Version ¹73 on 01/12/2009
As of December 1, 2009, 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 December 1, 2009, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 7.6 million, the number of card holders was 7.1 million (growth - by 7.8% and 7.9% 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 December 1, 2008 this ratio was 97.4% and 2.6% correspondingly.
In November 2009 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 236.1 billion (15.0% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In November 2009 volume of transactions was 10.3 million transactions (growth - by 19.3% in comparison with the same period of the last year).
Growth of the volume of non-cash payments has made 30.7 % (1.9 million transactions), and of the volume of operations on cash withdrawal - 17.1 % (8.4 million transactions).
More detailed data on development of Kazakhstan payment cards market are submitted in Tables 1 - 5.
Table 1 |
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Figures |
As of December 1, 2008 |
As of December 1, 2009 |
Total number of cards in circulation (thousand), of which: |
7 020.8 |
7 565.3 |
- local systems |
183.3 |
156.1 |
- international systems, of which: |
6 837.6 |
7 409.2 |
Visa International |
5 474.8 |
5 986.9 |
Europay International |
1 356.8 |
1 414.3 |
Number of card holders (thousand), of which: |
6 519.9 |
7 076.3 |
- local systems |
113.5 |
148.2 |
- international systems, of which: |
6 406.4 |
6 928.1 |
Visa International |
5 117.2 |
5 559.8 |
Europay International |
1 283.4 |
1 360.4 |
Number of the used payment cards (thousand),of which: |
3 148.2 |
3 547.2 |
- local systems |
91.3 |
89.2 |
- international systems, of which: |
3 056.9 |
3 458.0 |
Visa International |
2 399.4 |
2 701.0 |
Europay International |
654.6 |
752.8 |
Number of POS-terminals, of which: |
20 123 |
22 526 |
- at business enterprises |
16 051 |
18 115 |
- in banks |
4 072 |
4 411 |
Number of imprinters, of which: |
911 |
840 |
- at business enterprises |
513 |
447 |
- in banks |
398 |
393 |
Number of ATMs |
6 115 |
6 886 |
Number of business enterprises |
8 871 |
10 002 |
Monthly balances on which the transactions using payment cards (mln.KZT) |
105 301.6 |
113 750.6 |
Table 2 |
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Figures |
As of December 1, 2009 |
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Total number of cards in circulation (thousand) |
Number of card holders (thousand) |
Number of the used payment cards (thousand) |
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Total on the Republic |
7 556.1 |
6 958.4 |
3 542.9 |
Akmola |
235.4 |
222.7 |
131.2 |
Aktubinsk |
407.0 |
383.7 |
206.7 |
Almaty |
246.4 |
234.8 |
126.6 |
Atyrau |
371.9 |
340.8 |
177.5 |
East Kazakhstan |
597.9 |
564.5 |
309.8 |
Jambul |
288.5 |
279.4 |
162.6 |
West Kazakhstan |
255.5 |
239.9 |
126.2 |
Karaganda |
776.7 |
730.5 |
383.8 |
Kostanai |
281.7 |
269.0 |
155.5 |
Kyzylorda |
257.3 |
247.6 |
146.6 |
Mangistau |
366.3 |
326.3 |
173.7 |
Pavlodar |
401.5 |
374.2 |
211.9 |
North Kazakhstan |
186.5 |
177.5 |
95.4 |
South Kazakhstan |
491.0 |
467.9 |
235.9 |
Almaty (city) |
1 826.4 |
1 587.8 |
658.0 |
Astana (city) |
566.0 |
511.8 |
241.3 |
Table 3 |
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Figures |
As of December 1, 2009 |
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Number of POS-terminals |
Number of imprinters |
Number of ATMs |
Number of business enterprises |
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Total on the Republic |
22 526 |
840 |
6 886 |
10 002 |
Akmola |
562 |
4 |
235 |
287 |
Aktubinsk |
1 206 |
18 |
387 |
429 |
Almaty |
503 |
9 |
273 |
150 |
Atyrau |
1 104 |
49 |
394 |
493 |
East Kazakhstan |
1 581 |
27 |
567 |
747 |
