Version ¹128 on 01/04/2015
As of April 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 94,1%) 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”; Smart Alem Card – JSC “BTA Bank” and local card of Citibank Kazakhstan – JSC “Citibank Kazakhstan”.
As of April 01, 2015 banks have issued 16,8 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 14,8 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2014, there is a growth of 2,6% and 3,1% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 77,3%, the share of credit cards - 16,9%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 1,7% and 4,1% respectively.
In March 2015 the volume of transactions with credit cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 666,0 bln. tenge (growth against March 2014 has totaled 13,8%). The number of transactions reached 23,1 mln. and increased by 16,9% versus March 2014. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 32,9% (number of transactions 6,9 mln. transactions) and 3,3% (the volume of transactions - 80,2 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 11,2% (number of transactions -16,2 mln. transactions) and 15,4%( the volume of transactions - 585,8 bln. tenge) respectively.
The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (55,3% and 68,8% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and ATMs (22,7% and 17,2% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (96,2% and 86,9% 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 01.04.14 |
As of 01.04.15 |
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Total number of cards in circulation (thousand), of which: |
16 404,2 |
16 833,0 |
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local systems |
771,3 |
988,8 |
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international systems, of which: |
15 632,9 |
15 844,2 |
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Visa International, of which: |
13 808,4 |
13 550,7 |
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debit |
9 468,8 |
9 906,1 |
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credit |
3 483,6 |
2 741,4 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
856,0 |
903,2 |
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MasterCard Worldwide, of which: |
1 784,7 |
2 162,1 |
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debit |
1 628,7 |
2 012,3 |
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credit |
90,1 |
77,8 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
65,9 |
71,9 |
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Number of card holders (thousand), of which: |
14 374,4 |
14 823,7 |
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local systems |
707,5 |
863,7 |
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international systems, of which: |
13 666,9 |
13 960,1 |
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Visa International, of which: |
11 982,1 |
11 835,7 |
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MasterCard Worldwide, of which: |
1 647,0 |
2 015,6 |
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Number of used cards (thousand), of which: |
6 607,7 |
7 023,3 |
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local systems |
496,3 |
637,8 |
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international systems, of which: |
6 111,3 |
6 385,5 |
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Visa International, of which: |
5 228,5 |
5 255,4 |
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debit |
4 423,0 |
4 353,4 |
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credit |
310,1 |
359,1 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
495,5 |
542,9 |
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MasterCard Worldwide, of which: |
864,2 |
1 055,6 |
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debit |
792,2 |
977,2 |
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credit |
33,7 |
34,5 |
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Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid |
38,3 |
43,9 |
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Number of POS - terminals (units), of which: |
50 714 |
65 604 |
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commercial enterprises |
44 314 |
59 159 |
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banks |
6 400 |
6 445 |
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Numbers of imprinters (units), of which: |
168 |
168 |
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commercial enterprises |
60 |
60 |
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banks |
108 |
108 |
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Number of ATM (units) , of which: |
8 890 |
9 740 |
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with cash distribution function |
7 769 |
8 580 |
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with cash reception and distribution functions |
1 121 |
1 160 |
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Number of commercial enterprises (units) |
26 283 |
38 077 |
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Number of bank’s booths (units) |
5 051 |
1 393 |
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Number of payment terminals (units)[1] |
- |
13 785 |
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Table 2 |
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Specifications |
As of 01.04.15 |
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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. |
13 018,7 |
2 839,2 |
975,2 |
14 823,7 |
6 030,3 |
406,1 |
586,9 |
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Akmola region |
369,7 |
3,3 |
10,8 |
358,2 |
203,8 |
1,4 |
6,4 |
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Aktobe region |
645,5 |
6,0 |
11,5 |
606,1 |
316,3 |
2,7 |
6,4 |
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Almaty region |
582,9 |
5,1 |
24,8 |
564,0 |
309,7 |
1,5 |
14,5 |
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Atyrau region |
587,4 |
8,3 |
17,4 |
546,2 |
270,2 |
3,6 |
10,1 |
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East Kazakhstan reg. |
1 063,2 |
12,3 |
28,5 |
983,7 |
517,3 |
4,3 |
16,6 |
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Jambul region |
519,4 |
3,3 |
7,0 |
492,9 |
302,5 |
1,1 |
4,0 |
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West Kazakhstan reg. |
437,7 |
6,2 |
9,8 |
405,7 |
216,0 |
2,4 |
4,4 |
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Karaganda region |
1 052,2 |
11,3 |
36,2 |
1 001,9 |
575,5 |
4,5 |
22,6 |
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Kostanai region |
551,6 |
4,5 |
9,2 |
499,0 |
297,0 |
2,1 |
4,3 |
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Kyzylorda region |
444,6 |
3,4 |
7,3 |
411,7 |
232,0 |
1,2 |
4,3 |
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Mangistau region |
516,8 |
6,4 |
17,0 |
484,4 |
252,8 |
2,4 |
10,2 |
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Pavlodar region |
647,0 |
9,4 |
23,3 |
596,3 |
312,1 |
4,0 |
14,3 |
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North Kazakhstan reg. |
313,5 |
2,5 |
7,5 |
293,5 |
173,4 |
1,1 |
4,4 |
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South Kazakhstan reg. |
1 144,0 |
8,8 |
41,9 |
1 098,3 |
593,4 |
2,1 |
27,7 |
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Almaty city |
3 125,2 |
2 730,9 |
683,7 |
5 505,8 |
1 001,3 |
362,1 |
413,1 |
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Astana city |
1 017,9 |
17,5 |
39,6 |
975,9 |
457,0 |
9,6 |
23,6 |
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Table 3 |
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Specifications |
As of 01.04.15 |
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Number of POS-terminals |
