02Your obligation here
Kazakhstan channels virtual-asset activity through the Astana International Financial Centre. Inside that perimeter a single authority licenses and supervises the activity, while the national financial-intelligence body sits behind it for reporting. The obligation behind the licence is the same in shape: a named, fit-and-proper compliance officer, a written AML/CFT programme, a documented risk assessment, risk-based customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious-transaction reporting to the national FIU.
AIFC perimeter
AFSA The Astana Financial Services Authority, the AIFC regulator, licenses and supervises virtual-asset firms authorised inside the centre. Public register: publicreg.myafsa.com
National FIU / AML
AFM The Financial Monitoring Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan is the national financial-intelligence unit and AML/CFT authority that receives reporting. Site: gov.kz/memleket/entities/afm
Any specific AFSA rulebook threshold, capital requirement, MLRO residency rule, filing deadline or transition date is confirmed against AFSA's own framework before it is stated. The sentence stays generic if unconfirmed.
03What we build in Kazakhstan crypto
01Licensing & new-regime buildThe AML/CFT programme AFSA expects behind a virtual-asset authorisation: risk assessment, policies, the compliance and MLRO function, wallet and counterparty controls, the file that survives the review.Detail →
02RemediationAfter an AFSA finding, a deficiency notice or a failed audit: gap analysis against the applicable framework, a fix that closes the finding, and the evidence trail to prove closure at re-inspection.Detail →
03Outsourced & bridge MLRO + FIUA senior compliance officer or bridge MLRO while you recruit, plus a managed financial-intelligence function: alert triage, investigations, and suspicious-transaction reporting to the AFM.Detail →
04Independent AML auditThe independent review of your virtual-asset programme that AFSA and your board expect, tested against the current framework, with findings you can act on.Detail →
05Sanctions & integrity DDSanctions and screening controls, counterparty due diligence, and the crypto Travel Rule for originator and beneficiary information on transfers.Detail →
04Why it is urgent now
Standing exposure
Virtual-asset activity in the AIFC is supervised today. AFSA licenses and inspects the firms inside the centre and maintains a public register, and the AFM receives the reporting, so an operator without a defensible AML/CFT programme is exposed at the next review, not at some future deadline. For firms setting up inside the AIFC, the AFSA authorisation and the programme behind it are examined together, so the compliance build cannot lag the licence application. The pressure is standing, not seasonal.
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