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As of August 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 August 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 15.0% and 15.0% 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 August 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.9% and 2.1% correspondingly.

In July 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 293.9 billion (25.6% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In July 2010 volume of transactions was 11.5 million transactions (growth - by 14.6% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 16.1 % (2.1 million transactions) and 7.4 % (32.1 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 14.3 % (9.4 million transactions) and 28.2 % (261.8 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of August 1, 2009

As of August 1, 2010

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

7 115.4

8 186.2

    - local systems

149.0

170.6

    - international systems, of which:

6 966.4

8 015.6

        Visa International

5 577.8

6 642.1

        Europay International

1 381.3

1 364.4

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 659.3

7 655.2

    - local systems

141.2

162.7

    -  international systems, of which:

6 518.1

7 492.5

       Visa International

5 182.4

6 173.0

       Europay International

1 328.6

1 310.5

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

3 287.0

3 790.2

    - local systems

86.8

88.9

    - international systems, of which:

3 200.2

3 701.3

        Visa International

2 486.6

3 040.8

        Europay International

710.4

656.3

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

21 794

24 074

    - at business enterprises

17 453

19 570

    - in banks

4 341

4 504

Number of imprinters, of which:

861

790

    - at business enterprises

468

411

    - in banks

393

379

Number of ATMs

6 774

7 346

Number of business enterprises

9 700

10 303

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

116 778.0

151 637.3

 

Table 2

Figures

As of August 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

8 177,7

7 549,3

3 786,1

Akmola

263,3

249,4

145

Aktubinsk

452,2

430,3

218

Almaty

282,2

269,7

142,9

Atyrau

400,7

371

185

East Kazakhstan

650

613,7

327,1

Jambul

316,6

304,5

171

West Kazakhstan

285,8

269,3

125,9

Karaganda

818,4

773,2

397,5

Kostanai

304,5

289,6

157,6

Kyzylorda

293,2

279,3

156,5

Mangistau

392,6

363,9

181

Pavlodar

445,9

416

223,1

North Kazakhstan

204,9

193,1

102,2

South Kazakhstan

550,1

522,5

253,3

Almaty (city)

1 899,7

1 643,2

734,6

Astana (city)

617,5

560,6

265,5

 

Table 3

Figures

As of August 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

24 074

790

7 346

10 303

Akmola

586

4

254

286

Aktubinsk

1 181

12

411

446

Almaty

522

9

293

144

Atyrau

1 179

46

420

506

East Kazakhstan

1 589

26

593

753

Jambul

620

6

265

261

West Kazakhstan

836

19

270

318

Karaganda

1 831

25

661

721

Kostanai

772

19

299

311

Kyzylorda

395

5

210

193

Mangistau

868

16

375

406

Pavlodar

1 213

12

445

535

North Kazakhstan

659

8

224

283

South Kazakhstan

1 082

13

466

402

Almaty (city)

7 646

490

1 442

3 213

Astana (city)

3 095

80

718

1 525

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

July

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 793,1

8 235,2

    - local systems

39,5

212,7

    - international systems, of which:

1 753,6

8 022,5

        Visa International

1 398,5

6 348,2

        Europay International

354,4

1 670,6

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

29 868,7

204 145,5

    - local systems

561

5 246,0

    - international systems, of which:

29 307,7

198 899,5

        Visa International

26 093,5

161 540,5

        Europay International

3 187,8

37 261,2

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

2 081,8

9 412,3

    - local systems

43,8

231

    - international systems, of which:

2 038,0

9 181,3

        Visa International

1 695,5

7 672,1

        Europay International

341,1

1 505,1

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

32 079,9

261 793,0

    - local systems

896,5

7 767,1

    - international systems, of which:

31 183,4

254 025,9

        Visa International

27 152,8

216 598,3

        Europay International

3 988,7

37 280,2

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

16,1%

14,3%

    - local systems

10,9%

8,6%

    - international systems, of which:

16,2%

14,4%

        Visa International

21,2%

20,9%

        Europay International

-3,8%

-9,9%

Value of payments, of which:

7,4%

28,2%

    - local systems

59,8%

48,1%

    - international systems, of which:

6,4%

27,7%

        Visa International

4,1%

34,1%

        Europay International

25,1%

0,1%

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

July

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

1 918,6

28 302,8

9 366,3

259 276,6

Akmola

24,3

635,5

324

7 266,4

Aktubinsk

54,8

1 628,6

534,1

15 427,8

Almaty

50,1

767,8

337

9 007,5

Atyrau

49,5

1 690,8

514,3

14 516,6

East Kazakhstan

146,6

1 303,0

833

19 692,6

Jambul

40,9

1 343,0

369,5

8 887,5

West Kazakhstan

74,3

1 697,3

353,7

8 583,3

Karaganda

74,1

1 202,6

914,6

21 256,0

Kostanai

49,9

545,2

386

9 253,7

Kyzylorda

64,3

674,2

288,8

8 199,7

Mangistau

60,9

1 723,3

489,3

17 326,0

Pavlodar

87,7

634,6

472,4

11 274,3

North Kazakhstan

36,8

262,1

268,3

5 799,0

South Kazakhstan

39,1

1 390,1

542,7

14 619,4

Almaty (city)

855,4

9 135,8

1 839,4

62 344,5

Astana (city)

209,8

3 669,0

899,4

25 822,3

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