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As of July 01, 2016 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 96,1%) like Visa International, Master Card, American Express International and UnionPay 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 July 01, 2016 banks have issued 15,2 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 13,9 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2015, there is a low of 8,8% and 4,6% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 79,1%, the share of credit cards - 15,7%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 2,8% and 2,4% respectively.

In June 2016 the volume of transactions with payment cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 945,0 bln. tenge (growth against June 2015 has totaled 37,5%). The number of transactions reached 28,7 mln. and increased by 25,6% versus June 2015. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 36,2% (number of transactions 9,6 mln. transactions) and 61,6% (the volume of transactions - 135,2 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 20,8% (number of transactions - 19,1 mln. transactions) and 34,1%( the volume of transactions - 809,8 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (56,0% and 59,6% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and Internet (30,4% and 22,2% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (95,3% and 85,8% 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 01.07.15

As of 01.07.16

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

16 625,5

15 159,4

local systems

888,6

587,3

international systems, of which:

15 736,9

14 572,1

Visa International, of which:

13 272,4

11 312,1

-       debit

9 751,3

8 387,7

-       credit

2 611,4

2 215,9

-       debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

909,7

708,5

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

2 267,3

2 454,3

-       debit

2 125,9

2 239,2

-       credit

63,5

134,8

-       debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

77,9

80,3

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

14 546,2

13 870,9

local systems

768,5

500,1

international systems, of which:

13 777,7

13 370,9

Visa International

11 550,7

10 476,5

MasterCard Worldwide

2 065,5

2 314,3

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

7 080,5

8 086,9

local systems

575,4

360,7

international systems, of which:

6 505,1

7 726,2

Visa International, of which:

5 234,8

5 956,4

-       debit

4 270,5

4 624,3

-       credit

352,0

926,3

-       debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

612,4

405,8

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 146,4

1 329,7

-       debit

1 066,4

1 203,5

-       credit

34,6

84,9

-       debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

45,5

41,3

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

68 827

94 015

commercial enterprises

61 607

86 378

banks

7 220

7 637

Numbers of imprinters (units), of which:

167

4

commercial enterprises

59

1

banks

108

3

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

8 902

9 390

with cash distribution function

7 734

7 926

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 168

1 464

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

38 789

56 958

Number of bank’s booths (units)

1 353

1 035

Number of payment terminals (units)[1]

13 350

14 654

 

Table 2

Specifications

As of 01.07.16

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.

11 997,4

2 373,2

788,8

13 870,9

6 615,4

1 024,4

447,2

Akmola region

371,7

3,3

20,5

369,1

222,3

1,7

14,7

Aktobe region

606,8

6,1

24,6

590,9

331,7

3,0

18,0

Almaty region

592,2

3,6

31,0

587,3

348,7

1,4

18,9

Atyrau region

535,5

7,5

23,6

517,1

303,0

4,1

13,9

East Kazakhstan reg.

937,0

9,3

49,7

921,9

568,8

4,6

30,3

Jambul region

510,3

2,6

9,9

492,3

323,5

1,4

5,7

West Kazakhstan reg.

451,2

5,6

10,8

427,3

250,5

2,7

4,9

Karaganda region

1 007,5

12,0

46,4

975,3

603,6

5,8

30,5

Kostanai region

535,3

3,9

17,3

496,3

320,4

2,1

10,6

Kyzylorda region

407,1

2,9

24,4

399,0

245,3

1,3

18,0

Mangistau region

483,7

6,2

21,8

467,7

269,8

3,1

13,2

Pavlodar region

574,1

7,4

26,8

553,5

327,7

4,0

16,3

North Kazakhstan reg.

304,8

2,7

13,7

296,5

185,7

1,4

10,8

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 153,6

6,2

59,7

1 129,4

682,3

2,4

38,6

Almaty city

2 522,7

2 276,7

361,4

4 667,7

1 109,6

974,3

176,5

Astana city

1 003,9

17,4

47,2

979,6

522,5

11,1

26,3

 

Table 3

Specifications

As of 01.07.16

Number of POS-terminals

Number of ATMs

Number of commercial enterprises

Number of bank’s booths

Number of payment terminals

Total, incl.

