Halyk Bank's Board Chairperson Umut Shayakhmetova, who arrived on a working visit to the Kostanay Region, held a meeting with the region's business community and partners.

The meeting discussed issues of strengthening partnerships with entrepreneurs, supporting business expansion into new markets, and developing modern financial instruments that contribute to the region's sustainable economic development.

During the meeting, the Akim (Governor) of the Kostanay Region reported that in the first quarter of this year alone, the volume of credit investments by second-tier banks in the region's economic sectors amounted to 119.1 billion tenge.

The largest share of loans issued went to the trade sector — 16.1% of the total volume, to industry — 15.9%, and to the construction sector — 2.7%. Loans totaling 30.4 billion tenge were issued for the development of small business entities, which is 15.8% more compared to the same period last year.

"The deposit base of the region's banks grew by 20.7% over the year and reached 1.2 trillion tenge. At the same time, 80% of the deposit market consists of household deposits. The level of deposit dollarization was 8.3%, having decreased by 3.6 percentage points compared to the same period in 2025. This indicates growing confidence in the tenge," noted the head of the region.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kostanay/press/news/details/1202519?lang=kk