ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 29. Some 20 million transactions totaling 884.3 trillion tenge (about $1.68 trillion) were processed through Kazakhstan's interbank money transfer system from January through July 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the country's National Bank indicates that compared to the same period last year, this is 19.4 percent more in terms of the number of payments (an additional 3.2 million transactions) and 7.8 percent more in terms of the payment amount (an increase of 64.4 trillion tenge, or about $122.4 billion).
On average, 143.100 transactions amounting to 6.3 trillion tenge (approximately $12 billion) were processed daily through the IMTS (Interbank Money Transfer System). This is 19.4 percent more transactions per day, and the payment amount increased by 10.2 percent (by 582.6 billion tenge, or roughly 1.1 billion) compared to last year’s figures. The growth in system activity indicates an expansion in the use of cashless payments in various sectors of the economy and increased trust in interbank settlements
