March is coming in like a lion in the world of mobile payments! Source: http://www.pymnts.com

MasterCard is on a roll with exciting announcements revealed at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Today, the company announced its findings from the third annual Mobile Payments Study. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

Last week, there were a couple of major announcements in the world of mobile payments that suggest that the battle for supremacy in the mobile payments world is heating up –  and in a pretty big way. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

High-end real estate transactions between the very wealthy, shrouded in legal secrecy and tangled in webs of shell companies, appear to be fueling criminality amid a housing affordability crisis for everyone who isn’t rich. Source: thinkprogress.org

Carlton House boasts a ballroom and a 10 person bath, but its owner claimed it wasn’t his. Source: http://www.afr.com

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari started an official visit to Kazakhstan for talks with the Central Asian country’s military officials. Source: http://www.tasnimnews.com

Kyrgyz law enforcement bodies warn that fighters recruited by ISIL may return to the Commonwealth of Independent States to carry out subversive activities. Source: sputniknews.com

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s Government and National Bank announced plans in February to support the increased role of the tenge in the economy through efforts to decrease inflation, protect tenge investments, support the expansion of non-cash payment… Source: http://www.astanatimes.com

Kazakhstan to put temporary ban on gasoline, diesel fuel imports from Russia http://t.co/QKw9TCIkOE Source: en.trend.az

The Timeline of Central Asia aims to serve as a chronological guide offering information regarding essential developments in the Central Asian region. Source: http://www.rethinkinstitute.org