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As of June 01, 2015 actual origination of the payment cards were mainly realized by 27 banks and JSC “Kazpost”. These institutes issue and distribute payment cards of the international systems (their share consists of 94,4%) 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 “BTA Bank” and local card of Citibank Kazakhstan – JSC “Citibank Kazakhstan”.

As of June 01, 2015 banks have issued 16,9 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 14,9 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2014, there is a growth of 3,7% and 4,1% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 77,9%, the share of credit cards - 16,1%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 1,7% and 4,3% respectively.

In May 2015 the volume of transactions with credit cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 640,9 bln. tenge (growth against May 2014 has totaled 3,7%). The number of transactions reached 22,2 mln. and increased by 9,3% versus May 2014. At that, the number of cashless payments went up to 28,8% (number of transactions 6,8 mln. transactions) and their amount decreased to 4,1% (the volume of transactions made 76,1 bln. tenge), number and volume of operations with cash withdrawals went up to 2,5% (number of transactions - 15,4 mln. transactions) and 4,9%( the volume of transactions - 564,8 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (55,8% and 66,6% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and ATMs (20,6% and 18,7% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (96,0% and 87,8% 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 01.06.14

As of 01.06.15

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

16 322,1

16 925,9

local systems

801,5

952,4

international systems, of which:

15 520,6

15 973,5

Visa International, of which:

13 710,6

13 531,1

debit

9 656,4

9 960,6

credit

3 601,0

2 631,2

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

453,3

939,3

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 772,7

2 265,6

debit

1 614,4

2 121,1

credit

89,8

71,3

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

68,5

73,1

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

14 293,1

14 877,9

local systems

728,7

831,6

international systems, of which:

13 564,4

14 046,3

Visa International, of which:

11 894,3

11 794,8

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 634,8

2 106,2

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

6 454,8

7 066,4

local systems

509,0

613,4

international systems, of which:

5 945,8

6 453,0

Visa International, of which:

5 089,6

5 249,9

debit

4 471,0

4 281,5

credit

297,4

353,1

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

321,2

615,3

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

837,4

1 096,5

debit

761,6

1 019,9

credit

33,1

33,7

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

42,7

42,9

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

52 463

67 324

commercial enterprises

46 019

60 386

banks

6 444

6 938

Numbers of imprinters (units), of which:

168

167

commercial enterprises

60

59

banks

108

108

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

8 813

9 771

with cash distribution function

7 712

8 584

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 101

1 187

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

28 373

38 067

Number of bank’s booths (units)

6 562

1 164

Number of payment terminals (units)[1]

-

13 378

 

Table 2

Specifications

As of 01.06.15

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.

13 190,6

2 722,8

1 012,5

14 877,9

6 009,2

399,0

658,2

Akmola region

373,8

3,3

11,8

362,1

203,3

1,5

7,3

Aktobe region

654,2

6,2

14,2

617,4

312,4

2,7

8,8

Almaty region

593,1

4,7

25,4

572,9

310,9

1,4

15,2

Atyrau region

587,0

8,0

18,4

543,7

267,3

3,6

11,0

East Kazakhstan reg.

1 077,3

12,0

33,6

999,9

516,3

4,3

21,0

Jambul region

525,8

3,1

7,9

498,2

300,3

1,1

4,9

West Kazakhstan reg.

442,0

6,2

10,3

409,3

214,2

2,4

5,0

Karaganda region

1 060,6

11,3

39,8

1 011,8

571,1

4,6

25,8

Kostanai region

558,8

4,6

10,2

506,2

295,6

2,2

5,2

Kyzylorda region

451,8

3,2

10,8

419,8

229,0

1,2

7,0

Mangistau region

520,9

6,0

17,5

486,4

249,7

2,4

10,7

Pavlodar region

653,4

9,2

24,6

604,2

310,0

4,0

15,7

North Kazakhstan reg.

318,2

2,5

8,9

298,7

172,7

1,1

5,8

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 169,1

8,5

45,9

1 122,1

595,7

2,1

31,2

Almaty city

3 171,7

2 617,1

690,5

5 437,5

1 001,2

355,8

457,3

Astana city

1 032,9

16,8

42,6

987,7

459,5

8,8

26,2

 

Table 3

Specifications

As of 01.06.15

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.

