President Nursultan Nazarbayev on the country’s financial industryHead of State gave a number of instructions to the National Bank and the Government to reduce the share of NPLs, accelerate introduction of Basel III standards, and strengthen safeguards to protect the rights of consumers of banking products.
Be part of Almaty Zoo: take care of one animalNow everyone can be a part of the Almaty Zoo through either fostering an elephant, lama or any other animal or owning a bench with a custom nameplate on it.
16 April 2014
Kazakhstan and Bahrain to promote Islamic banking in KazakhstanWe are interested in Bahrain’s practices in this realm as the country is a major center of Islamic finances”, President Nazarbayev said following his talks with King of Bahrain Sheikh Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa in Astana April 14.
Kazakhstan bank assets to reach 80% of GDP by 2020According 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
Air Astana dropped from EU's grey listAir Astana left the European Commission’s "grey list" and can now increase the number of flights to the European Union countries.