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As of November 1, 2010, 20 second-tier banks and JSC «Kazpost» realise issue of payment cards. Second-tier banks issue payment cards of local systems: Altyn card – by JSC «Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan»; SmartAlemCard – by JSC «ВТА Bank»; SityCard - by JSC «Citybank Kazakhstan». Also commercial banks of Kazakhstan issue and distribute payment cards of international systems: VISA International, Europay International, American Express International, China Union Pay and Diners Club International.

As of November 1, 2010, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 8.5 million, the number of card holders was 7.9 million (growth - by 14.1% and 13.7% respectively, in comparison with the same period of the last year)[1]. As the most widespread cards, the cards of international payment systems have the share of 97.9% and the local cards – 2.1% respectively. As of November 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.9% and 2.1% correspondingly.

In October 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 294.6 billion (24.2% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In October 2010 volume of transactions was 11.6 million transactions (growth - by 10.6% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 16.3 % (2.2 million transactions) and 19.8 % (35.6 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 9.3 % (9.4 million transactions) and 24.8 % (258.9 billion tenge) accordingly.

More detailed data on development of Kazakhstan payment cards market are submitted in Tables 1 - 5.

Table 1

Figures

As of November 1, 2009

As of November 1, 2010

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

7 463.4

8 516.6

    - local systems

153.6

176.3

    - international systems, of which:

7 309.7

8 340.3

        Visa International

5 871.5

6 933.1

        Europay International

1 430.3

1 396.1

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 989.2

7 943.5

    - local systems

145.8

168.5

    -  international systems, of which:

6 843.4

7 775.0

       Visa International

5 460.9

6 430.0

       Europay International

1 374.7

1 334.1

Number of the used payment cards (thousand),of which:

3 537.5

4 073.5

    - local systems

89.9

92.9

    - international systems, of which:

3 447.6

3 980.6

        Visa International

2 671.6

3 288.2

        Europay International

771.7

686.5

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

22 218

25 199

    - at business enterprises

17 875

20 548

    - in banks

4 343

4 651

Number of imprinters, of which:

838

715

    - at business enterprises

445

409

    - in banks

393

306

Number of ATMs

6 847

7 498

Number of business enterprises

9 909

10 633

Monthly balances on which the transactions using payment cards (mln.KZT)

112 898.1

143 162.1

 

Table 2

Figures

As of November 1, 2010

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of the used payment cards (thousand)

Total on the Republic

8 507.1

7 844.2

4 069.2

Akmola

273.1

256.5

153.7

Aktubinsk

473.6

449.2

230.6

Almaty

298.4

285.2

159.8

Atyrau

416.1

382.8

188.3

East Kazakhstan

674.5

633.9

346.0

Jambul

327.2

315.0

184.7

West Kazakhstan

303.0

283.1

138.7

Karaganda

842.4

796.8

421.5

Kostanai

316.6

299.9

171.8

Kyzylorda

307.2

292.0

169.9

Mangistau

401.4

372.9

191.6

Pavlodar

467.6

429.0

234.3

North Kazakhstan

212.0

201.0

108.6

South Kazakhstan

581.8

553.7

286.9

Almaty (city)

1 977.8

1 719.3

796.6

Astana (city)

634.6

573.7

286.2

 

Table 3

Figures

As of November 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

25 199

715

7 498

10 633

Akmola

606

4

259

298

Aktubinsk

1 207

12

410

446

Almaty

538

9

301

147

Atyrau

1 217

46

440

508

East Kazakhstan

1 644

26

601

758

Jambul

652

6

272

265

West Kazakhstan

889

17

286

330

Karaganda

1 832

24

670

686

Kostanai

790

19

304

324

Kyzylorda

422

5

207

195

Mangistau

933

15

384

430

Pavlodar

1 238

12

458

547

North Kazakhstan

682

8

224

298

South Kazakhstan

1 108

13

475

420

Almaty (city)

8 051

420

1 465

3 406

Astana (city)

3 390

79

742

1 575

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the territory of Kazakhstan, in October 2010 (the transactions with American Express International, Diners Club International, Visa International and Europay International payment cards that are distributed by commercial banks of Kazakhstan are not included)

Table 4

Figures

October

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 850.1

8 599.5

    - local systems

41.5

206.1

    - international systems, of which:

1 808.5

8 393.5

        Visa International

1 458.2

6 665.9

        Europay International

348.3

1 720.4

Value of payments (mln.KZT), of which:

29 744.7

207 447.5

    - local systems

670.3

4 809.3

    - international systems, of which:

29 074.3

202 638.2

        Visa International

25 699.1

165 222.9

        Europay International

3 332.2

37 209.9

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

2 151.6

9 400.9

    - local systems

42.6

214.7

    - international systems, of which:

2 109.0

9 186.1

        Visa International

1 737.3

7 686.1

        Europay International

369.2

1 493.3

Value of payments (mln.KZT), of which:

35 641.1

258 946.1

    - local systems

911.7

5 536.7

    - international systems, of which:

34 729.5

253 409.4

        Visa International

28 033.8

214 930.2

        Europay International

6 647.3

38 279.1

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

16.3%

9.3%

    - local systems

2.7%

4.2%

    - international systems, of which:

16.6%

9.4%

        Visa International

19.1%

15.3%

        Europay International

6.0%

-13.2%

Value of payments, of which:

19.8%

24.8%

    - local systems

36.0%

15.1%

    - international systems, of which:

19.5%

25.1%

        Visa International

9.1%

30.1%

        Europay International

99.5%

2.9%

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in October 2010 (the transactions with American Express International, Diners Club International, Visa International and Europay International payment cards that are distributed by commercial banks of Kazakhstan are included)

Table 5

Figures

October

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

Volume of payments (thousand)

Value of payments (mln.KZT)

Volume of payments (thousand)

Value of payments (mln.KZT)

Total on the Republic

1 980.0

32 798.7

9 305.1

255 541.8

Akmola

22.6

672.5

304.9

6 998.2

Aktubinsk

55.1

1 181.3

522.5

13 036.5

Almaty

48.2

1 076.9

324.1

8 789.0

Atyrau

54.1

4 758.5

490.0

14 251.2

East Kazakhstan

141.1

1 397.2

805.2

18 844.6

Jambul

45.4

1 391.5

358.0

8 906.3

West Kazakhstan

76.4

1 417.3

350.7

8 620.3

Karaganda

77.5

1 211.2

919.8

21 252.6

Kostanai

49.5

490.6

380.1

8 925.8

Kyzylorda

69.2

779.6

293.1

8 217.4

Mangistau

69.2

1 727.4

473.8

17 424.0

Pavlodar

84.4

680.6

451.0

10 976.2

North Kazakhstan

34.2

206.0

254.3

5 435.8

South Kazakhstan

42.0

1 546.1

566.0

15 369.6

Almaty (city)

897.4

10 480.6

1 964.0

62 589.2

Astana (city)

213.6

3 781.4

847.6

25 905.0

 

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