Financial support for small businesses

Abstract

The article “Financial support of small businesses” is devoted to the analysis of lending to small businesses by second-tier banks. During the writing of the article, the goal was set to identify the adequacy of financing of small businesses with the existing level of lending by banks in Kazakhstan. For clarity and objectivity of the analysis, eight years were taken as the study period. In the course of the study, digital materials and data of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, second-tier banks were used, and various analysis methods were used to make objective conclusions. The hold of various research methods, such as analysis, synthesis, comparison of generalization and a systematic approach, allowed identifying periods of decline and increase in lending to small businesses. Conclusions were drawn based on the study.