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As of June 1, 2010, 21 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 June 1, 2010, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 8.0 million, the number of card holders was 7.6 million (growth - by 15.3% 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 June 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.9% and 2.1% correspondingly.

In May 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 271.4 billion (35.1% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In May 2010 volume of transactions was 11.6 million transactions (growth - by 22.9% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 40.4 % (2.2 million transactions) and 71.5 % (34.8 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 19.4 % (9.4 million transactions) and 31.1 % (236.6 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of June 1, 2009

As of June 1, 2010

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

6 979.2

8 048.7

    - local systems

146.3

167.9

    - international systems, of which:

6 832.9

7 880.7

        Visa International

5 457.9

6 504.9

        Europay International

1 368.2

1 367.3

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 566.7

7 552.6

    - local systems

138.5

160.1

    -  international systems, of which:

6 427.2

7 392.5

       Visa International

5 103.0

6 066.5

       Europay International

1 317.6

1 317.7

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

3 299.2

3 809.8

    - local systems

91.1

91.9

    - international systems, of which:

3 208.2

3 717.9

        Visa International

2 475.3

3 022.2

        Europay International

729.4

691.2

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

21 496

23 303

    - at business enterprises

17 175

18 927

    - in banks

4 321

4 376

Number of imprinters, of which:

883

798

    - at business enterprises

479

415

    - in banks

404

383

Number of ATMs

6 703

7 216

Number of business enterprises

9 502

10 172

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

104 433.1

135 544.3

 

Table 2

Figures

As of June 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

8 040.0

7 445.3

3 805.4

Akmola

260.2

246.9

146.5

Aktubinsk

442.5

419.7

217.8

Almaty

276.1

264.1

144.7

Atyrau

395.6

362.1

184.9

East Kazakhstan

643.7

608.9

329.7

Jambul

311.4

303.1

175.8

West Kazakhstan

281.5

265.6

134.4

Karaganda

813.3

763.1

395.1

Kostanai

301.9

288.0

160.8

Kyzylorda

285.8

273.5

163.1

Mangistau

385.1

357.6

184.0

Pavlodar

431.4

403.7

221.1

North Kazakhstan

202.1

192.0

102.0

South Kazakhstan

540.6

514.7

262.3

Almaty (city)

1 861.1

1 630.3

723.1

Astana (city)

607.7

552.1

260.1

 

Table 3

Figures

As of June 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

23 303

798

7 216

10 172

Akmola

599

4

252

287

Aktubinsk

1 036

13

401

408

Almaty

513

9

290

145

Atyrau

1 176

48

412

497

East Kazakhstan

1 566

27

582

747

Jambul

603

6

260

259

West Kazakhstan

834

19

261

331

Karaganda

1 782

23

653

710

Kostanai

763

19

299

316

Kyzylorda

392

5

207

195

Mangistau

860

16

371

408

Pavlodar

1 223

12

442

563

North Kazakhstan

628

8

217

278

South Kazakhstan

1 055

14

456

402

Almaty (city)

7 290

495

1 417

3 122

Astana (city)

2 983

80

696

1 504

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

May

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 555.2

7 857.8

    - local systems

36.1

215.8

    - international systems, of which:

1 519.1

7 642.1

        Visa International

1 208.4

6 019.2

        Europay International

309.3

1 616.1

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

20 285.1

180 528.4

    - local systems

427.9

5 081.5

    - international systems, of which:

19 857.1

175 446.9

        Visa International

17 052.3

141 946.7

        Europay International

2 770.9

33 321.2

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

2 183.3

9 385.8

    - local systems

46.1

229.5

    - international systems, of which:

2 137.2

9 156.3

        Visa International

1 773.3

7 570.7

        Europay International

361.2

1 578.6

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

34 781.2

236 586.9

    - local systems

790.4

5 520.1

    - international systems, of which:

33 990.8

231 066.8

        Visa International

29 855.4

195 103.9

        Europay International

4 090.5

35 758.8

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

40.4%

19.4%

    - local systems

27.7%

6.3%

    - international systems, of which:

40.7%

19.8%

        Visa International

46.7%

25.8%

        Europay International

16.8%

-2.3%

Value of payments, of which:

71.5%

31.1%

    - local systems

84.7%

8.6%

    - international systems, of which:

71.2%

31.7%

        Visa International

75.1%

37.4%

        Europay International

47.6%

7.3%

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

May

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

2 023.0

32 566.1

9 280.2

232 810.9

Akmola

25.2

1 234.7

311.1

6 675.2

Aktubinsk

58.8

1 739.4

522.9

11 871.3

Almaty

54.7

898.2

336.9

8 475.5

Atyrau

55.3

1 979.1

484.5

13 216.6

East Kazakhstan

161.6

1 414.8

806.6

17 610.1

Jambul

43.8

943.8

375.5

8 443.7

West Kazakhstan

82.8

1 449.4

351.7

7 863.2

Karaganda

81.6

1 676.7

928.6

20 065.3

Kostanai

53.2

983.7

376.9

8 317.7

Kyzylorda

83.1

1 068.2

298.0

8 039.0

Mangistau

68.3

1 504.8

442.2

14 520.8

Pavlodar

91.6

1 381.2

461.5

10 582.8

North Kazakhstan

40.2

1 199.3

259.6

5 305.6

South Kazakhstan

43.1

1 447.0

547.6

13 977.3

Almaty (city)

866.5

9 683.8

1 910.4

55 334.1

Astana (city)

213.2

3 961.9

866.1

22 512.8

 

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