{"id":13449,"date":"2019-08-12T15:26:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13449"},"modified":"2019-08-12T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T15:26:28","slug":"kazakhstan-s-mobile-finance-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kazakhstan-s-mobile-finance-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan\u2019s mobile finance future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telecom companies and banks benefit from cooperation in the field of mobile finance, especially in regard to transfers and payments. In Kazakhstan, mobile finance is only at the beginning of its journey; however, there is enormous potential as mobile finance transactions amounted to KZT 65 billion last year.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of this was spent on transportation (i.e. users paying for the cost of public transport from mobile financial sources). This is expected to continue to grow in Kazakhstan, especially as the state pursues its <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital Kazakhstan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program. Beyond this, the National Bank has also been working to introduce a system of easy payments and transfers using nothing more than a phone number. As mobile finance continues to develop in the country, it will be key for communication efforts to effectively promote these services and their ease-of-use.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13449 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Sberbank and Alfa-Bank make first Russian bank transfer using blockchain technology'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/sberbank-and-alfa-bank-make-first-russian-bank-transfer-using-blocking-technology\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2lRwcN4G0cCR8KpmOwWhQNLBE7QdSz0a6lu0LMIj-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-7396\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-7396'>\n\t\t\t\tSberbank and Alfa-Bank make first Russian bank transfer using blockchain technology\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor (July 2023)'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-july-2023\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/738adee8-1f81-a517-527f-7d3c841732751-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-17238\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-17238'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor (July 2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor (23rd June \u2014 20th July)'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-23rd-june-20th-july\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/hand-businessman-studying-statistics-with-magnifying-glass-hand-holding-business-chart-flat-vector-illustration-marketing-business-growth-development-concept-banner-landing-page_74855-24706-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-16766\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-16766'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor (23rd June \u2014 20th July)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telecom companies and banks benefit from cooperation in the field of mobile finance, especially in regard to transfers and payments. In Kazakhstan, mobile finance is only at the beginning of its journey; however, there is enormous potential as mobile finance transactions amounted to KZT 65 billion last year.&nbsp; Most of this was spent on transportation &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,76],"tags":[400,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449"}],"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=13449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13450,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13449\/revisions\/13450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}