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As of September 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»; TemirCard – by JSC «Темirbаnк»; 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 September 1, 2010, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 8.2 million, the number of card holders was 7.7 million (growth - by 14.5% and 14.1% 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 September 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.9% and 2.1% correspondingly.

In August 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 292.9 billion (35.5% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In August 2010 volume of transactions was 11.4 million transactions (growth - by 23.0% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 25.6 % (2.1 million transactions) and 27.2 % (34.4 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 22.5 % (9.3 million transactions) and 36.7 % (258.5 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of September 1, 2009

As of September 1, 2010

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

7 199.4

8 245.6

    - local systems

149.6

171.8

    - international systems, of which:

7 049.8

8 073.9

        Visa International

5 650.3

6 696.4

        Europay International

1 391.6

1 367.2

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 746.9

7 700.7

    - local systems

141.8

163.9

    -  international systems, of which:

6 605.1

7 536.8

       Visa International

5 258.1

6 216.6

       Europay International

1 339.4

1 310.1

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

3 304.7

3 816.2

    - local systems

86.6

88.8

    - international systems, of which:

3 218.1

3 727.4

        Visa International

2 502.5

3 071.7

        Europay International

712.1

651.1

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

22 004

24 426

    - at business enterprises

17 671

19 848

    - in banks

4 333

4 578

Number of imprinters, of which:

859

796

    - at business enterprises

466

411

    - in banks

393

385

Number of ATMs

6 831

7 412

Number of business enterprises

9 817

10 482

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

114 384.6

151 964.0

 

Table 2

Figures

As of September 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

8 237.1

7 596.5

3 812.2

Akmola

265.8

249.8

145.6

Aktubinsk

455.2

432.3

215.6

Almaty

285.1

271.6

148.8

Atyrau

406.9

374.8

186.8

East Kazakhstan

657.0

616.7

327.0

Jambul

316.5

305.3

173.0

West Kazakhstan

289.7

271.5

124.5

Karaganda

823.9

781.0

398.0

Kostanai

307.3

292.0

161.2

Kyzylorda

296.3

280.5

160.5

Mangistau

395.0

366.3

183.0

Pavlodar

448.1

416.2

220.5

North Kazakhstan

204.8

194.2

102.8

South Kazakhstan

554.8

527.8

261.0

Almaty (city)

1 910.6

1 658.4

740.7

Astana (city)

620.0

557.9

263.2

 

Table 3

Figures

As of September 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

24 426

796

7 412

10 482

Akmola

590

4

248

291

Aktubinsk

1 178

12

414

452

Almaty

531

9

298

147

Atyrau

1 177

47

435

505

East Kazakhstan

1 598

26

599

762

Jambul

625

6

268

262

West Kazakhstan

849

19

273

321

Karaganda

1 855

25

665

733

Kostanai

778

19

298

320

Kyzylorda

414

5

209

194

Mangistau

869

16

382

421

Pavlodar

1 229

12

450

556

North Kazakhstan

666

8

225

287

South Kazakhstan

1 101

13

471

417

Almaty (city)

7 785

495

1 451

3 260

Astana (city)

3 181

80

726

1 554

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

August

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 640.6

7 619.1

    - local systems

35.5

196.1

    - international systems, of which:

1 605.0

7 423.0

        Visa International

1 275.0

5 855.0

        Europay International

329.5

1 564.4

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

27 044.9

189 081.0

    - local systems

629.4

4 713.4

    - international systems, of which:

26 415.6

184 367.7

        Visa International

22 281.1

148 813.2

        Europay International

4 108.2

35 429.9

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

2 060.9

9 329.9

    - local systems

41.0

220.3

    - international systems, of which:

2 020.0

9 109.6

        Visa International

1 678.9

7 628.0

        Europay International

339.9

1 476.8

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

34 410.3

258 493.8

    - local systems

668.3

5 905.5

    - international systems, of which:

33 741.9

252 588.3

        Visa International

28 860.7

216 072.6

        Europay International

4 812.1

36 324.7

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

25.6%

22.5%

    - local systems

15.5%

12.3%

    - international systems, of which:

25.9%

22.7%

        Visa International

31.7%

30.3%

        Europay International

3.2%

-5.6%

Value of payments, of which:

27.2%

36.7%

    - local systems

6.2%

25.3%

    - international systems, of which:

27.7%

37.0%

        Visa International

29.5%

45.2%

        Europay International

17.1%

2.5%

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

August

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

1 875.3

29 411.7

9 282.9

255 443.7

Akmola

21.6

689.9

316.9

7 002.1

Aktubinsk

51.4

1 351.7

518.8

13 288.6

Almaty

50.3

898.6

348.6

9 171.8

Atyrau

49.1

2 473.4

513.1

15 202.8

East Kazakhstan

140.5

1 204.5

820.6

19 330.1

Jambul

40.8

1 438.0

366.4

8 823.8

West Kazakhstan

70.9

1 456.6

356.7

8 742.1

Karaganda

73.3

1 299.4

923.9

21 007.7

Kostanai

49.0

500.2

385.5

9 075.6

Kyzylorda

61.8

585.1

298.6

8 494.6

Mangistau

59.5

3 281.7

481.2

16 748.2

Pavlodar

86.2

773.9

470.3

11 136.6

North Kazakhstan

33.8

171.7

266.0

5 660.5

South Kazakhstan

37.6

1 372.2

541.0

14 770.0

Almaty (city)

842.7

8 544.1

1 810.1

61 769.0

Astana (city)

206.7

3 370.7

865.3

25 220.0

 

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