Version ¹139 on 01/03/2016
As of March 01, 2016 actual origination of the payment cards were mainly realized by 26 banks and JSC “Kazpost”. These institutes issue and distribute payment cards of the international systems (their share consists of 95,2%) 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”; Smart Alem Card – JSC “Kazkommertsbank” and local card of Citibank Kazakhstan – JSC “Citibank Kazakhstan”.
As of March 01, 2016 banks have issued 16,5 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 14,3 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2015, there is a low of 2,2% and 3,8% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 76,2%, the share of credit cards - 13,8%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 2,2% and 7,8% respectively.
In February 2016 the volume of transactions with payment cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 778,1 bln. tenge (growth against February 2015 has totaled 26,0%). The number of transactions reached 25,3 mln. and increased by 22,7% versus February 2015. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 42,8% (number of transactions 8,7 mln. transactions) and 57,8% (the volume of transactions - 106,2 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 14,3% (number of transactions -16,6 mln. transactions) and 22,1%( the volume of transactions - 671,9 bln. tenge) respectively.
The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (55,3% and 63,4% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and ATMs (14,5% and 14,2% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (95,3% and 82,6% 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.
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Table 1 |
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Specifications |
As of 01.03.15 |
As of 01.03.16 |
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Total number of cards in circulation (thousand), of which: |
16 838,2 |
16 471,4 |
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local systems |
1 002,9 |
783,1 |
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international systems, of which: |
15 835,4 |
15 688,3 |
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Visa International, of which: |
13 564,9 |
12 607,1 |
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debit |
9 905,5 |
8 906,4 |
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credit |
2 824,1 |
2 139,4 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
835,3 |
1 561,3 |
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MasterCard Worldwide, of which: |
2 157,8 |
2 453,3 |
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debit |
2 003,6 |
2 252,2 |
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credit |
82,5 |
112,4 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
71,8 |
88,6 |
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Number of card holders (thousand), of which: |
14 827,1 |
14 263,2 |
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local systems |
875,9 |
668,0 |
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international systems, of which: |
13 951,3 |
13 595,2 |
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Visa International, of which: |
11 859,8 |
10 838,1 |
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MasterCard Worldwide, of which: |
1 997,9 |
2 295,6 |
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Number of used cards (thousand), of which: |
6 609,2 |
7 953,3 |
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local systems |
640,3 |
471,9 |
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international systems, of which: |
5 968,8 |
7 481,4 |
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Visa International, of which: |
4 926,5 |
5 831,8 |
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debit |
4 098,5 |
4 299,8 |
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credit |
344,2 |
459,2 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
483,9 |
1 072,8 |
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MasterCard Worldwide, of which: |
985,1 |
1 289,9 |
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debit |
906,9 |
1 172,0 |
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credit |
34,2 |
69,3 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
44,0 |
48,6 |
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Number of POS - terminals (units), of which: |
64 246 |
84 886 |
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commercial enterprises |
57 814 |
77 407 |
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banks |
6 432 |
7 479 |
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Numbers of imprinters (units), of which: |
168 |
4 |
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commercial enterprises |
60 |
1 |
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banks |
108 |
3 |
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Number of ATM (units) , of which: |
9 725 |
9 246 |
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with cash distribution function |
8 574 |
7 831 |
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with cash reception and distribution functions |
1 151 |
1 415 |
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Number of commercial enterprises (units) |
36 762 |
50 204 |
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Number of bank’s booths (units) |
1 404 |
1 147 |
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Number of payment terminals (units)[1] |
12 931 |
14 333 |
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Table 2 |
