Smartphones Drive Kazakhstan's Shift to a Cashless Economy

Payment Without Plastic: How Smartphones Are Reshaping Kazakhstan’s Cashless Economy

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s cashless economy is entering a new stage as virtual cards become more common among active users and QR payments overtake bank cards at point-of-sale terminals. The shift suggests that digitalization is no longer simply about replacing cash with cards, but increasingly about replacing the physical card itself with a smartphone-based payment interface.… The post Payment Without Plastic: Ho...

By Fatima Kemelova