{"id":17604,"date":"2024-05-06T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=17604"},"modified":"2024-05-06T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:30:37","slug":"kazakhstans-financial-sector-increasing-adoption-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/kazakhstans-financial-sector-increasing-adoption-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Kazakhstan&#8217;s Financial Sector Increasing Adoption of Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey by the National Bank of Kazakhstan has revealed that 31% of the country&#8217;s financial market participants are already using artificial intelligence (AI), with the highest adoption rate of 60% among second-tier banks. Additionally, 45% of respondents plan to integrate AI further into their operations within the year. The progression of AI usage in 2024 is expected to build on current engagement levels, suggesting that initial investments in AI are likely to enhance further commitments. The study surveyed 94 entities, including banks, microfinance organizations, insurance companies, securities market participants and residents of the Astana International Financial Center, as part of an effort to evaluate Kazakhstan&#8217;s readiness to leverage AI in financial services. Kazakhstan&#8217;s focus on digital innovation is underscored by its ranking in the top three in Central and Southern Asia in the Global Innovation Index and 34<sup>th<\/sup> globally in digital competitiveness according to the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-17604 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Penta: a new digital bank for startups and SMEs'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/penta-a-new-digital-bank-for-startups-and-smes\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/lav-luka-penta-cofounders-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8868\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8868'>\n\t\t\t\tPenta: a new digital bank for startups and SMEs\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Number of cyberattacks on Kazakh banks increasing'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/number-of-cyberattacks-on-kazakh-banks-increasing\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/number-of-cyberattacks-on-kazakh-banks-increasing-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-11230\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-11230'>\n\t\t\t\tNumber of cyberattacks on Kazakh banks increasing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='BFC FinTech Monitor (March-April 2024)'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-fintech-monitor-march-april-2024\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8cad93ab-2d03-5e5e-6218-68078aa9f3ec1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-17580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8cad93ab-2d03-5e5e-6218-68078aa9f3ec1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8cad93ab-2d03-5e5e-6218-68078aa9f3ec1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8cad93ab-2d03-5e5e-6218-68078aa9f3ec1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8cad93ab-2d03-5e5e-6218-68078aa9f3ec1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/8cad93ab-2d03-5e5e-6218-68078aa9f3ec1.jpg 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-17580'>\n\t\t\t\tBFC FinTech Monitor (March-April 2024)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent survey by the National Bank of Kazakhstan has revealed that 31% of the country&#8217;s financial market participants are already using artificial intelligence (AI), with the highest adoption rate of 60% among second-tier banks. Additionally, 45% of respondents plan to integrate AI further into their operations within the year. The progression of AI usage &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fintech","category-kazakhstan","bulletin_edition-04_april-fintech-2024","bulletin_edition-fintech-2024","b_post_type-the-fintech-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17604","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17605,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17604\/revisions\/17605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}