ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 29. In the first seven months of 2025, about 44 million electronic payment messages totaling 8 trillion tenge (approximately $15.2 billion) were processed through the Interbank Clearing System, Trend reports via Kazakhstan’s National Bank.
In comparison to the period spanning January to July 2024, there
was a notable escalation in the volume of messages, reflecting a
37.7 percent uptick (equating to an additional 12 million payment
documents). Concurrently, the aggregate payment amount experienced
a robust growth of 24.5 percent, translating to an increase of 1.6
trillion tenge, which approximates to $3.04 billion.
Daily throughput averaged 314,200 messages, aggregating to a
substantial 57.4 billion tenge (approximately $109.1 million)
processed via the ICS. This represents a 40.6 percent uptick in
volume and a 27.2 percent increase in monetary value compared to
the previous fiscal year. The data underscores the critical role of
the interbank clearing mechanism in optimizing the transmission of
payment data and expediting settlement processes among financial
institutions.
