Monthly Archives: March 2015

Why Voice Biometrics Could Be The Next Game-Changer In Authentication | PYMNTS.com

Billion dollar companies lose 3 percent or more of their revenues a year to mobile fraud. Many have resorted to frequent, impractical creation of complicated Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Kazakhstan, Int’l Financial Institutions to Cooperate on Economic Reforms – Astana Times

ASTANA – Kazakhstan plans to carry out 33 comprehensive reform projects in certain institutions and sectors of the economy with the help of international financial institutions. Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

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Central Asia’s Cheap Oil Double Whammy

The prolonged slump in oil prices is causing plenty of wailing and gnashing of teeth from Oran to Ottawa. But for countries in the Caucasus… Source: foreignpolicy.com

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China’s challenge to Russian influence in Kazakhstan

Will deepening Kazakhstan-China economic relations further Chinese influence in Central Asia? Source: http://www.businessspectator.com.au

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Almaty in good position to land 2022 Winter Olympics – Boston Globe (subscription)

Boston Globe (subscription) Almaty in good position to land 2022 Winter Olympics Boston Globe (subscription) Almaty’s major drawback, other than its relative remoteness, is the repressive government run by strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev , who has… Source: http://www.bostonglobe.com

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EU values Kazakhstan as trusted partner on energy – Fox News Latino

Brussels, Mar 3 (EFE). The European Union spoke of Kazakhstan Tuesday as a trusted partner as well as a supplier of energy, at a time of tense relations with Russia because of its role in the crisis in eastern Ukraine,

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Sleepy Hollow redux: Ninth wave of mysterious sleeping sickness strikes Kazakhstan — Sott.net

New cases of the inexplicable disorder, dubbed “Sleepy Hollow,” have appeared in Kalachi, the village in Kazakhstan where every tenth villager, including children, has mysteriously fallen asleep in broad daylight, some unable to wake up for days… Source: http://www.sott.net

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Iran, Kazakhstan call for enhanced defense cooperation – Press TV

Iran and Kazakhstan call for enhanced defense cooperation in the face of terrorism and extremism. Source: http://www.presstv.ir

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EXPO 2017 to train guides and restaurateurs in Kazakhstan

Young professionals will be prepared in the field of tourism services and restaurant business to the World Expo 2017 exhibition in Kazakhstan, said Minister of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tamara Duysenova during an … Source:

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Fitch affirms long-term ratings of two Kazakh banks

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of Kazakhstan-based Bank Centercredit (BCC) at ‘B’ and ATF Bank JSC at ‘B-‘ Source: en.trend.az

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