The National Bank of Georgia announced that Governor Natia Turnava and Vice Governor Ekaterine Galdava met Timur Suleimenov, Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings to discuss banking and financial system sustainability and stability and to review a 2025–2026 bilateral cooperation roadmap under a previously signed Memorandum of Understanding. The roadmap sets out plans for knowledge exchange and collaboration on financial technologies and payment systems, regulation of virtual asset service providers, balance of payments, monetary and macroprudential policy, capital market convergence, banknote issuance, and risk management. The discussion also covered strengthening financial ties among countries along the Middle Corridor, with Suleimenov signalling support for deepening and making the partnership more effective.
National Bank of Georgia 2025-04-23
National Bank of Georgia and National Bank of Kazakhstan review their 2025–2026 bilateral cooperation roadmap
The National Bank of Georgia and the National Bank of Kazakhstan discussed banking system sustainability and a 2025–2026 cooperation roadmap at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. The roadmap includes collaboration on financial technologies, virtual asset regulation, monetary policy, and risk management. The meeting also emphasized strengthening financial ties along the Middle Corridor.