ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 31. In July 2025, the volume of international money transfers through the systems of international money transfer systems (IMTS) in Kazakhstan amounted to 72.8 billion tenge ($138.3 million), which is 8.2% more than in June of the same year, Trend reports via Kazakhstan’s National Bank.
Nonetheless, the transaction volume experienced a contraction of
2.8 percent, culminating in a total of 144,200 operations. The
principal entities within the remittance ecosystem continue to be
the financial institutions of Kazakhstan and Kazpost, providing a
suite of solutions including Western Union and Zolotaya Korona,
among various alternatives. In the aggregate transfer volume, a
mere 3.3 percent is attributable to domestic transactions, whereas
the predominant share is allocated to cross-border exchanges with
international entities.
Notwithstanding the reduction in transfer frequency, the escalation
in operational throughput may suggest an augmentation in the mean
transfer magnitude. This phenomenon may be associated with the
escalating fiscal demands of Kazakh nationals in foreign
jurisdictions, particularly within the demographic of expatriate
laborers. The 2.8 percent contraction in transaction volume
indicates a potential paradigm shift in consumer engagement,
potentially correlated with the enhanced availability of
alternative financial instruments and service offerings.
