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Alatau City Bank becomes the first Kazakh commercial bank on KASE's digital financial assets platform, eyeing a tenge stablecoin and deposit tokenization

Alatau City Bank said on 30 October 2026 that it has become Kazakhstan's first second-tier (commercial) bank to join the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) platform of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), and that at this stage it will focus exclusively on the B2B segment and the tokenization of real assets.

Cover: generative artwork from topic and jurisdiction.Primary source: Alatau City Bank (alataucitybank.kz)
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Key takeawaysFact

  1. 1Alatau City Bank said on 30 October 2026 that it has become Kazakhstan's first second-tier (commercial) bank to join the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) platform of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), and that at this stage it will focus exclusively on the B2B segment and the tokenization of real assets.
  2. 2The areas it names include tokenized bonds, the launch of the bank's regulated stablecoin in tenge and other currencies, the tokenization of deposits, corporate financing and bank escrow services for issuances; tokenized assets can be based on stocks, bonds, currencies, commercial real estate, commodities and equipment.
  3. 315 trillion tenge as of 1 October 2026.
  • tokenization
  • Stablecoins
  • Tokenized deposits

Executive summaryFact

Alatau City Bank said on 30 October 2026 that it has become Kazakhstan's first second-tier (commercial) bank to join the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) platform of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), and that at this stage it will focus exclusively on the B2B segment and the tokenization of real assets. The areas it names include tokenized bonds, the launch of the bank's regulated stablecoin in tenge and other currencies, the tokenization of deposits, corporate financing and bank escrow services for issuances; tokenized assets can be based on stocks, bonds, currencies, commercial real estate, commodities and equipment. The bank put its assets at approximately 3.15 trillion tenge as of 1 October 2026.

Primary source: Alatau City Bank ↗

Promising areas include the issuance of tokenized bonds to attract investment and working capital, the launch of the bank’s regulated stablecoin in tenge and other currencies, the tokenization of deposits, corporate financing, and bank escrow services for issuances.

— Alatau City Bank, verbatimString-matched against the live page 2026-10-31

Key factsFact

Event
Platform participation
Jurisdiction
APAC
Source
Alatau City Bank
Source tier
Tier 2 · Bank / FMI
Product
Tokenization, Stablecoin issuance, Tokenized deposits

Adoption statusFact

  • AnnouncedAlatau City Bank— First commercial bank on the KASE digital financial assets (DFA) platform; named directions include tokenized bonds, a regulated tenge stablecoin and deposit tokenization

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Who is affectedFact

Alatau City Bank and, at this stage, legal entities, institutional investors and businesses in the real economy (B2B only); the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange's DFA platform.

Key datesFact

  • Alatau City Bank announces it has joined the KASE DFA platform

More from the sourceFact

“Alatau City Bank has become Kazakhstan’s first Tier-2 bank (T2B) to join the Digital Financial Assets (DFA) platform of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE).”

“As part of this project, the bank will focus exclusively on the B2B segment at this stage, developing financial solutions for legal entities, institutional investors, and businesses in the real economy.”

“As of October 1, 2026, the bank’s assets totaled approximately 3.15 trillion tenge.”

Verbatim from Alatau City Bank✓ string-matched against the live page 2026-10-31

Why it matters for banksAnalysis

A top-six Kazakh commercial bank says it is the first bank on the exchange's regulated tokenization venue and has publicly named a tenge stablecoin and deposit tokenization as product directions, though the release gives no launch dates.

Editorial analysis based on the facts above and the sources below; not legal or investment advice.

What remains uncertain

  • The release gives no dates for the first tokenized issues or for the planned tenge stablecoin, and names these as promising areas rather than launched products.

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Evidence

Confidence
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Quote verified
2026-10-31 16:50 UTC
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SHA-256 c8ab682b6193342e… · fetched 2026-10-31 · Wayback Machine copy ↗
Source type
Official institutional Alatau City Bank ↗
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  3. 2026-10-31 Newsroom 2026-10-31 morning: Alatau City Bank becomes the first Kazakh commercial (second-tier) bank on the KASE digital financial assets platform, naming token (dac6698)

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Weekly briefThis item is in The Weekly Brief Nº 3 (2026-W44) — this week’s issue, still open.

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