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As of November 01, 2015 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 93,5%) 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 November 01, 2015 banks have issued 16,7 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 14,6 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2014, there is a low of 1,9% and 2,5% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 78,6%, the share of credit cards - 15,3%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 2,0% and 4,0% respectively.

In October 2015 the volume of transactions with payment cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 710,2 bln. tenge (growth against October 2014 has totaled 3,2%). The number of transactions reached 23,3 mln. and increased by 11,5% versus October 2014. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 33,2% (number of transactions 7,5 mln. transactions) and 13,1% (the volume of transactions - 94,0 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 3,6% (number of transactions -15,9 mln. transactions) and 1,9%( the volume of transactions - 616,3 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (55,7% and 66,1% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and ATMs (17,3% and 16,1% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (95,8% and 86,2% 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 01.11.14

As of 01.11.15

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

16 987,6

16 666,2

local systems

846,3

1 081,8

international systems, of which:

16 141,3

15 791,5

Visa International, of which:

14 028,9

12 693,5

debit

9 891,4

9 521,4

credit

3 265,2

2 465,7

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

872,2

706,5

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

2 040,7

2 437,7

debit

1 879,8

2 275,6

credit

87,4

70,4

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

73,5

91,8

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

14 912,7

14 546,6

local systems

754,6

847,2

international systems, of which:

14 158,0

13 789,1

Visa International, of which:

12 233,4

11 111,1

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 858,1

2 275,5

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

6 815,0

7 332,5

local systems

529,8

697,1

international systems, of which:

6 285,2

6 795,2

Visa International, of which:

5 279,3

5 194,4

debit

4 505,4

4 303,7

credit

330,0

359,5

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

443,8

531,2

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

957,0

1 219,3

debit

877,3

1 130,1

credit

33,2

37,7

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

46,5

51,6

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

59 774

72 066

commercial enterprises

53 293

64 888

banks

6 481

7 178

Numbers of imprinters (units), of which:

168

3

commercial enterprises

60

1

banks

108

2

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

9 099

8 945

with cash distribution function

7 944

7 745

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 155

1 200

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

34 033

40 467

Number of bank’s booths (units)

1 312

1 420

Number of payment terminals (units)[1]

12 221

13 857

 

Table 2

Specifications

As of 01.11.15

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.

13 103,5

2 557,2

1 005,5

14 546,6

6 180,5

409,4

742,6

Akmola region

389,0

3,1

15,6

372,5

211,5

1,5

10,2

Aktobe region

656,6

6,4

27,8

620,6

320,2

2,8

19,4

Almaty region

617,0

3,9

30,9

592,1

322,8

1,4

19,0

Atyrau region

586,5

7,5

23,8

550,2

277,7

3,7

15,2

East Kazakhstan reg.

1 084,0

10,9

57,8

1 008,6

528,7

4,3

38,4

Jambul region

537,8

2,9

12,5

506,3

310,4

1,2

8,6

West Kazakhstan reg.

464,6

5,7

13,2

425,1

223,2

2,6

7,1

Karaganda region

1 091,6

11,6

60,1

1 040,1

580,7

5,0

41,1

Kostanai region

574,0

4,2

18,9

514,1

303,9

2,1

11,9

Kyzylorda region

446,7

2,9

21,9

421,9

234,4

1,3

16,7

Mangistau region

526,4

6,2

20,6

492,5

255,0

2,7

13,2

Pavlodar region

660,7

8,2

34,3

606,5

319,1

4,0

22,9

North Kazakhstan reg.

327,3

2,6

17,5

308,8

178,2

1,3

13,3

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 208,5

7,0

59,5

1 150,0

616,9

2,1

42,7

Almaty city

2 876,4

2 456,4

535,4

4 929,6

1 017,9

362,9

427,8

Astana city

1 056,4

17,9

55,7

1 007,9

479,9

10,4

35,2

 

Table 3

Specifications

As of 01.11.15

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of commercial enterprises

Number of bank’s booths

Number of payment terminals

Total, incl.

