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As of May 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 May 01, 2017 banks have issued 16,3 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 14,7 mln. (in comparison with the situation on the same date of 2016, there is a growth of 1,4% and 5,5% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 82,5%, the share of credit cards - 13,6%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 3,1% and 0,8% respectively.

In April 2017 the volume of transactions with payment cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 1 007,5 bln. tenge (growth against April 2016 has totaled 24,8%). The number of transactions reached 34,3 mln. and increased by 31,2% versus April 2016. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 70,7% (number of transactions 15,6 mln. transactions) and 60,4% (the volume of transactions - 194,1 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 9,9% (number of transactions -18,7 mln. transactions) and 18,5%( the volume of transactions - 813,4 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (53,7% and 52,4% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and Internet (39,4% and 36,3% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (94,5% and 84,4% 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 01.05.16

As of 01.05.17

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

16 123,4

16 346,9

local systems

688,5

87,5

international systems, of which:

15 434,9

16 259,4

Visa International, of which:

12 389,8

11 313,7

debit

8 551,1

8 657,8

credit

2 186,2

2 073,2

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

1 652,5

582,7

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

2 358,2

3 652,9

debit

2 150,9

3 495,6

credit

121,5

104,8

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

85,8

52,5

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

13 927,8

14 697,2

local systems

576,2

71,9

international systems, of which:

13 351,6

14 625,3

Visa International, of which:

10 641,5

10 353,4

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

2 221,7

3 216,8

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

8 086,1

8 272,2

local systems

415,9

35,9

international systems, of which:

7 670,2

8 236,2

Visa International, of which:

6 016,2

5 628,8

debit

4 384,3

4 448,8

credit

462,2

843,3

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

1 169,7

336,6

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 275,8

1 791,9

debit

1 153,1

1 716,1

credit

76,9

53,7

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

45,8

22,1

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

89 273

117 038

commercial enterprises

81 735

108 055

banks

7 538

8 983

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

9 236

9 657

with cash distribution function

7 787

8 088

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 449

1 569

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

53 603

71 859

Number of bank’s booths (units)

1 127

1 038

Number of payment terminals (units)[1]

14 262

14 982

 

Table 2

Specifications

As of 01.05.17

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.

13 490,7

2 220,8

635,4

14 697,2

6 994,2

919,1

358,9

Akmola region

400,4

6,1

22,3

397,4

231,9

2,9

13,3

Aktobe region

652,2

10,9

28,4

637,1

343,0

5,1

18,6

Almaty region

654,0

6,1

37,8

649,0

362,4

2,5

21,9

Atyrau region

595,5

12,6

28,2

573,0

309,3

6,1

16,3

East Kazakhstan reg.

977,2

14,3

58,3

968,9

562,3

6,5

31,1

Jambul region

557,4

4,5

10,7

535,0

340,1

2,2

4,9

West Kazakhstan reg.

511,3

9,3

13,3

486,2

265,8

4,3

4,7

Karaganda region

1 066,3

21,9

51,0

1 028,5

616,0

9,7

25,6

Kostanai region

565,1

7,2

22,6

535,5

326,0

3,3

11,7

Kyzylorda region

444,4

5,2

27,6

431,6

248,8

2,3

19,3

Mangistau region

521,5

10,9

27,8

506,2

278,0

4,9

15,9

Pavlodar region

609,5

9,9

28,1

591,1

338,2

5,1

13,8

North Kazakhstan reg.

334,8

5,0

14,6

326,9

193,7

2,3

10,1

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 278,8

11,5

74,5

1 253,1

711,3

4,5

41,3

Almaty city

3 200,7

2 059,0

136,9

4 694,8

1 326,1

842,1

83,7

Astana city

1 121,7

26,4

53,1

1 083,0

541,4

15,3

26,5

 

Table 3

Specifications

As of 01.05.17

Number of POS-terminals

Number of ATMs

Number of commercial enterprises

Number of bank’s booths

Number of payment terminals

Total, incl.

