A New Digital World Order Has Already Come to Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a highly digitalized society. The government has almost all information about its citizens. It is an 82 percent cashless economy, and the authorities strongly encourage the population to stop using cash, and switch to digital transactions instead. Very few people in the Central Asian nation use credit or debit cards when they go to grocery stores. Without a smart phone, life in Kazakhstan can be extremely difficult.
It is virtually impossible to order a cab unless one has a mobile application. Although drivers accept cash, they often do not have enough banknotes to return change. Paying with a card is not an option. The Kaspi mobile phone-based transaction platform is the most common method of payment not only for the taxi ride, but for all other services as well.