The Kazakh authorities are urgently looking for a bank to take over Tsesnabank Joint Stock Company (KAS:TSBN) as they believe it needs new financing to prevent a collapse, three sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. Officials from the government and central bank have approached at least three other Kazakh banks and hope to tie up a deal in February, 2019, the sources said. They are offering financial incentives for any bank prepared to take it over. Spokesmen for the central bank, the government, Tsesnabank, and its main shareholder, former Nazarbayev Chief of Staff Adilbek Zhaksybekov, did not reply to requests for comment.