Jambul |
579 |
6 |
251 |
258 |
West Kazakhstan |
836 |
19 |
248 |
311 |
Karaganda |
1 730 |
26 |
612 |
707 |
Kostanai |
764 |
20 |
289 |
321 |
Kyzylorda |
397 |
6 |
203 |
203 |
Mangistau |
797 |
17 |
343 |
408 |
Pavlodar |
1 275 |
13 |
424 |
564 |
North Kazakhstan |
613 |
8 |
202 |
278 |
South Kazakhstan |
1 098 |
17 |
431 |
453 |
Almaty (city) |
6 607 |
507 |
1 376 |
2 941 |
Astana (city) |
2 874 |
94 |
651 |
1 452 |
Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the territory of Kazakhstan, in November 2009 (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 |
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Figures |
November |
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Non cash payments |
Withdrawals of cash |
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2008 |
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Volume of payments (thousand), of which: |
1 424.7 |
7 162.2 |
- local systems |
32.6 |
193.7 |
- international systems, of which: |
1 392.1 |
6 968.4 |
Visa International |
1 113.5 |
5 563.8 |
Europay International |
277.4 |
1 396.2 |
Value of payments (mln.KZT), of which: |
38 759.8 |
166 558.9 |
- local systems |
562.1 |
4 360.8 |
- international systems, of which: |
38 197.7 |
162 198.0 |
Visa International |
17 776.1 |
133 346.4 |
Europay International |
20 404.4 |
28 677.2 |
2009 |
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Volume of payments (thousand), of which: |
1 862.1 |
8 386.2 |
- local systems |
40.5 |
199.4 |
- international systems, of which: |
1 819.5 |
8 179.1 |
Visa International |
1 472.2 |
6 520.5 |
Europay International |
347.3 |
1 658.5 |
Value of payments (mln.KZT), of which: |
30 902.4 |
205 200.4 |
- local systems |
612.2 |
4 720.3 |
- international systems, of which: |
30 242.0 |
200 249.2 |
Visa International |
26 819.8 |
163 862.3 |
Europay International |
3 422.2 |
36 386.9 |
Dynamics in % |
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Volume of payments, of which: |
30.7% |
17.1% |
- local systems |
24.2% |
2.9% |
- international systems, of which: |
30.7% |
17.4% |
Visa International |
32.2% |
17.2% |
Europay International |
25.2% |
18.8% |
Value of payments, of which: |
-20.3% |
23.2% |
- local systems |
8.9% |
8.2% |
- international systems, of which: |
-20.8% |
23.5% |
Visa International |
50.9% |
22.9% |
Europay International |
-83.2% |
26.9% |
Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in November 2009 (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 |
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Figures |
November |
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Non cash payments |
Withdrawals of cash |
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Volume of payments (thousand) |
Value of payments (mln.KZT) |
Volume of payments (thousand) |
Value of payments (mln.KZT) |
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Total on the Republic |
1 728.1 |
25 795.8 |
8 276.7 |
200 621.0 |
Akmola |
20.8 |
683.8 |
270.7 |
5 248.5 |
Aktubinsk |
48.8 |
1 314.5 |
443.0 |
10 065.8 |
Almaty |
47.8 |
590.1 |
272.1 |
6 253.7 |
Atyrau |
47.8 |
1 938.9 |
453.0 |
11 787.2 |
East Kazakhstan |
144.1 |
772.3 |
769.1 |
15 564.7 |
Jambul |
33.9 |
454.9 |
319.2 |
6 751.9 |
West Kazakhstan |
69.9 |
1 612.6 |
305.4 |
6 479.0 |
Karaganda |
71.5 |
1 502.0 |
821.4 |
16 240.9 |
Kostanai |
42.6 |
835.7 |
342.7 |
7 098.5 |
Kyzylorda |
73.4 |
654.2 |
244.0 |
5 765.9 |
Mangistau |
59.0 |
1 573.2 |
413.9 |
12 540.9 |
Pavlodar |
74.6 |
1 155.8 |
409.1 |
8 605.5 |
North Kazakhstan |
34.8 |
1 052.5 |
225.5 |
4 180.0 |
South Kazakhstan |
37.2 |
1 044.9 |
457.6 |
10 733.8 |
Almaty (city) |
739.9 |
7 588.6 |
1 731.8 |
53 070.4 |
Astana (city) |
181.9 |
3 021.9 |
798.3 |
20 234.2 |