When Benfica won their second European Champions cup in 1962, spearheaded by legendary Portuguese striker Eusebio, Kazakhstan`s capital Astana was a rural Soviet outpost called Tselinograd without a football team to call its own. … Sourced through Scoop.it from: zeenews.india.com

National Fund for Development of Financial Services presented a seven-step plan for Kazakh government to implement amid tenge depreciation. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

Low oil prices won’t have a serious impact on Kazakhstan’s oil sector, Andrei Kazantsev, doctor of political science, director of the Analytical Center at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), said in an exclusive interview… Sourced through Scoop.it…

Chairman of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan Bolat Zhamishev about devaluation of the Kazakh tenge and outlook of Kazakhstan’s economy. Sourced through Scoop.it from: en.tengrinews.kz

Deputy PM Sagintayev Outlines Kazakh Proposals to Address Water Challenges in Central Asia Sourced through Scoop.it from: astanatimes.com

With the EMV Oct. 1 liability shift less than a month away, new data from Software Advice shows that 78 percent of small businesses are not EMV-compliant. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Disaster relief efforts are being enhanced with the use of electronic payments via prepaid cards. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

A year after MasterCard’s release of its Digital Enablement Service, the card network launched Digital Enablement Express to grow digital commerce services. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com

Finextra: RBC today announced that it has been awarded a patent on its innovative Secure Cloud payment and security technology by the United States Patent Office. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.finextra.com

MasterCard released new research that provides insight into the two big questions that are top of mind for innovators in the digital and mobile payments space. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pymnts.com