{"id":13265,"date":"2019-07-09T21:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13265"},"modified":"2019-07-09T21:46:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T21:46:44","slug":"new-online-platform-encouraging-small-business-growth-in-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/new-online-platform-encouraging-small-business-growth-in-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"New online platform encouraging small business growth in Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new online platform (ISMET.kz) represents the next step for what a marketplace can offer businesses in Kazakhstan. Created by Kazakhtelecom JSC, it is the first B2B site in the country and enables small- and medium-sized businesses to access various online tools to help grow their business quickly and easily. Specifically, the platform helps businesses connect with consumers while also simplifying sales\/payment processes. Moreover, it allows businesses to select which services of the platform is useful for them and only pay for those services (as opposed to a blanket payment that includes services a business may never use). Going forward, the platform is expected to extend its outreach to more small businesses and help Kazakhstan\u2019s small business sector become a thriving part of the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13265 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Google Assistant now supports voice payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/google-assistant-now-supports-voice-payments\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/google1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9572\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-9572'>\n\t\t\t\tGoogle Assistant now supports voice payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='National Bank of Tajikistan asks consumers to report bank shortcomings'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/national-bank-of-tajikistan-asks-consumers-to-report-bank-shortcomings\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/national-bank-of-tajikistan-asks-consumers-to-report-bank-shortcomings-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12850\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12850'>\n\t\t\t\tNational Bank of Tajikistan asks consumers to report bank shortcomings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='5 Central and Eastern European FinTech trends expected in the next 2 years'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/5-central-and-eastern-european-fintech-trends-expected-in-the-next-2-years\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/5-central-and-eastern-european-fintech-trends-expected-in-the-next-2-years-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-12125\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-12125'>\n\t\t\t\t5 Central and Eastern European FinTech trends expected in the next 2 years\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new online platform (ISMET.kz) represents the next step for what a marketplace can offer businesses in Kazakhstan. Created by Kazakhtelecom JSC, it is the first B2B site in the country and enables small- and medium-sized businesses to access various online tools to help grow their business quickly and easily. Specifically, the platform helps businesses &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,76],"tags":[407,70,141],"class_list":["post-13265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fintech","category-kazakhstan","tag-marketplaces","tag-payments","tag-sme","b_post_type-regional-fintech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13266,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265\/revisions\/13266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}