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As of October 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 October 1, 2010, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 8.4 million, the number of card holders was 7.8 million (growth - by 14.3% and 13.9% 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 October 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.9% and 2.1% correspondingly.

In September 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 295.8 billion (20.9% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In September 2010 volume of transactions was 11.4 million transactions (growth - by 6.4% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 10.2 % (2.1 million transactions) and 22.3% (39.2 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 5.6% (9.3 million transactions) and 20.7% (256.6 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of October 1, 2009

As of October 1, 2010

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

7 342.8

8 394.5

    - local systems

151.8

174.4

    - international systems, of which:

7 191.0

8 220.1

        Visa International

5 756.8

6 826.7

        Europay International

1 426.3

1 382.6

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 884.7

7 838.7

    - local systems

144.0

166.5

    -  international systems, of which:

6 740.7

7 672.2

       Visa International

5 362.0

6 347.9

       Europay International

1 371.1

1 313.7

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

3 407.0

3 904.9

    - local systems

88.1

90.9

    - international systems, of which:

3 318.9

3 814.0

        Visa International

2 584.3

3 149.0

        Europay International

730.4

659.5

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

21 950

24 871

    - at business enterprises

17 631

20 233

    - in banks

4 319

4 638

Number of imprinters, of which:

850

720

    - at business enterprises

456

415

    - in banks

394

305

Number of ATMs

6 808

7 441

Number of business enterprises

9 784

10 564

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

111 943.3

145 567.7

 

Table 2

Figures

As of October 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

8 385.4

7 735.9

3 900.8

Akmola

269.5

254.3

147.9

Aktubinsk

464.2

441.1

220.1

Almaty

292.3

279.2

149.6

Atyrau

410.9

377.8

187.4

East Kazakhstan

664.5

624.8

333.3

Jambul

321.7

310.9

177.9

West Kazakhstan

296.6

277.7

135.8

Karaganda

833.1

787.9

401.8

Kostanai

312.7

296.1

163.9

Kyzylorda

302.1

287.6

163.6

Mangistau

399.3

369.3

187.0

Pavlodar

453.1

422.4

226.1

North Kazakhstan

207.9

197.4

103.9

South Kazakhstan

569.0

540.5

266.1

Almaty (city)

1 961.4

1 702.4

766.1

Astana (city)

627.3

566.5

270.3

 

Table 3

Figures

As of October 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

24 871

720

7 441

10 564

Akmola

585

4

254

290

Aktubinsk

1 199

12

411

457

Almaty

539

9

299

146

Atyrau

1 219

46

436

503

East Kazakhstan

1 632

26

598

771

Jambul

645

6

270

265

West Kazakhstan

878

17

288

325

Karaganda

1 861

24

664

722

Kostanai

782

19

298

320

Kyzylorda

424

5

208

195

Mangistau

913

15

378

425

Pavlodar

1 253

12

451

563

North Kazakhstan

681

8

224

292

South Kazakhstan

1 108

13

470

421

Almaty (city)

7 909

424

1 459

3 321

Astana (city)

3 243

80

733

1 548

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

September

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 924.0

8 811.8

    - local systems

43.9

219.5

    - international systems, of which:

1 880.1

8 592.3

        Visa International

1 510.7

6 809.4

        Europay International

367.7

1 773.9

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

32 050.1

212 524.2

    - local systems

897.4

5 071.6

    - international systems, of which:

31 152.7

207 452.6

        Visa International

26 889.9

169 087.1

        Europay International

4 191.4

38 077.9

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

2 119.4

9 306.8

    - local systems

44.9

223.9

    - international systems, of which:

2 074.5

9 082.8

        Visa International

1 719.6

7 616.0

        Europay International

352.7

1 458.2

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

39 202.7

256 603.6

    - local systems

789.3

5 843.5

    - international systems, of which:

38 413.4

250 760.1

        Visa International

31 862.5

214 505.9

        Europay International

6 455.0

35 937.2

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

10.2%

5.6%

    - local systems

2.3%

2.0%

    - international systems, of which:

10.3%

5.7%

        Visa International

13.8%

11.8%

        Europay International

-4.1%

-17.8%

Value of payments, of which:

22.3%

20.7%

    - local systems

-12.0%

15.2%

    - international systems, of which:

23.3%

20.9%

        Visa International

18.5%

26.9%

        Europay International

54.0%

-5.6%

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in September 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

September

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

1 933.3

34 842.1

9 196.2

252 449.5

Akmola

22.1

1 236.7

307.3

7 010.2

Aktubinsk

57.8

1 305.2

530.6

13 385.1

Almaty

49.2

941.2

325.5

8 787.7

Atyrau

52.3

4 216.7

502.3

14 987.2

East Kazakhstan

139.5

1 204.2

803.4

18 007.0

Jambul

44.1

1 899.1

360.5

8 784.6

West Kazakhstan

77.0

1 685.0

356.1

8 577.4

Karaganda

76.0

1 002.2

920.3

21 419.1

Kostanai

49.9

462.5

378.5

9 145.5

Kyzylorda

69.7

944.9

302.1

8 389.5

Mangistau

68.1

4 298.1

489.8

17 748.7

Pavlodar

86.3

774.6

450.5

11 020.2

North Kazakhstan

32.4

178.0

247.9

5 332.2

South Kazakhstan

38.7

1 340.4

541.1

14 785.0

Almaty (city)

864.1

9 854.7

1 885.6

62 134.2

Astana (city)

206.2

3 498.9

794.7

22 935.9

 

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