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As of July 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 July 1, 2010, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 8.1 million, the number of card holders was 7.6 million (growth - by 15.5% and 15.5% 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 July 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.9% and 2.1% correspondingly.

In June 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 285.8 billion (26.6% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In June 2010 volume of transactions was 11.4 million transactions (growth - by 10.7% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 26.4 % (2.1 million transactions) and 55.1 % (35.8 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 7.6 % (9.3 million transactions) and 23.3 % (250.0 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of July 1, 2009

As of July 1, 2010

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

7 039.7

8 129.5

    - local systems

147.4

169.3

    - international systems, of which:

6 892.3

7 960.2

        Visa International

5 507.3

6 586.4

        Europay International

1 377.9

1 365.0

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 593.2

7 612.8

    - local systems

139.5

161.5

    -  international systems, of which:

6 453.6

7 451.3

       Visa International

5 120.1

6 130.9

       Europay International

1 326.7

1 311.8

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

3 334.3

3 820.7

    - local systems

90.0

92.0

    - international systems, of which:

3 244.3

3 728.7

        Visa International

2 508.1

3 047.5

        Europay International

732.7

676.7

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

21 566

23 821

    - at business enterprises

17 230

19 346

    - in banks

4 336

4 475

Number of imprinters, of which:

860

791

    - at business enterprises

466

412

    - in banks

394

379

Number of ATMs

6 784

7 285

Number of business enterprises

9 580

10 258

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

110 731.4

141 884.9

 

Table 2

Figures

As of July 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

8 120.8

7 506.8

3 816.2

Akmola

261.9

248.2

146.3

Aktubinsk

447.9

426.0

219.4

Almaty

279.4

267.9

144.8

Atyrau

397.4

363.9

186.5

East Kazakhstan

646.7

611.0

327.9

Jambul

314.0

303.3

173.6

West Kazakhstan

284.0

267.2

132.4

Karaganda

815.0

769.9

398.4

Kostanai

303.0

288.0

160.9

Kyzylorda

289.5

274.5

162.2

Mangistau

390.6

360.5

182.1

Pavlodar

438.5

408.1

221.8

North Kazakhstan

203.8

193.6

102.5

South Kazakhstan

545.2

518.9

261.0

Almaty (city)

1 889.1

1 646.8

737.1

Astana (city)

614.8

558.9

259.4

 

Table 3

Figures

As of July 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

23 821

791

7 285

10 258

Akmola

571

4

256

281

Aktubinsk

1 166

12

403

441

Almaty

515

9

288

143

Atyrau

1 177

45

416

498

East Kazakhstan

1 578

26

589

753

Jambul

616

6

262

261

West Kazakhstan

830

19

266

318

Karaganda

1 813

24

657

715

Kostanai

772

19

301

317

Kyzylorda

390

5

210

192

Mangistau

866

16

373

408

Pavlodar

1 207

12

445

543

North Kazakhstan

647

8

219

277

South Kazakhstan

1 072

13

463

407

Almaty (city)

7 512

493

1 426

3 170

Astana (city)

3 089

80

711

1 534

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

June

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 667.2

8 608.0

    - local systems

39.6

226.5

    - international systems, of which:

1 627.6

8 381.4

        Visa International

1 297.3

6 620.1

        Europay International

328.8

1 754.9

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

23 091.0

202 661.5

    - local systems

510.8

5 585.9

    - international systems, of which:

22 580.2

197 075.6

        Visa International

19 068.4

159 028.2

        Europay International

3 490.8

37 849.7

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

2 108.1

9 264.2

    - local systems

45.4

231.1

    - international systems, of which:

2 062.7

9 033.1

        Visa International

1 717.1

7 507.1

        Europay International

343.1

1 519.6

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

35 820.7

249 966.7

    - local systems

1 163.0

6 885.5

    - international systems, of which:

34 657.8

243 081.2

        Visa International

30 417.2

206 489.9

        Europay International

4 180.4

36 380.5

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

26.4%

7.6%

    - local systems

14.6%

2.0%

    - international systems, of which:

26.7%

7.8%

        Visa International

32.4%

13.4%

        Europay International

4.3%

-13.4%

Value of payments, of which:

55.1%

23.3%

    - local systems

127.7%

23.3%

    - international systems, of which:

53.5%

23.3%

        Visa International

59.5%

29.8%

        Europay International

19.8%

-3.9%

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

June

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

1 916.8

33 200.7

9 147.5

245 890.2

Akmola

24.2

1 259.4

308.4

7 076.9

Aktubinsk

57.4

2 164.9

534.1

13 914.4

Almaty

51.2

1 514.1

332.3

8 950.8

Atyrau

51.7

1 727.7

490.9

13 875.3

East Kazakhstan

150.7

1 403.9

809.1

18 480.0

Jambul

43.8

1 106.5

375.0

9 326.1

West Kazakhstan

78.8

1 802.8

346.7

8 274.7

Karaganda

78.9

1 516.4

920.6

20 735.0

Kostanai

54.3

1 049.9

391.8

9 214.2

Kyzylorda

75.8

878.0

308.1

9 447.0

Mangistau

62.3

1 641.3

442.4

14 836.7

Pavlodar

90.2

1 242.1

477.5

11 350.9

North Kazakhstan

39.1

1 069.3

261.5

5 568.7

South Kazakhstan

41.9

1 715.3

538.8

15 067.6

Almaty (city)

820.2

8 998.7

1 784.2

57 324.1

Astana (city)

196.3

4 110.4

826.1

22 447.7

 

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