117 038

9 657

71 859

1 038

14 982

Akmola region

2 570

333

1 413

41

472

Aktobe region

4 462

507

2 245

96

807

Almaty region

2 900

391

1 503

32

476

Atyrau region

3 938

543

2 004

53

680

East Kazakhstan reg.

6 899

767

3 610

97

1 469

Jambul region

2 036

358

1 036

57

650

West Kazakhstan reg.

3 798

370

2 135

52

660

Karaganda region

9 656

759

6 141

121

1 739

Kostanai region

9 218

384

6 568

32

864

Kyzylorda region

1 732

311

860

40

444

Mangistau region

3 338

534

1 774

54

451

Pavlodar region

7 025

561

4 371

58

861

North Kazakhstan reg.

3 057

295

1 649

14

631

South Kazakhstan reg.

4 691

658

2 248

59

1 152

Almaty city

31 781

1 853

21 024

121

2 342

Astana city

19 937

1 033

13 278

111

1 284

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

Table 4

Specifications

April

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2016

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

9 156,9

16 972,8

local systems

40,7

572,2

international systems, of which:

9 116,2

16 400,5

Visa International

7 786,1

12 672,4

MasterCard Worldwide

1 245,0

3 140,6

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

120 982,8

686 321,5

local systems

4 742,4

19 640,7

international systems, of which:

116 240,4

666 680,8

Visa International

97 044,2

535 234,3

MasterCard Worldwide

17 794,1

114 723,2

2017

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

15 626,8

18 653,7

local systems

2,6

21,8

international systems, of which:

15 624,1

18 631,9

Visa International

12 029,5

12 826,7

MasterCard Worldwide

3 394,3

4 559,8

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

194 107,8

813 390,9

local systems

3 184,3

857,5

international systems, of which:

190 923,5

812 533,4

Visa International

148 692,2

583 321,8

MasterCard Worldwide

40 274,9

187 277,0

Dynamics (%)

Number

70,7%

9,9%

local systems

-93,6%

-96,2%

international systems, of which:

71,4%

13,6%

Visa International

54,5%

1,2%

MasterCard Worldwide

172,6%

45,2%

Volume

60,4%

18,5%

local systems

-32,9%

-95,6%

international systems, of which:

64,2%

21,9%

Visa International

53,2%

9,0%

MasterCard Worldwide

126,3%

63,2%

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

Table 5

Specifications

April

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

13 710,7

168 215,1

18 633,7

810 119,8

Akmola region

129,4

3 490,5

539,8

20 419,1

Aktobe region

326,0

4 409,9

914,1

34 582,3

Almaty region

147,9

4 409,3

791,3

33 105,9

Atyrau region

305,2

5 453,3

881,1

39 461,8

East Kazakhstan reg.

295,5

4 237,3

1 378,9

53 583,9

Jambul region

104,0

1 842,4

722,9

28 610,8

West Kazakhstan reg.

205,6

4 440,5

665,2

26 296,0

Karaganda region

452,8

8 741,9

1 530,2

61 339,3

Kostanai region

612,9

4 370,0

775,7

31 689,3

Kyzylorda region

111,6

1 558,6

552,4

23 969,1

Mangistau region

286,1

4 632,2

786,3

46 705,7

Pavlodar region

279,3

3 305,0

849,8

33 776,3

North Kazakhstan reg.

135,6

1 731,7

463,0

16 324,8

South Kazakhstan reg.

229,7

6 519,0

1 531,6

68 167,7

Almaty city

8 277,5

86 209,8

4 179,4

199 937,2

Astana city

1 811,4

22 863,7

2 072,0

92 150,5

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

April

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

13 710,7

168 215,1

18 633,7

810 119,8

POS - terminal

7 532,1

90 901,8

1 034,1

126 872,7

ATM

950,0

16 548,3

17 599,5

683 247,2

bank kiosk

20,2

565,6

-

-

Internet

5 195,8

60 119,7

-

-

other

12,6

79,7

-

-

 

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