ASTANA. May 22 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Kazakhstan, in collaboration with several commercial banks, plans to launch a QR payment system in before the end of 2025; all banks in the country ...

Lawmakers proposed the mandatory use of the universal payment code, operated by JSC National Payment Card System (NPCS), and a phased process ultimately requiring banks to facilitate transactions in ...

ASTANA. May 22 (Interfax) - The National Bank of Kazakhstan is set to formalize the legal operation of cryptocurrency exchange points, with oversight and licensing responsibilities assigned to the ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - Cyberattacks targeting several major Russian oil and gas companies in March caused no significant damage, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev told reporters at the Positive ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - The Russian side has received the Ukrainian list for a prisoner swap in the '1,000 for 1,000' format, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Interfax. "Yes ...

MINSK. May 22 (Interfax) - Belarus needs to diversify food exports more actively, the state BelTA news agency quoted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko as saying as he made personnel decisions ...

Ukraine has received over $133 billion in financial support from its international partners over the past three years, Ukrainian media quoted Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko as saying at a meeting ...

According to Moldovagaz, natural gas consumption in Moldova amounted to 790 million cubic meters in 2024, compared to 657.2 million cubic meters in 2023. During the heating season, monthly gas ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) sees potential to extend the North-South International Transport Corridor to Africa and is also studying railway projects in a number of African ...

ST. PETERSBURG. May 22 (Interfax) - The water level in the Caspian Sea is expected to decline over at least the coming 10-15 years, Igor Shumakov, the head of the Russian Federal Service for ...

MOSCOW. May 22 (Interfax) - The Central Bank of Russia is proposing a new methodology for identifying systemically important banks (SIBs), categorizing them into five groups, with different systemic ...

The talks also covered the terms for supplies of Russian energy resources to Bahrain, as well as possibilities for joint work on oil and gas exploration and production on Bahrain's shelf with the ...