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.