72 066

3

8 945

40 467

1 420

13 857

Akmola region

1 746

-

299

908

50

451

Aktobe region

2 712

-

480

1 195

83

801

Almaty region

1 880

-

358

951

102

471

Atyrau region

2 784

-

521

1 220

61

647

East Kazakhstan reg.

4 483

-

708

2 332

116

1 326

Jambul region

1 407

-

330

710

62

546

West Kazakhstan reg.

2 393

-

339

1 160

70

607

Karaganda region

5 661

-

728

3 421

145

1 614

Kostanai region

3 981

-

359

2 382

51

804

Kyzylorda region

1 170

-

278

543

49

439

Mangistau region

2 387

-

508

1 242

82

372

Pavlodar region

3 790

-

524

2 038

80

813

North Kazakhstan reg.

1 803

-

264

970

41

618

South Kazakhstan reg.

3 101

-

561

1 594

77

1 139

Almaty city

23 751

2

1 738

14 596

254

2 092

Astana city

9 017

1

950

5 205

97

1 117

 

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

Table 4

Specifications

October

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2014

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

5 598,4

15 308,0

local systems

95,5

914,4

international systems, of which:

5 502,9

14 393,5

Visa International

4 632,7

12 147,4

MasterCard Worldwide

820,5

2 213,0

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

83 064,4

605 002,7

local systems

3 110,3

28 129,4

international systems, of which:

79 954,0

576 873,3

Visa International

68 673,8

497 559,1

MasterCard Worldwide

10 228,5

78 108,3

2015

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

7 456,9

15 861,8

local systems

67,6

740,6

international systems, of which:

7 389,3

15 121,2

Visa International

6 405,5

11 970,8

MasterCard Worldwide

918,0

2 815,9

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

93 960,8

616 280,6

local systems

2 770,3

23 287,9

international systems, of which:

91 190,5

592 992,7

Visa International

77 959,5

483 904,4

MasterCard Worldwide

11 894,0

99 430,0

Dynamics (%)

Number

33,2%

3,6%

local systems

-29,2%

-19,0%

international systems, of which:

34,3%

5,1%

Visa International

38,3%

-1,5%

MasterCard Worldwide

11,9%

27,2%

Volume

13,1%

1,9%

local systems

-10,9%

-17,2%

international systems, of which:

14,1%

2,8%

Visa International

13,5%

-2,7%

MasterCard Worldwide

16,3%

27,3%

 

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

Table 5

Specifications

October

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

6 525,8

75 938,9

15 745,1

608 916,3

Akmola region

45,6

913,7

481,8

16 232,9

Aktobe region

170,1

2 107,0

804,7

27 637,5

Almaty region

98,0

1 536,2

704,5

26 257,4

Atyrau region

163,6

2 788,6

740,0

30 572,3

East Kazakhstan reg.

173,8

2 210,8

1 226,7

41 793,4

Jambul region

94,8

1 226,2

663,7

23 252,0

West Kazakhstan reg.

106,9

2 717,4

573,0

19 840,0

Karaganda region

205,4

2 836,3

1 377,7

49 304,6

Kostanai region

463,9

1 489,4

677,2

23 502,2

Kyzylorda region

100,4

855,3

484,9

18 856,9

Mangistau region

168,8

3 109,0

666,2

35 626,8

Pavlodar region

130,0

1 514,6

744,3

26 464,2

North Kazakhstan reg.

60,2

652,5

411,1

12 642,9

South Kazakhstan reg.

157,1

3 904,9

1 300,4

48 114,8

Almaty city

3 571,9

36 731,1

3 174,1

138 632,3

Astana city

815,3

11 345,7

1 714,7

70 186,1

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

Table 6

Specifications

October

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

6 525,8

75 938,9

15 745,1

608 916,3

POS - terminal

3 617,8

50 968,4

658,4

84 491,6

ATM

1 277,7

14 312,0

15 086,7

524 424,8

bank kiosk

59,9

1 142,3

-

-

Internet

1 570,4

9 516,2

-

-

 

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