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As of June 01, 2017 actual origination of the payment cards were mainly realized by 25 banks and JSC “Kazpost”. These institutes issue and distribute payment cards of the international systems (their share consists of 99,5%) like Visa International, Master Card, UnionPay International and American Express International. Beside banks of Kazakhstan issue payment cards of the local systems like Altyn Card – JSC “Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan” and local card of Citibank Kazakhstan – JSC “Citibank Kazakhstan”.

As of June 01, 2017 banks have issued 16,6  mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 14,9 mln. (in comparison with the situation on the same date of 2016, there is a growth of 6,6% and 7,3% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 82,1%, the share of credit cards - 14,0%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 3,1% and 0,8% respectively.

In May 2017 the volume of transactions with payment cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 1 096,7 bln. tenge (growth against May 2016 has totaled 32,5%). The number of transactions reached 37,6 mln. and increased by 38,1% versus May 2016. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 84,2% (number of transactions 17,3 mln. transactions) and 80,2% (the volume of transactions – 218,4 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 13,8% (number of transactions -20,3 mln. transactions) and 24,3%( the volume of transactions – 878,3 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (54,0% and 53,1% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and Internet (38,5% and 36,6% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (95,9% and 84,6% out of the total number of payments and volume of cash withdrawal transactions).

 

More detailed data on development of the payment cards market in Kazakhstan are shown in Tables 1-6.

Table 1

Specifications

As of 01.06.16

As of 01.06.17

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand), of which:

15 592,0

16 626,6

local systems

639,0

87,1

international systems, of which:

14 953,1

16 539,5

Visa International, of which:

11 802,2

11 436,1

debit

8 371,5

8 671,5

credit

2 228,4

2 176,0

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

1 202,3

588,5

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

2 406,1

3 800,5

debit

2 196,5

3 640,1

credit

126,1

112,3

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

83,4

48,1

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

13 901,0

14 912,5

local systems

544,5

71,6

international systems, of which:

13 356,5

14 840,9

Visa International, of which:

10 559,3

10 414,5

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

2 271,5

3 364,0

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

7 892,0

8 424,0

local systems

392,7

35,5

international systems, of which:

7 499,3

8 388,4

Visa International, of which:

5 819,3

5 685,8

debit

4 394,0

4 508,9

credit

536,1

839,1

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

889,1

337,9

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 276,8

1 873,5

debit

1 152,2

1 797,5

credit

80,4

55,7

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

44,2

20,3

Number of  POS - terminals (units), of which:

90 846

120 093

commercial enterprises

83 290

110 211

banks

7 556

9 882

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

9 304

9 670

with cash distribution function

7 852

7 821

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 452

1 849

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

54 600

72 561

Number of bank’s booths (units)

1 061

997

Number of payment terminals (units)[1]

14 597

15 090

 

Table 2

Specifications

As of 01.06.17

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of used payment cards (thousand

debit

credit

others[2]

debit

credit

others

Total, incl.

13 656,9

2 332,8

636,9

14 912,5

7 148,0

917,6

358,4

Akmola region

402,6

6,5

22,4

400,8

234,3

3,0

13,3

Aktobe region

656,9

11,7

28,6

643,1

347,6

5,2

18,4

Almaty region

657,7

6,9

38,3

656,4

373,7

2,7

22,0

Atyrau region

602,6

13,5

28,2

580,6

314,3

6,5

16,3

East Kazakhstan reg.

979,6

15,1

57,1

972,8

568,8

6,7

30,5

Jambul region

562,2

4,8

10,8

541,2

347,4

2,3

4,7

West Kazakhstan reg.

517,8

9,9

13,3

493,1

270,4

4,4

4,8

Karaganda region

1 069,6

23,1

50,1

1 033,0

622,7

10,1

24,5

Kostanai region

567,4

7,6

22,9

540,0

330,0

3,5

12,2

Kyzylorda region

446,0

5,6

28,8

434,9

254,9

2,4

20,7

Mangistau region

524,4

11,9

27,9

511,0

282,7

5,2

15,7

Pavlodar region

613,8

10,6

28,2

596,6

341,4

5,2

14,4

North Kazakhstan reg.

336,9

5,3

14,7

329,5

195,8

2,4

10,2

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 284,6

12,6

74,9

1 262,2

726,8

4,8

41,4

Almaty city

3 308,0

2 160,4

137,5

4 825,9

1 389,3

837,6

83,3

Astana city

1 126,7

27,3

53,0

1 091,4

547,7

15,7

26,1

 

 

 

 

Table 3

Specifications

As of 01.06.17

Number of POS-terminals

Number of ATMs

Number of commercial enterprises

Number of bank’s booths

Number of payment terminals

Total, incl.

