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Kazakhstan businessman Bulat Utemuratov has received a permission from the Central bank to finalize his purchase of Alliance Bank and Temirbank.

• 11 апреля 2014, 20:44

Kazakhstani banks have reduced their external debt by $2.4billion.

• 09 апреля 2014, 17:32

Moscow on Wednesday threatened retaliatory action against US diplomats after US bank JP Morgan blocked a transfer of funds carried out by a Russian envoy.

• 02 апреля 2014, 13:40

As of the end of 2013, the share of NPLs throughout the country’s banking sector stood at 31.2%. According to Fitch Ratings, in February the indicator grew to 33%.

• 02 апреля 2014, 12:02

Italian prosecutors on Friday said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering, while the bank's ex-chairman was declared innocent.

• 29 марта 2014, 11:45

President Nazarbayev has assured that Kazakhstan will not suffer from the economic sanctions imposed on Russia by some of the countries.

• 27 марта 2014, 16:30

Singapore's DBS Bank said Monday it had agreed to buy the Asian private banking business of French lender Societe Generale in a deal worth $220 million, boosting its access to the region's super rich.

• 17 марта 2014, 14:54

Darkhan Sabdenov, who was charged with distributing misleading information about insolvency of three Kazakhstan banks, had failed to repay his loan to Kaspi Bank.

• 09 марта 2014, 16:18

Japan's biggest brokerage Nomura Holdings said Wednesday it has chosen a woman to head its banking arm, in what is believed to be a first for the country's male-dominated financial sector.

• 06 марта 2014, 17:39

TAIB Kazakh Bank has changed its name to Capital Bank Kazakhstan after changing hands.

• 06 марта 2014, 14:37

Earlier Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev commissioned banks’ heads to reduce the share of NPLs “in any possible ways” to 15% of their portfolio by 2015 and further to 10% by 2016.

• 06 марта 2014, 11:29

Five Kazakhstan richest man made it into the Forbes list this year.

• 05 марта 2014, 19:05

There are 38 banks operating in Kazakhstan (…) Maybe the economy only needs 10 banks: Serik Akhmetov.

• 03 марта 2014, 11:44

The National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna plans to raise $433 million by selling its stake in Kazkommertsbank.

• 28 февраля 2014, 15:42

HSBC's sponsorship chief has urged Tiger Woods to respect the bank's large investment by playing at this year's WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai instead of "meaningless... money-making opportunities".

• 26 февраля 2014, 15:53

Magzhan Auezov, a Kazkommertsbank Member of the Board, has been appointed the new CEO of BTA Bank.

• 26 февраля 2014, 11:54

The negotiations on Kazakhstan's bid to host the international bank of low-enriched uranium are nearing their final stage.

• 25 февраля 2014, 14:29

A lawyer of one of the banks and employees of an Almaty-based law firm may be among those who started the anti-bank SMS-campaign.

• 25 февраля 2014, 14:12

Kazakhstan-based Alliance Bank is going to make the misinformers reimburse the losses, caused by rumours about the bank's bankruptcy.

• 25 февраля 2014, 13:53

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Sberbank offer new opportunities for small and mid-sized business of Kazakhstan.

• 24 февраля 2014, 15:45