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Specifications |
As of 01.03.16 |
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Total number of cards in circulation (thousand) |
Number of card holders (thousand) |
Number of used payment cards (thousand |
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debit |
credit |
others[2] |
debit |
credit |
others |
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Total, incl. |
12 548,4 |
2 273,1 |
1 650,0 |
14 263,2 |
6 291,0 |
540,8 |
1 121,5 |
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Akmola region |
377,2 |
3,2 |
20,7 |
366,3 |
216,1 |
1,6 |
13,7 |
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Aktobe region |
668,1 |
6,4 |
47,0 |
649,4 |
324,6 |
3,0 |
33,2 |
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Almaty region |
593,9 |
3,7 |
36,4 |
583,2 |
329,8 |
1,5 |
23,0 |
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Atyrau region |
553,1 |
7,5 |
29,6 |
526,8 |
285,1 |
3,9 |
19,1 |
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East Kazakhstan reg. |
999,8 |
10,7 |
78,8 |
960,6 |
534,1 |
4,4 |
50,7 |
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Jambul region |
522,2 |
2,7 |
18,5 |
498,9 |
317,6 |
1,3 |
12,7 |
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West Kazakhstan reg. |
452,8 |
5,7 |
17,5 |
422,4 |
230,3 |
2,7 |
10,3 |
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Karaganda region |
1 048,4 |
12,0 |
88,6 |
1 018,6 |
587,1 |
5,5 |
60,9 |
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Kostanai region |
549,8 |
4,1 |
28,9 |
506,5 |
309,2 |
2,1 |
18,7 |
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Kyzylorda region |
424,6 |
2,9 |
27,4 |
409,3 |
236,3 |
1,3 |
20,9 |
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Mangistau region |
500,6 |
6,6 |
23,4 |
475,8 |
257,4 |
3,0 |
15,0 |
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Pavlodar region |
613,9 |
8,1 |
50,6 |
582,9 |
323,7 |
4,1 |
32,9 |
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North Kazakhstan reg. |
314,0 |
2,7 |
22,6 |
301,9 |
180,4 |
1,4 |
16,7 |
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South Kazakhstan reg. |
1 183,9 |
6,8 |
72,7 |
1 142,4 |
649,0 |
2,3 |
49,8 |
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Almaty city |
2 723,1 |
2 171,8 |
1 018,0 |
4 823,4 |
1 021,5 |
491,8 |
699,4 |
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Astana city |
1 023,1 |
18,2 |
69,4 |
994,8 |
488,7 |
10,9 |
44,1 |
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Table 3 |
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Specifications |
As of 01.03.16 |
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Number of POS-terminals |
Number of ATMs |
Number of commercial enterprises |
Number of bank’s booths |
Number of payment terminals |
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Total, incl. |
84 886 |
9 246 |
50 204 |
1 147 |
14 333 |
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Akmola region |
1 977 |
317 |
1 084 |
40 |
463 |
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Aktobe region |
3 133 |
514 |
1 486 |
67 |
815 |
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Almaty region |
2 266 |
363 |
1 274 |
43 |
525 |
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Atyrau region |
3 319 |
538 |
1 588 |
53 |
667 |
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East Kazakhstan reg. |
5 234 |
717 |
2 950 |
96 |
1 431 |
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Jambul region |
1 562 |
340 |
830 |
48 |
609 |
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West Kazakhstan reg. |
2 967 |
354 |
1 659 |
59 |
617 |
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Karaganda region |
7 062 |
740 |
4 490 |
136 |
1 589 |
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Kostanai region |
5 111 |
372 |
3 337 |
48 |
830 |
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Kyzylorda region |
1 284 |
292 |
650 |
44 |
431 |
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Mangistau region |
2 662 |
510 |
1 436 |
75 |
402 |
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Pavlodar region |
4 597 |
544 |
2 720 |
71 |
833 |
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North Kazakhstan reg. |
2 256 |
282 |
1 262 |
37 |
626 |
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South Kazakhstan reg. |
3 437 |
594 |
1 783 |
60 |
1 148 |
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Almaty city |
27 308 |
1 791 |
17 462 |
199 |
2 168 |
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Astana city |
10 711 |
978 |
6 193 |
71 |
1 179 |
Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the country
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Table 4 |
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Specifications |
February |
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Cashless payments |
Cash withdrawals |
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2015 |
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Number of transactions (thousand) of which; |
6 088,3 |
14 541,7 |
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local systems |
92,2 |
926,9 |
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international systems, of which: |
5 996,1 |
13 614,8 |
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Visa International |
5 171,7 |
11 252,9 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
772,7 |
2 272,6 |
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Volume (mln.tenge), of which; |
67 308,7 |
550 085,9 |
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local systems |
2 665,2 |
27 827,0 |