Number of imprinters |
Number of ATMs |
Number of commercial enterprises |
Number of bank’s booths |
Number of payment terminals |
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Total, incl. |
65 604 |
168 |
9 740 |
38 077 |
1 393 |
13 785 |
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Akmola region |
1 596 |
- |
313 |
870 |
43 |
496 |
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Aktobe region |
2 512 |
5 |
508 |
1 200 |
80 |
792 |
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Almaty region |
1 577 |
3 |
376 |
881 |
57 |
448 |
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Atyrau region |
2 574 |
4 |
568 |
1 105 |
61 |
623 |
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East Kazakhstan reg. |
3 974 |
17 |
780 |
2 079 |
112 |
1 281 |
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Jambul region |
1 214 |
4 |
360 |
700 |
64 |
546 |
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West Kazakhstan reg. |
2 121 |
5 |
384 |
1 075 |
70 |
575 |
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Karaganda region |
5 075 |
11 |
850 |
3 252 |
158 |
1 516 |
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Kostanai region |
3 556 |
6 |
409 |
2 252 |
50 |
852 |
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Kyzylorda region |
950 |
3 |
313 |
469 |
45 |
371 |
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Mangistau region |
2 042 |
5 |
530 |
1 124 |
81 |
437 |
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Pavlodar region |
3 230 |
6 |
562 |
1 835 |
78 |
851 |
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North Kazakhstan reg. |
1 675 |
2 |
295 |
925 |
40 |
646 |
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South Kazakhstan reg. |
2 947 |
6 |
622 |
1 586 |
75 |
1 157 |
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Almaty city |
22 331 |
80 |
1 873 |
13 899 |
255 |
2 054 |
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Astana city |
8 230 |
11 |
997 |
4 825 |
124 |
1 140 |
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 |
March |
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Cashless payments |
Cash withdrawals |
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2014 |
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Number of transactions (thousand) of which; |
5 210,3 |
14 550,0 |
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local systems |
100,1 |
858,3 |
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international systems, of which: |
5 110,3 |
13 691,7 |
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Visa International |
4 072,0 |
10 867,7 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
667,8 |
1 909,0 |
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Volume (mln.tenge), of which; |
77 613,0 |
507 800,9 |
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local systems |
1 166,2 |
24 697,5 |
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international systems, of which: |
76 446,8 |
483 103,4 |
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Visa International |
58 756,3 |
381 623,5 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
9 245,0 |
62 257,4 |
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2015 |
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Number of transactions (thousand) of which; |
6 925,5 |
16 172,7 |
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local systems |
96,0 |
969,9 |
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international systems, of which: |
6 829,5 |
15 202,9 |
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Visa International |
5 874,7 |
12 530,7 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
893,2 |
2 545,1 |
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Volume (mln.tenge), of which; |
80 156,2 |
585 818,1 |
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local systems |
2 426,1 |
28 374,9 |
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international systems, of which: |
77 730,1 |
557 443,2 |
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Visa International |
66 509,9 |
467 892,5 |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
10 034,5 |
85 355,3 |
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Dynamics (%) |
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Number |
32,9% |
11,2% |
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local systems |
-4,1% |
13,0% |
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international systems, of which: |
33,6% |
11,0% |
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Visa International |
44,3% |
15,3% |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
33,8% |
33,3% |
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Volume |
3,3% |
15,4% |
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local systems |
108,0% |
14,9% |
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international systems, of which: |
1,7% |
15,4% |
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Visa International |
13,2% |
22,6% |
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MasterCard Worldwide |
8,5% |
37,1% |
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 |
March |
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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. |
5 806,2 |
61 862,4 |
15 900,9 |
573 672,5 |
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Akmola region |
44,1 |
774,9 |
490,4 |
15 474,5 |
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Aktobe region |
164,9 |
1 801,8 |
838,6 |
27 840,8 |
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Almaty region |
111,9 |
1 985,3 |
708,4 |
24 609,5 |
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Atyrau region |
162,7 |
2 492,4 |
758,3 |
29 161,4 |
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East Kazakhstan reg. |
176,1 |
1 700,8 |
1 254,3 |
40 838,4 |
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Jambul region |
111,5 |
1 287,8 |
694,5 |
22 631,4 |
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West Kazakhstan reg. |
112,3 |
1 884,8 |
588,3 |
18 673,7 |
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Karaganda region |
210,4 |
2 612,0 |
1 406,0 |
47 398,3 |
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Kostanai region |
467,7 |
1 117,9 |
686,8 |
22 096,6 |
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Kyzylorda region |
123,4 |
866,8 |
509,1 |
19 221,2 |
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Mangistau region |
182,8 |
2 778,2 |
725,3 |
37 386,7 |
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Pavlodar region |
128,3 |
1 149,8 |
762,7 |
25 987,2 |
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North Kazakhstan reg. |
54,2 |
487,9 |
431,2 |
12 723,0 |
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South Kazakhstan reg. |
163,2 |
3 166,1 |
1 292,8 |
45 198,0 |
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Almaty city |
2 852,0 |
28 445,7 |
3 089,8 |
121 576,6 |
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Astana city |
740,7 |
9 310,3 |
1 664,2 |
62 855,1 |
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 |
March |
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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. |
5 806,2 |
61 862,4 |
15 900,9 |
573 672,5 |
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POS - terminal |
3 139,2 |
42 384,4 |
604,4 |
74 628,2 |
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ATM |
1 569,9 |
13 342,1 |
15 296,5 |
499 044,2 |
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bank kiosk |
89,7 |
1 550,6 |
- |
- |
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Internet |
997,5 |
4 576,3 |
- |
- |
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mobile phone |
9,8 |
8,8 |
- |
- |
