Last month, PYMNTS reported on the plight of several congressmen as they worked to provide safeguards for banks that are looking to provide financial services to legitimate, legal marijuana businesses. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Hackers are now resorting to extortion and threats of cyberattacks in order to get financial companies to pay up, and in some cases it’s working. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Riussia will hold joint naval drills with Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan in the Caspian Sea, according to Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm. Viktor Chirkov. Sourced through Scoop.it from: sputniknews.com

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has announced a US$110 million loan to help finance a transmission line that will “help unlock the untapped hydropower potential of Central Asia.” Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.hydroworld.com

Timur Bekbosunov is a glam-rock opera singer from Kazakhstan, but he got his start in the US state of Kansas. Sourced through Scoop.it from: globalvoicesonline.org

Soft Car Loans Encourage Sales of Kazakh-Produced Cars Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.astanatimes.com

Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariyev has attended the unveiling ceremony of the Bozymchak copper, gold, and silver mine by the Kazakhstan’s Kazakhmys Gold Kyrgyzstan Company. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.azernews.az

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged the government to save budget funds at a meeting with Prime Minister Karim Massimov and Head of the Presidential Administration Nurlan Nigmatullin, the press service of the president reported on… Sourced through Scoop.it from:…

Twenty student leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, participated in the annual Study of the United States Institute (SUSI) on Women’s Leadership at Green River College in July. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.kentreporter.com

Kazakhstan to launch first nano-satellite Sourced through Scoop.it from: kazakh-tv.kz