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international systems, of which: |
64 643,5 |
522 258,9 |
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Visa International |
55 908,4 |
440 889,2 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
7 777,8 |
78 116,5 |
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2016 |
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Number of transactions (thousand) of which; |
8 695,8 |
16 614,5 |
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local systems |
58,7 |
675,8 |
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international systems, of which: |
8 637,2 |
15 938,8 |
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Visa International |
7 365,3 |
12 223,8 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
1 193,1 |
3 141,8 |
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Volume (mln.tenge), of which; |
106 203,1 |
671 912,7 |
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local systems |
4 211,0 |
22 723,7 |
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international systems, of which: |
101 992,1 |
649 188,9 |
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Visa International |
84 556,7 |
521 138,2 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
16 067,2 |
110 576,0 |
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Dynamics (%) |
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Number |
42,8% |
14,3% |
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local systems |
-36,3% |
-27,1% |
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international systems, of which: |
44,0% |
17,1% |
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Visa International |
42,4% |
8,6% |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
54,4% |
38,2% |
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Volume |
57,8% |
22,1% |
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local systems |
58,0% |
-18,3% |
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international systems, of which: |
57,8% |
24,3% |
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Visa International |
51,2% |
18,2% |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
106,6% |
41,6% |
Use of the payment cards issued by Kazakhstan and foreign banks, on the territory of Kazakhstan, by regions
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Table 5 |
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Specifications |
February |
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Cashless payments |
Cash withdrawals |
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Number of transactions (thousand) |
Amount (mln.tenge) |
Number of transactions (thousand) |
Amount (mln.tenge) |
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Total, incl. |
7 718,7 |
88 352,6 |
16 508,3 |
665 707,0 |
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Akmola region |
53,4 |
1 129,5 |
518,0 |
17 923,8 |
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Aktobe region |
241,6 |
2 467,6 |
874,1 |
29 510,1 |
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Almaty region |
109,6 |
1 705,2 |
1 053,0 |
36 315,7 |
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Atyrau region |
181,3 |
3 566,6 |
807,0 |
33 257,7 |
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East Kazakhstan reg. |
175,6 |
2 626,1 |
1 224,4 |
43 369,8 |
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Jambul region |
101,6 |
1 090,1 |
751,8 |
26 469,7 |
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West Kazakhstan reg. |
118,6 |
4 450,5 |
605,1 |
21 937,1 |
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Karaganda region |
223,5 |
3 275,4 |
1 327,2 |
48 590,3 |
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Kostanai region |
476,6 |
1 918,2 |
779,3 |
27 312,8 |
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Kyzylorda region |
141,9 |
1 202,7 |
530,5 |
21 456,1 |
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Mangistau region |
189,5 |
3 510,6 |
737,2 |
38 909,2 |
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Pavlodar region |
144,5 |
2 025,1 |
808,4 |
29 036,2 |
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North Kazakhstan reg. |
77,9 |
1 004,9 |
516,1 |
16 196,6 |
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South Kazakhstan reg. |
167,2 |
3 210,3 |
1 402,0 |
52 797,4 |
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Almaty city |
4 447,3 |
44 280,1 |
2 934,6 |
155 745,5 |
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Astana city |
868,6 |
10 889,5 |
1 639,7 |
66 879,1 |
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
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Table 6 |
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Specifications |
February |
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Cashless payments |
Cash withdrawals |
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Number of transactions (thousand) |
Amount (mln.tenge) |
Number of transactions (thousand) |
Amount (mln.tenge) |
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Total, incl. |
7 718,7 |
88 352,6 |
16 508,3 |
665 707,0 |
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POS - terminal |
4 228,3 |
56 994,5 |
776,0 |
116 800,8 |
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ATM |
1 251,4 |
13 916,0 |
15 732,4 |
548 906,2 |
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bank kiosk |
45,7 |
782,1 |
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- |
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Internet |
2 193,2 |
16 660,1 |
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