120 093

9 670

72 561

997

15 090

Akmola region

2 601

334

1 418

40

472

Aktobe region

4 568

505

2 271

96

811

Almaty region

4 019

500

2 029

48

487

Atyrau region

4 668

515

2 364

70

709

East Kazakhstan reg.

21 632

1 197

14 767

101

1 485

Jambul region

2 124

357

1 031

55

661

West Kazakhstan reg.

3 901

368

2 152

52

660

Karaganda region

10 116

762

6 161

114

1 742

Kostanai region

9 278

385

6 531

32

863

Kyzylorda region

1 773

312

861

34

442

Mangistau region

3 377

526

1 795

45

456

Pavlodar region

7 104

558

4 413

54

863

North Kazakhstan reg.

3 083

295

1 641

27

637

South Kazakhstan reg.

4 842

670

2 279

53

1 159

Almaty city

16 285

1 352

9 249

64

2 342

Astana city

20 722

1 034

13 599

112

1 301

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the country

Table 4

Specifications

May

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2016

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

9 408,4

17 803,8

local systems

39,0

559,2

international systems, of which:

9 369,4

17 244,6

Visa International

7 957,3

13 264,8

MasterCard Worldwide

1 321,5

3 344,6

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

121 189,9

706 686,2

local systems

4 404,0

18 997,9

international systems, of which:

116 785,8

687 688,3

Visa International

98 056,7

548 307,2

MasterCard Worldwide

17 316,7

121 359,3

2017

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

17 325,0

20 263,1

local systems

2,9

24,2

international systems, of which:

17 322,1

20 238,8

Visa International

12 907,0

13 770,2

MasterCard Worldwide

4 188,5

5 103,7

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

218 425,9

878 284,8

local systems

2 933,1

936,2

international systems, of which:

215 492,8

877 348,5

Visa International

159 831,5

624 026,9

MasterCard Worldwide

53 369,5

207 917,8

Dynamics (%)

Number

84,14%

13,81%

local systems

-92,48%

-95,67%

international systems, of which:

84,88%

17,36%

Visa International

62,20%

3,81%

MasterCard Worldwide

216,96%

52,60%

Volume

80,23%

24,28%

local systems

-33,40%

-95,07%

international systems, of which:

84,52%

27,58%

Visa International

63,00%

13,81%

MasterCard Worldwide

208,20%

71,32%

Use of the payment cards issued by Kazakhstan and foreign banks, on the territory of Kazakhstan, by regions

Table 5

Specifications

May

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

14 655,0

183 756,6

20 109,9

870 424,3

Akmola region

148,2

4 131,2

589,6

22 378,8

Aktobe region

355,7

4 943,4

993,0

37 275,9

Almaty region

169,6

4 797,5

919,3

38 322,8

Atyrau region

330,1

5 968,0

923,1

40 425,6

East Kazakhstan reg.

336,5

4 664,0

1 506,3

58 053,5

Jambul region

121,1

2 030,3

837,9

33 224,9

West Kazakhstan reg.

229,4

4 930,8

724,0

27 765,4

Karaganda region

488,3

6 868,6

1 641,4

64 693,6

Kostanai region

644,8

5 264,0

839,0

34 336,6

Kyzylorda region

125,6

1 754,7

616,6

26 062,9

Mangistau region

312,6

4 890,3

831,3

46 893,4

Pavlodar region

304,8

4 354,4

929,6

36 366,4

North Kazakhstan reg.

153,2

1 998,5

508,4

18 057,6

South Kazakhstan reg.

259,2

8 692,3

1 716,9

76 726,9

Almaty city

8 792,2

93 344,8

4 370,3

212 649,6

Astana city

1 883,8

25 123,6

2 163,3

97 190,5

Use of the payment cards issued by Kazakhstan and foreign banks on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the operation environment

Table 6

Specifications

May

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

14 655,0

183 756,6

20 109,9

870 424,3

POS - terminal

7 915,5

97 646,4

1 022,3

133 669,8

ATM

1 038,4

18 081,9

19 087,6

736 754,6

bank kiosk

20,5

498,3

-

-

Internet

5 648,7

66 702,7

-

-

other

32,0

827,3

-

-

 

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