crypto Investors in Bid to Revitalise Sector
A new government decree exempts individual investors from income tax on digital asset gains for three years, while creat...
Kazakhstan's Car Market Hits 234,852 Sales in 2025, But Warning Signs Flash as Discounts Dominate
Record new-car sales driven by cheap credit and localization mask a simmering price war, margin squeeze, and slowing dem...
Kazakhstan Reroutes Oil to Atyrau-Samara and China After CPC Terminal Attacks
Drone strikes on tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Black Sea terminal forced Kazakhstan to divert crude flows...
KMF Bank Seeks International Investor as Foundation Moves to Minority Role
KMF Bank, Kazakhstan’s leading microfinance lender turned full bank, is in talks to bring in a strategic foreign investo...
Nolan's 'Odyssey' still rules Kazakh cinemas, but Spider-Man looms
The epic blockbuster collected another 552 million tenge in its second weekend, holding a 500 million tenge lead over it...
Kazakhstan Moves 40% ERG Stake to Samruk-Kazyna, Raising Budget and Governance Questions
The Kazakh Ministry of Finance has transferred its 40% stake in mining group ERG to sovereign fund Samruk-Kazyna. Expert...
Marwin-Meloman Pours $68M into Semey Cultural Hub, Kicking Off Nationwide Expansion
Kazakhstan’s largest books and media chain breaks ground on a 53,000 sqm mixed-use complex that blends restored heritage...
Kazakhstan Needs a Critical Minerals List Built on Commercial Readiness, Not Geology Alone
A proposed national list should prioritise minerals where processing, offtake contracts, and proven technology exist—not...
Kazakhstan’s Large Investors Ditch Retail Flats for Branded Residences and Build-to-Rent Models
A new playbook is emerging for private capital from $1M to $10M, as institutional-grade residential assets deliver doubl...
Kazakhstan Drops Inflation Guarantee on Pensions: What 2.5 Million Savers Must Know
From January 2027, the state will no longer top up pension savings when returns lag inflation. The move shifts investmen...
BCC Invest: Kazakh Bond Market Is Becoming a Real Alternative to Bank Loans
Kazakhstan's mid-sized companies are turning to bond issues as bank credit gets costlier; BCC Invest says it arranged 30...
Kyrgyz Sellers Pivot to Kazakhstan Marketplaces After Wildberries Attacks
Kyrgyz clothing producers disrupted by warehouse attacks on Russia's Wildberries are weighing entry into Kazakhstan's Ka...
Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank Now Competes With Tech Giants for Digital Talent
Halyk Bank's executives explain why the lender's digital push put it in the same talent pool as fintechs and big tech — ...
SCAT's 80-Fold Profit Rise Lifts Two Founders Onto Forbes Rich List
SCAT's net profit jumped almost 80-fold between 2016 and 2024, lifting Vladimir Denisov and Vladimir Sytnik onto the For...
Ferro-Alloy Resources Names New CEO, Raises £5.7m and Sets Sights on Yttrium
The Kazakhstan-focused miner is replacing its CEO, raising funds to meet near-term debt, and weighing yttrium extraction...
Kazakhstan Open to Wildberries Warehouses as Drone Attacks Expose Logistics Risks
Astana says no formal request yet from the Russian marketplace, but it would consider any proposal in the national inter...
Nostrum Oil & Gas in Advanced Sale Talks for Kazakhstan Business Amid Debt Crisis
British-listed Nostrum Oil & Gas is in due diligence with a revived buyer for its Kazakh oil and gas assets, aiming to p...