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Bulat Utemuratov finalizes Temirbank and Alliance Bank purchase and talks about their future
Samruk-Kazyna National Wealth Fund finalized sale of its shares in two Kazakhstan banks, Temirbank and Alliance Bank, to Bulat Utemuratov.
20 May 2014
Credit Suisse guilty on US felony charge, pays $2.6 bn
Credit Suisse pleaded guilty and was fined $2.6 billion Monday for helping Americans avoid taxes, the first time in 20 years a major bank has been punished on US criminal charges.
20 May 2014
Bank of America enters KASE
Bank of America has entered the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).
16 May 2014
Kazakhstan to start legalization of property and capitals in September
The government of Kazakhstan has announced the date when it is going to start the legalization of property and capital.
16 May 2014
Kazakhstan's economy benefits from devaluation: Kelimbetov
National Bank Chairman Kairat Kelimbetov declared that the economy of Kazakhstan responded positively to the recent 20% devaluation of the Tenge.
14 May 2014
Legitimization of assets to bring billions: Kelimbetov
Central bank aims to legitimate money and assets to ensure an influx of several billion dollars into the banking sector of Kazakhstan.
12 May 2014
Experts forecast mortgage lending revival in Kazakhstan
Experts forecast a revival in the stagnated mortgage lending in Kazakhstan. In the most optimistic scenario it will start in end of 2014.
06 May 2014
Development Bank of Kazakhstan obtain 500 million euro loan from HSBC
Development Bank of Kazakhstan has signed a 500 mln euro loan agreement with HSBC Bank.
05 May 2014
Kazakh central bank grants Rakishev permission to purchase BTA Bank
Kazakhstani businessman Kenes Rakishev has been granted a permission to purchase BTA Bank by the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
02 May 2014
Kazakh banks misusing National Fund money to be fined
Chairman of Damu Fund Lyazzat Ibragimova said that banks would face penalties in case they misuse the National Fund's resources.
29 April 2014
Kazakhstan to halve its banks in 5 years: opinions
Only core banks will remain in Kazakhstan in five years, that is, about 15-20 banks will remain in Kazakhstan by 2019.
29 April 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev and EDB Chairman meet in Astana
Nursultan Nazarbayev and Igor Finogenov, Chairman at Eurasian Development Bank, discussed the bank's operations in Kazakhstan.
27 April 2014
Non-perfoming loans to go down to 10% by 2016 in Kazakhstan: Kelimbetov
The Governor of the Central Bank Kairat Kelimbetov aims to decrease non-performing loans to 10% by January 1 2016.
18 April 2014
China bank loans surge in March: central bank
China's bank lending surged in March from the previous month, the central bank said Tuesday, but analysts dismissed the possibility of monetary easing.
16 April 2014
Kazakhstan bank assets to reach 80% of GDP by 2020
According to the National Bank, from 2011 to 2013 Kazakhstan-based banks’ assets grew by 28.5% to reach $85 billion, with the assets to the GDP ratio diminishing from 55% to 46%.
15 April 2014
Consumer loans in Kazakhstan reach 2.3 trillion Tenge
Consumer credit for an average wage worker in Kazakhstan does not exceed a four months' salary, Tengrinews reports citing Ranking.kz.
14 April 2014
Central Bank approves Bulat Utemuratov's purchase of Alliance Bank and Temirbank
Kazakhstan businessman Bulat Utemuratov has received a permission from the Central bank to finalize his purchase of Alliance Bank and Temirbank.
11 April 2014
Kazakhstani banks reduce external debt by $2.4 billion
Kazakhstani banks have reduced their external debt by $2.4billion.
09 April 2014
Moscow threatens US retaliation over blocked funds transfer
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 April 2014
NPLs growing in Kazakhstan regardless of measures to reduce the figure: Fitch Ratings
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 April 2014