Top List of Banks in Kazakhstan

It's hard to know what you should look for in a bank. The thing is, every bank has a different set of benefits to offer, and depending on your needs, one might be perfect for you while another may not. That's why it's essential that when choosing a bank, you do your research and find the one that will work best for your lifestyle and needs. In this article, we'll discuss some of the top banks in Kazakhstan and what they have to offer you. You can then go ahead and choose the one that works best for you.

ATFBank 

ATFBank is a leading financial services company in Kazakhstan, offering a broad range of products and services to retail, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), and corporate customers. ATFBank is recognized as one of the best employers in Kazakhstan and is one of the most trustworthy banks.

ATFBank provides all types of financial services to private clients and businesses, including savings accounts, deposits, loans, cards, transfers, cash-in-transit, cash management, and other services.

ATFBanks network comprises 124 branches across Kazakhstan with over 3000 employees.

Total Assets: 1,475 billion KZT

Bank CenterCredit

Bank CenterCredit (Kazak: ) - is a banking and financial services company headquartered in Almaty city. The Bank was incorporated in Kazakstan in December 1992. Today, Bank CenterCredit is one of the leading banks in Kazakstan, with a strong regional presence in Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent cities.

Bank CenterCredit offers its clients a full range of retail and corporate banking services, including deposits, credit cards, consumer loans, leasing, mortgage lending, and money transfers. The Bank employs over 2,796 people and has more than 50 branches nationwide.

Total Assets: 1 990 063,00 млн KZT

Bank Home Credit Kazakhstan 

Bank Home Credit Kazakhstan is a member of the international financial group Home Credit, the Czech largest consumer finance provider. Bank started its operations in Kazakhstan in 2010; it is the only bank in the country with a presence in all the republic’s regions.

Bank's priority is to serve its clients with high-quality products and services. For this purpose, it constantly develops its offer and improves service standards. Bank currently offers several types of loans for different clients and various purposes, including purchasing home appliances, furniture, jewelry, cars, motorbikes, many other goods, and travel abroad.

Total Assets: RUB 343.8 billion

Employees: 116,700 

Bank Kassa Nova 


Kazakhstan’s Bank Kassa Nova, founded in 1993, is the largest bank in Kazakhistan. With its main office and headquarters located in Almaty, the bank has over nine branches throughout Kazakhistan. Its total assets are worth Kazakhstan tenge (KZT) 133 billion and 310 employees.

Bank Kassa Nova provides many financial services to both corporate and individual clients. These services include asset management, investment banking, brokerage services, insurance and securities, and leasing and factoring services.

ForteBank 

ForteBank is the largest bank in Kazakhstan, with a market share of 28%. The ForteBank group consists of ForteBank and several other smaller banks. It offers retail banking products and services to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, corporate customers and operates as a broker.

ForteBank provides a full range of banking products and services concerning deposits, loans, trade finance, foreign exchange transactions, money transfer, credit cards, and settlement operations. As of December 31, 2020, it had total assets of $6,297 million, and the number of employees was 1,001.

Halyk Bank 

Halyk Bank, Kazakhstan's largest bank, has earned the trust of millions of customers and remains one of the most innovative and technologically advanced financial institutions in Central Asia. Halyk Bank is a universal bank that provides a wide range of financial services to corporate and retail customers.

Currently, over 16,131 people work for Halyk Bank Group companies and their subsidiaries across the country. Halyk Bank provides a wide range of services to individuals and corporate customers in both local currency and hard currencies, including retail banking services to private individuals (current accounts and deposits), consumer loans (mortgage loans, car loans, credit cards), and business banking services to corporate customers. 

Total Assets: 8,959 billion tenge (2018)

Kaspi Bank 

Kaspi Bank (whose full name is Kaspi Bank JSC) is based in Kazakhstan. It was founded by Vyacheslav Kim, the current chairman of the board of directors. As of 2020, it has total assets worth 2.81T  tenge. The bank's corporate headquarters are located in Almaty, but many branches and ATMs throughout the country.

Kaspi Bank has over 1 million customers and employs 8,891 people as of 2017. The bank offers customers a wide range of financial services, including loans, deposits, mortgages, money transfers, credit cards, mobile payments, and insurance policies. Kaspi Bank also sells electronic goods through its e-commerce platform Kaspi.kz.

Kazkommertsbank

Kazkommertsbank is the largest bank in Kazakhstan, Central Asia's largest economy. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in the capital city of Astana, the bank has more than two branches across Kazakhstan and subsidiaries in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and Tajikistan.

The bank offers retail banking services through branches located throughout Kazakhstan. It also provides corporate banking services, including deposits, lending facilities, cash management, and trade finance. 

Total Assets: 15.7 billion tenge

Employees: 269

Nurbank

Nurbank is a universal bank providing services to private individuals and corporate clients operating in various industries such as oil and gas, construction, retail trade, agriculture, transportation, and logistics.

The Bank's primary business lines include corporate banking (lending to medium-sized and large companies), retail banking (deposits, issuing cards and loans), investment banking (syndicated loans), brokerage services (trading on stock exchanges), and leasing operations.

Total assets: 447,722 million tenges.

Employees: 1,001

Sberbank 

Sberbank is the largest bank in Russia and CIS. Its total assets exceed $497,021 million, with over 187 branches in Central and Eastern Europe, 110 in Kazakhstan, and 91 in Ukraine. The Bank's more than 140 million customers are served by almost 281,000 thousand employees.

The bank offers a wide range of services in the retail, corporate, and state banking sectors. Sberbank is a leading player in the Russian financial market, offering advanced technologies and services in retail and corporate banking, wealth management, asset management, insurance, leasing, and factoring. All products offered by Sberbank are available through distance channels, including the Internet, mobile services, ATMs, and self-service terminals.

FAQs

Q. What's the capital of Kazakhstan?

A. Nur-Sultan, known initially as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and most recently Astana, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The town acquired its present name on 23 March 2019, following a unanimous vote in Kazakhstan's parliament. It was named after Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, from 1990 to 2019.

The city's former name Astana comes from the Kazakh word for capital. In the 19th century, it was called Akmolinsk (from Kazakh: Ақмолинск) or Акмола (Akmola) in Russian. From 1961 to 1992, it was called Tselinograd (Russian: Целиноград).