{"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='U.K. software company to test innovative regtech platform in Armenian financial sector'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/u-k-software-company-to-test-innovative-regtech-platform-in-armenian-financial-sector\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/business-adviser-analyzing-financial-figures-denoting-the-progress-in-the-work-of-the-company_1423-97-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8601\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8601'>\n\t\t\t\tU.K. software company to test innovative regtech platform in Armenian financial sector\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Kazakhstan increasingly moving to remote payment channels'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kazakhstan-increasingly-moving-to-remote-payment-channels\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/surfing-the-internet-concept_1325-252-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8896\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/surfing-the-internet-concept_1325-252-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/surfing-the-internet-concept_1325-252-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/surfing-the-internet-concept_1325-252.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8896'>\n\t\t\t\tKazakhstan increasingly moving to remote payment channels\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor  3rd January &#8211; 12th February'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-3rd-january-12th-february\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bfc-fintech-monitor-3rd-january-12th-february-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14443\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14443'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor  3rd January &#8211; 12th February\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],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13265"}],"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}]}}