UnionPay processed 14.589 million cashless transactions in Kazakhstan from January through October 2025, with a total volume of 286.807 billion tenge ($559.6 million).
A final investment decision (FID) on the GPP has not been reached by the project operators, Shell and Eni. In an effort to guarantee the nation's energy independence, the government has started developing its own GPP to handle Karachaganak gas.