By September 1, 2026, Kazakhstan's National Antifraud Center had helped block fraudulent transactions worth 127 billion tenge, with more than 270 participants already connected to the system. The announcement was made at the Central Asia Fintech Summit 2026 in Almaty, according to infohub.kz.
At the summit, it was emphasized that the Antifraud Center has become one of the key elements of the national digital financial infrastructure, alongside interbank payments, the digital tenge, and biometric identification. The system's results were reviewed during the National Antifraud Awards 2026 ceremony.
Another area of financial infrastructure development remains the digital tenge. It is expected that in 2026–2027, the volume of transactions with it will reach 2 trillion tenge. In addition, more than ten artificial intelligence-based solutions are already in commercial operation at the National Bank.
The digital assets market continues to develop. Currently, 34 projects are being implemented in the regulatory sandbox, and $700 million has been allocated to the National Crypto Reserve.
The summit also summed up the results of the Fintech Stars Battle competition. The main winner was the SHART RATE project — a digital platform for concluding legally binding online contracts. The startup received the opportunity to attract up to $100,000 from White Hill Capital under a SAFE contract.
The influencer marketing platform BEHYPE, led by Aigerim Beisembina, received a place in an acceleration program in Dubai from Tumar Innovation Hub. The startup BYTRADER, which is developing a trading terminal with artificial intelligence and risk management tools, received a grant of 6 million tenge from Yandex Cloud.
Dias Savetkanov, CEO of Kazakhstan Fintech Network, noted that the competition should give startups direct access to capital and industry expertise.
As part of the Central Asia Fintech Summit, memorandums were also signed with Tether and VEON to explore joint projects in Kazakhstan's technology and financial markets.
A separate agreement was concluded between the National Payment Corporation of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan's payment system HUMO. The parties intend to ensure mutual acquiring of national QR codes: residents of Uzbekistan will be able to pay for goods and services in Kazakhstan via the Kazakh national QR, while Kazakhs will be able to use the UzQR system in Uzbekistan.
In addition, there are plans to develop transfers between users of the two countries through familiar banking applications.
Zhanar Samayeva, Chair of the Board of the National Payment Corporation, stated that the partnership should ensure compatibility of the national payment infrastructures of the two countries. HUMO head Alexander Sotnikov called the project a step in the development of cross-border payments in the region.
Earlier, Kursiv wrote that about 20 million payments have already been made via the unified QR in Kazakhstan. National Bank Deputy Chairman Binur Zhalenov noted that 99.5% of operations were successful, and the transition of retail outlets to compatible QR codes is planned to be completed in about six months.
Kursiv also reported that from October 2026, Kazakhstan will begin issuing licenses to first-category payment organizations. They will be able to issue cards, open accounts for legal entities, and connect to the national payment infrastructure, but will not be able to accept deposits or issue loans.
In addition, the National Bank is working on cross-border QR payments with 11 countries, including China, India, the UAE, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. For China, the launch is expected by the end of 2026, and for the others — in stages until mid-2027.