Kazakhstan's Financial Sector Shows Growth in 2024, Reports Financial Regulator
Photo: Aqorda
President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev met with the Head of the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market, reports Orda.kz.
Madina Abylkassymova reported on the country's financial sector status for 2024.
The ARDFM Head assures that the banking system is currently stable: bank assets have grown by 19.7% since the beginning of the year - reaching 61.6 trillion tenge, while economic lending increased by 20.9% - to 33.8 trillion tenge.
According to Abylkassymova, financial institutions have repaid 400 billion tenge ahead of schedule, which they had received as state support.
Regarding sector competition, South Korea, Qatar, and UAE banks have entered the local market.
In business lending, loans increased by 16.3% - to 13.1 trillion tenge.
Problem debts were partially or fully written off for 614,000 Kazakhstanis, amounting to 210 billion tenge.
Additionally, measures were developed to protect against financial fraud, along with draft laws on credit rating agencies and investment funds.
Toqayev instructed to continue work on ensuring financial stability, expanding lending to the real sector, and strengthening consumer protection.
Original Author: Artyom Volkov
Latest news
- Kazakhstan To Introduce One QR Code For Payments Across Banks
- Kazakh Deputies Demand Answers Over Lake Inder’s Loss Of Protected Status
- Foreign Teacher In Almaty Faces Court After School Pay Conflict
- Almaty To Check New Buildings For Disability Access
- Kazakhstan Supports Cyprus Search For Missing Persons
- Kazakh Lawmaker Wants More Children’s Content In Kazakh
- Environmental Crimes Cost Kazakhstan 3 Billion Tenge In Four Months
- Kazakhstan To Borrow $1 Billion To Support Priority Areas Of Economy
- Kazakhstan Ratifies CSTO Protocol To Speed Up Troop Transit During Crises
- Kazakh Citizen Detained In U.S. Over Alleged Terrorism Concerns
- Tokayev Calls For Modernization Of Kazakhstan’s Space Industry
- Kazakhstan And Iran Move To Expand Key Transit Routes
- Where Do The Trillions Go? Kazakhstan Lawmakers Demand Tighter Oversight Of Energy Sector
- Kazakhstan And Czech Police Dismantle Personal Data Trafficking Network
- Kazakhstan To Expand Average Speed Checks On Toll Roads In 2026
- U.S. Police Confirm Death Of Missing 24-Year-Old Kazakh Man
- Rare Canadian Lynxes From U.S. Arrive At Almaty Zoo
- IMF Urges Kazakhstan To Stay The Course On Inflation
- Kazakh Refinery Could Lose Russian Supplies After Drone Attack
- Kazakhstan Trains To Get Satellite Internet On Major Routes