It’s been a quiet week on the Fintech front, which is why you may have noticed that I’ve been skipping a few days. In addition to the one piece of news below, I’ve posted an update to my tabulation of retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) explorers here.

National Bank of Kazakhstan report on open APIs, open banking and digital financial services

The National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK) published a report on the development of the ecosystem of open application programming interfaces (APIs), open banking and digital financial services in Kazakhstan. [Read more at the NBK]

Upcoming events I’m affiliated with:

The CBDC Think Tank, in partnership with the International Monetary Fund and George Washington University, is hosting a full-day in-person CBDC Masterclass on October 12 in Washington DC. The sessions are designed as instructional deep dives with full presentations and Q&A components.  [Register here]