Kazakhstan and France will implement a joint project on the production and supply of industrial gas for the refineries of the Central Asian country. Source: http://www.azernews.az

More than a score of experts will gather at the University of Granada to discuss The Great Migrations: The Colonization of Europe in an event organized by the government of Kazakhstan as part of the International Decade for the Rapprochement…

A Kazakh court has rejected a protest by relatives of a murdered opposition leader against the early release of an organizer of the murder. Source: http://www.rferl.org

A cuban singer Isaac has collaborated with a Kazakh ethnic rock band to produce what promisses to be a new hit in Kazakhstan. Source: en.tengrinews.kz

The government of Kazakhstan is introducing monthly recalculation of prices for petroleum, oil, & lubricants (POL), which will vary depending on the prices for fuel in Russia. Source: en.trend.az

The UNESCO has included the art of Kazakh dombra kuy and traditional knowledge and skills in Kazakh and Kyrgyz yurt into the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Source: kznewsline.com

Alibaba’s mobile wallet app Alipay now allows users to verify purchases with Touch ID in China. Source: http://www.digitaltrends.com

When Apple Pay hit the streets on more than 10 million iPhones last month, it signaled that the tipping point for mobile payments is finally on the horizon — Google had planted the seed with Google… Source: http://www.business2community.com

Companies want to help merchants remain tax compliant when accepting remote transactions from consumers worldwide. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

Only 2 percent of consumer purchases in Canada use mobile payments today, but attitudes among young adults there suggest that mobile buying will pick up soon, Source: http://www.pymnts.com