67 324

167

9 771

38 067

1 164

13 378

Akmola region

1 580

-

314

839

35

444

Aktobe region

2 620

5

509

1 215

77

763

Almaty region

1 679

3

376

903

44

433

Atyrau region

2 608

4

566

1 105

53

631

East Kazakhstan reg.

4 101

17

783

2 084

88

1 316

Jambul region

1 309

4

361

687

59

498

West Kazakhstan reg.

2 181

4

377

1 067

64

600

Karaganda region

5 231

11

843

3 221

99

1 540

Kostanai region

3 767

6

408

2 301

48

805

Kyzylorda region

1 027

3

315

499

46

416

Mangistau region

2 112

5

534

1 130

74

399

Pavlodar region

3 374

6

564

1 882

64

821

North Kazakhstan reg.

1 679

2

296

936

36

626

South Kazakhstan reg.

3 122

6

624

1 536

68

1 097

Almaty city

22 541

80

1 892

13 849

205

1 940

Astana city

8 393

11

1 009

4 813

104

1 049

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

Table 4

Specifications

May

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2014

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

5 259,0

15 002,6

local systems

99,3

893,9

international systems, of which:

5 159,7

14 108,7

Visa International

3 740,5

10 941,3

MasterCard Worldwide

629,4

1 875,3

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

79 300,0

538 626,3

local systems

1 039,5

26 217,6

international systems, of which:

78 260,5

512 408,7

Visa International

50 405,4

400 914,6

MasterCard Worldwide

7 523,8

65 534,4

2015

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

6 771,5

15 380,2

local systems

84,4

889,5

international systems, of which:

6 687,1

14 490,7

Visa International

5 810,9

11 868,7

MasterCard Worldwide

813,5

2 445,1

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

76 083,8

564 795,9

local systems

2 268,7

26 546,9

international systems, of which:

73 815,1

538 248,9

Visa International

63 404,9

448 113,5

MasterCard Worldwide

9 334,2

84 717,0

Dynamics (%)

Number

28,8%

2,5%

local systems

-15,0%

-0,5%

international systems, of which:

29,6%

2,7%

Visa International

55,4%

8,5%

MasterCard Worldwide

29,3%

30,4%

Volume

-4,1%

4,9%

local systems

118,2%

1,3%

international systems, of which:

-5,7%

5,0%

Visa International

25,8%

11,8%

MasterCard Worldwide

24,1%

29,3%

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.

5 894,9

62 900,5

15 275,6

560 817,9

Akmola region

42,7

1 432,3

463,2

15 158,9

Aktobe region

161,8

1 817,7

794,2

26 413,7

Almaty region

97,3

1 805,2

682,8

24 707,4

Atyrau region

156,3

2 385,6

707,4

27 847,6

East Kazakhstan reg.

166,3

1 877,0

1 214,5

40 487,9

Jambul region

94,2

1 331,6

650,4

21 739,6

West Kazakhstan reg.

106,9

2 270,3

557,5

18 359,4

Karaganda region

211,6

2 297,7

1 353,7

47 050,3

Kostanai region

468,5

1 447,7

655,5

21 744,5

Kyzylorda region

105,6

797,4

473,9

18 369,6

Mangistau region

153,8

2 710,3

637,9

33 166,1

Pavlodar region

124,3

1 282,6

729,9

24 891,4

North Kazakhstan reg.

53,1

571,1

410,1

12 401,1

South Kazakhstan reg.

145,9

3 227,0

1 251,1

45 020,6

Almaty city

3 058,4

27 987,1

3 081,6

121 288,2

Astana city

748,3

9 659,9

1 611,9

62 171,6

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.

5 894,9

62 900,5

15 275,6

560 817,9

POS - terminal

3 269,3

42 680,5

619,1

69 224,4

ATM

1 393,5

13 638,6

14 656,5

491 593,5

bank kiosk

61,5

724,3

-

-

Internet

1 162,4

5 849,7

-

-

mobile phone

8,3

7,4

-

-

 

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