Article 8. Functions and powers of the National Bank of Kazakhstan of the Law On the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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National Bank of Kazakhstan:

1) develops and implements monetary policy;

2) issues government equity securities;

3) is the sole issuer of banknotes and coins of the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan and organizes cash circulation in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3-1) determines the procedure for replacing the banknotes of the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan in circulation when their design (shape) is changed;

3-2) determines the procedure for conducting cash transactions with individuals and legal entities in the National Bank of Kazakhstan;

3-3) is the sole issuer of the digital tenge;

4) participates in the transportation, storage and collection of banknotes, coins and valuables, creates reserve state funds of banknotes, coins and valuables;

5) monitors and supervises compliance with the requirements for the arrangement of premises by legal entities operating exclusively through exchange offices on the basis of a license from the National Bank of Kazakhstan for exchange operations with foreign currency in cash, digital asset service providers, with the exception of digital asset service providers – participants of the Astana International Financial Center, issuers of digital financial assets provided for in subparagraph 1) of Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan", as well as participants in the special regulatory regime of the National Bank of Kazakhstan operating in the field of digital assets, legal entities whose exclusive activity is the collection of banknotes, coins and values;

6) regulates and oversees the interbank money transfer system, the interbank clearing system and other payment systems that ensure money transfers between users in Kazakhstani tenge;

7) in order to streamline payments and money transfers, establish, in agreement with the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the sequence of payments to bank accounts carried out by banks, organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations, branches of non-resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan and business entities, unless otherwise provided by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8) carries out currency regulation and currency control in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8-1) establishes qualification requirements for legal entities whose exclusive activity is the collection of banknotes, coins and valuables, which include requirements for the organizational and legal form, requirements for founders (participants), including disclosure of the sources of origin of their contributions to the authorized capital, requirements for the size and procedure for the formation of the authorized capital, and as well as premises, technical facilities, equipment and employees of legal entities whose exclusive activity is the collection of banknotes, coins and valuables;

8-2) determines the procedure for the organization of security and arrangement of premises of second–tier banks, branches of non-resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations;

8-3) determines the procedure for carrying out cash transactions and operations for the collection of banknotes, coins and valuables, including the organization of automobile collection transportation, in second–tier banks, branches of non-resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations;

8-4) jointly with other authorized state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulates the withdrawal of cash from bank accounts by business entities;

9) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/24/2018 No. 156-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

10) provides asset management in foreign currency, precious metals and digital assets;

11) implements the priority right of the state to purchase refined gold to replenish assets in precious metals;

12) performs, in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, control tests of samples (samples) of precious metals and raw materials containing precious metals.;

12-1) carries out storage and testing of precious metals, with the exception of products made from them, and samples (samples) of raw materials containing precious metals owned by financial organizations and other persons authorized to carry out export-import operations with precious metals and raw materials containing precious metals;

12-2) in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, carries out transportation, reception, accounting, storage of precious metals, precious stones and products made from them, converted (received) into state ownership on separate grounds.;

13) independently and (or) jointly with other state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within their competence, regulates systemic risks;

14) provides loans in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

15) participates in the regulation of the external debt of financial organizations; Note from the! Subparagraph 15) is provided to be deleted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2025 No. 205-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

16) develops a statistical methodology, generates and distributes statistical information on monetary statistics, financial market statistics, and statistics on the external sector (balance of payments, international investment position, and external debt);

17) develops statistical forms for external sector statistics, conducts departmental statistical observations in accordance with the statistical work plan, and also exercises control in the field of state statistics within its competence;

18) generates and distributes statistical information on financial market overview, monetary and financial market statistics, balance of payments, international investment position and external debt, participates in the development of forward-looking estimates of the balance of payments; Note from the! Subparagraph 18) is provided to be deleted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2025 No. 205-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18-1) collects and processes administrative data (financial and other reports) on currency regulation and currency control, monetary statistics, cash circulation, payments and payment systems, regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations and in the field of financial legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and determines the procedure for their submission;

19) carries out, within its competence, regulation of the financial market and financial organizations, branches of non–resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, branches of insurance (reinsurance) organizations of non–residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, branches of insurance brokers of non–residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other persons, as well as control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations, branches of non–resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, branches of insurance (reinsurance) organizations – non-residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, branches of insurance brokers – non-residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the field of financial legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with this Law, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On State Regulation, Control and Supervision of the Financial Market and Financial Organizations", other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

20) issues (refuses to issue), reissues, suspends, revokes the license:

for exchange operations with foreign currency in cash – to legal entities operating exclusively through exchange offices;

for the collection of banknotes, coins and valuables – to legal entities whose exclusive activity is the collection of banknotes, coins and valuables;

for dealer activity in the digital asset market – operations for the exchange, purchase and (or) sale of unsecured digital assets to operators of the exchange of unsecured digital assets, whose exclusive activity is the implementation of exchange operations with unsecured digital assets;

20-1) during the period of the state of emergency, in order to ensure the economic security and stability of the financial system of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, it has the right to introduce a special regulatory regime providing for the introduction of a special procedure and conditions for the provision of payment services by financial organizations, payment system operators, payment organizations, including the regulation of the fees applied by them;

23) determines the accounting policy and methods for the National Bank of Kazakhstan, taking into account international financial reporting standards;

24) monitors and supervises compliance by legal entities operating exclusively through exchange offices on the basis of the license of the National Bank of Kazakhstan for exchange operations with foreign currency in cash, the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on accounting and financial reporting, rules for automation of accounting, as well as the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on currency regulation and currency control;

24-1) participates, within the limits of its competence, in inspections of the activities of the audited entities conducted by the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations;