94 015

9 390

56 958

1 035

14 654

Akmola region

2 092

322

1 182

35

463

Aktobe region

3 462

495

1 691

66

804

Almaty region

2 450

376

1 393

37

471

Atyrau region

3 587

540

1 780

51

683

East Kazakhstan reg.

5 726

739

3 218

81

1 449

Jambul region

1 637

338

872

49

640

West Kazakhstan reg.

3 209

362

1 810

59

628

Karaganda region

8 156

743

5 311

89

1 680

Kostanai region

6 884

376

4 902

47

830

Kyzylorda region

1 413

299

716

38

431

Mangistau region

2 889

526

1 545

77

403

Pavlodar region

5 539

549

3 519

54

849

North Kazakhstan reg.

2 497

287

1 374

36

624

South Kazakhstan reg.

3 805

621

1 925

57

1 169

Almaty city

28 305

1 804

18 343

179

2 293

Astana city

12 364

1 013

7 377

80

1 237

 

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

Table 4

Specifications

June

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2015

Number of transactions (thousand) of which:

7 054,0

15 821,5

local systems

75,9

873,2

international systems, of which:

6 978,1

14 948,3

Visa International

6 054,2

12 144,0

MasterCard Worldwide

861,1

2 595,7

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

83 644,1

603 731,4

local systems

2 684,2

26 554,3

international systems, of which:

80 959,9

577 177,1

Visa International

69 405,2

476 861,8

MasterCard Worldwide

10 431,7

94 089,8

2016

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

9 609,6

19 118,6

local systems

35,9

565,7

international systems, of which:

9 573,7

18 552,9

Visa International

8 088,4

14 208,1

MasterCard Worldwide

1 385,5

3 558,8

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

135 175,4

809 775,6

local systems

4 552,1

20 291,7

international systems, of which:

130 623,2

789 483,8

Visa International

110 133,8

626 688,8

MasterCard Worldwide

18 916,1

138 452,8

Dynamics (%)

Number

36,2%

20,8%

local systems

-52,7%

-35,2%

international systems, of which:

37,2%

24,1%

Visa International

33,6%

17,0%

MasterCard Worldwide

60,9%

37,1%

Volume

61,6%

34,1%

local systems

69,6%

-23,6%

international systems, of which:

61,3%

36,8%

Visa International

58,7%

31,4%

MasterCard Worldwide

81,3%

47,1%

 

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

Table 5

Specifications

June

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

8 345,6

111 892,9

19 038,8

805 467,8

Akmola region

65,8

1 831,3

590,7

21 946,2

Aktobe region

212,8

3 367,6

967,2

36 404,1

Almaty region

104,5

2 106,9

891,5

37 638,3

Atyrau region

214,2

4 443,8

892,3

39 244,9

East Kazakhstan reg.

206,7

3 342,8

1 502,1

56 861,1

Jambul region

89,7

2 532,4

829,2

32 968,9

West Kazakhstan reg.

135,2

4 218,9

703,6

27 690,7

Karaganda region

268,9

4 611,7

1 615,7

63 747,3

Kostanai region

478,5

2 805,8

816,1

31 735,2

Kyzylorda region

103,5

1 409,2

629,4

28 227,3

Mangistau region

203,8

3 924,5

807,5

42 598,0

Pavlodar region

168,7

2 955,6

907,2

34 569,6

North Kazakhstan reg.

87,9

1 231,5

523,3

18 163,6

South Kazakhstan reg.

178,3

5 956,7

1 669,2

74 463,2

Almaty city

4 737,8

52 014,2

3 724,7

172 221,7

Astana city

1 089,4

15 140,0

1 969,1

86 987,9

 

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

June

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

8 345,6

111 892,9

19 038,8

805 467,8

POS - terminal

4 540,4

67 527,3

889,9

114 506,7

ATM

1 229,7

21 073,8

18 148,9

690 961,2

bank kiosk

38,9

784,6

-

-

Internet

2 535,5

22 502,8

-

-

payment terminal

1,1

4,5

-

-

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