Kazakh entrepreneurs: Tax incentives fail to remove business obstacles CISTran Finance “Since the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan was created [last September], interest in helping businesses … has begun to appear,” Lyudmila…

Breaking Travel News Air Astana introduces direct flights between London and Astana eTurboNews These first direct links from London – to a capital city growing in political and economic importance, and recognized by David Cameron on his visit to…

For travel beginning in September, fly from New York to Almaty, Kazakhstan for $660 round-trip, including all taxes, on Ukraine International Airlines.

Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova have signed landmark partnership pacts with the European Union. The agreements allows businesses in the former Soviet republics to trade freely in any of the EU’s…

Device authentication tool helps detect tax fraudsters GCN.com TRAP uses Experian’s Precise IDSM identity authentication and fraud detection platform to analyze tax return data points and identify those with the highest potential fraud risk.

The Economist Digital identity cards The Economist Secure, authenticated identity is the birthright of every Estonian: before a newborn even arrives home, the hospital will have issued a digital birth certificate and his health insurance will have…

Data breaches continue to be in the news. In fact, according to the Verizon 2014 Data Breach Investigations Report, two-thirds of all breaches can be attributed to lost/stolen user credentials (user name/password).

Biometric Update NEXT Biometrics signs partnership with Fulcrum Biometrics, gets initial order …

Anviz launches new iris recognition system Planet Biometrics Anviz Global is about to launch a new access control device, UltraMatch, which uses iris recognition to identify subjects.

Slowdown in Emerging Markets: Not Just a Hiccup EconoMonitor (blog) Emerging market economies have been experiencing strong growth, with annual growth for the period 2000-12 averaging 4¾ percent per year—a full percentage point higher than in the…