24-2) monitors compliance by legal entities operating exclusively through exchange offices based on the license of the National Bank of Kazakhstan for exchange operations with foreign currency in cash, digital asset service providers, with the exception of digital asset service providers – participants of the Astana International Financial Center, issuers of digital financial assets provided for in subparagraph 1) of Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan", as well as participants in the special regulatory regime of the National Bank of Kazakhstan operating in the field of digital assets, payment organizations of the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on countering legalization (laundering) proceeds of crime, financing of terrorism and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in terms of recording, storing and providing information on transactions with money and (or) other property subject to financial monitoring, due diligence of clients (their representatives) and beneficial owners, suspension and refusal of transactions subject to financial monitoring, protection of documents obtained in the course of their activities activities, as well as the organization and implementation of internal control in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

24-3) Monitors and supervises compliance by payment service providers other than banks and organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations, payment system operators and payment system operating centers with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on payments and payment systems.;

24-4) applies a risk-based approach in the framework of control and supervision of the activities of digital asset service providers, with the exception of digital asset service providers participating in the Astana International Financial Center;

25) participates in servicing the public debt of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in agreement with it and services the public debt of the National Bank of Kazakhstan;

26) establishes and publishes the official exchange rate of the national currency of the Republic of Kazakhstan against foreign currencies in accordance with the procedure determined by the National Bank of Kazakhstan;

27) monitors contracts on non-governmental external loans; Note from the source! Subparagraph 27) is provided to be deleted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2025 No. 205-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

28) monitors the sources of supply and demand, as well as the use of foreign currency in the domestic foreign exchange market;

29) carries out banking activities, professional activities in the securities market and other activities defined by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan without obtaining appropriate licenses;

29-1) determines the procedure for opening, maintaining and closing metal accounts by banks and branches of non–resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

30) provides banking services to clients of the National Bank of Kazakhstan; Note from the Bank! Subparagraph 30) is provided to be deleted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2025 No. 205-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

31) carries out trust management of the National Fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of a trust management agreement concluded between the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

32) performs trust management of assets of legal entities on the basis of trust management agreements concluded by the National Bank of Kazakhstan with legal entities;

32-1) performs trust management of pension assets of the unified accumulative pension fund on the basis of a trust management agreement concluded between the National Bank of Kazakhstan and the unified accumulative pension fund;

32-2) provides custody services for pension assets of the unified accumulative pension fund;

33) submits, at the request of the authorized financial monitoring body, information from its own information systems in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism; Note from the! Subparagraph 33) is provided to be deleted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2025 No. 205-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

34) participates in personnel training for government agencies and financial organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

35) applies limited measures of influence on matters within its competence to residents and non-residents who carry out currency transactions and are not financial organizations, payment system operators, payment system operational centers, as well as payment service providers who are not banks, bank branches – non-residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan and organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations, supervisory response measures to legal entities operating exclusively through exchange offices based on the license of the National Bank of Kazakhstan for exchange operations with foreign currency in cash, and legal entities whose exclusive activity is the collection of banknotes, coins and valuables, as well as sanctions and other measures provided for by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and determines the procedure for their application;

35-1) introduces a special regulatory regime for payment organizations and (or) other legal entities that are not financial organizations in order to carry out activities related to payment services, and regulates their activities within their competence;

36) purchases goods, works, and services in accordance with the procedure established by regulatory legal acts of the National Bank of Kazakhstan;

37) assigns, cancels and determines the use of bank identification codes, assigns and cancels codes of banks and organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations and codes of branches of banks and organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations, establishes their structure, and also forms and maintains a Directory of banks and organizations engaged in certain types of banking operations;

37-1) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 13.03.2017 No. 53-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

38) creates consultative and advisory bodies of the National Bank of Kazakhstan;

38-1) in order to ensure the completeness of the information contained in the database of credit histories, provides information about the subjects of the credit history to the credit bureau with state participation; Note from the! Subparagraph 38-1) is provided to be deleted by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2025 No. 205-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

38-2), within the limits of its competence, cooperates with central banks, control and supervisory authorities of other states, international and other organizations and has the right to exchange, with confidentiality, information constituting a commercial secret on the securities market, banking secrecy, insurance secrecy or other legally protected secret necessary for the exercise of control and supervisory functions, on the basis and in accordance with in accordance with the international treaty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, an agreement providing for the exchange of confidential information.

Other organizations specified in part one of this subparagraph are understood to mean associations of central banks, control and supervisory authorities of other states established with the aim of developing common standards for regulating the activities of the banking sector, the securities market and the insurance market.;

38-3) conducts research in the field of monetary policy, financial stability and other areas related to its activities;

38-4) approves mandatory regulatory legal acts for financial organizations, branches of non–resident banks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, branches of insurance (reinsurance) organizations of non–residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, branches of insurance brokers of non–residents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and other individuals and legal entities in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with this Law and the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

38-5) carries out state regulation, control and supervision of the activities of operators of the exchange of unsecured digital assets, operators of the digital financial asset platform, operators of the digital asset trading platform, organizations for storing the underlying asset of a digital financial asset;

38-6) approves regulatory legal acts that are mandatory for the exchange of unsecured digital assets, operators of the digital financial assets platform, operators of the digital assets trading platform, organizations for storing the underlying asset of a digital financial asset and issuers of digital financial assets provided for in subparagraph 1) of Article 5 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan";

38-7) defines the procedure for conducting transactions for the purchase, sale and (or) exchange of unsecured digital assets by the operator of the exchange of unsecured digital assets;

38-8) performs registration of operators of the digital financial assets platform, operators of the digital assets trading platform, and payment organizations;

39) performs other functions and powers provided for by this Law, other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 30, 1995 No. 2155.

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Republic of Kazakhstan

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