For August 2017 both banks and JSC «Kazpost» performed 57 928,3 thousand transactions to the sum of 23 869,6 billion KZT with the application of payment instruments presented in Table.

As before, payment orders and payment cards are payment instruments used most commonly on the territory of Kazakhstan. Herewith the average value of one payment orders in August 2017 came to 1 280.9 thousand KZT.

At the same time, a high specific weight of payment cards on the volume of transactions and a low specific weight on value of transactions are due to the use of this payment instrument primarily for withdrawal of small sums of cash.

During the specified period payment request and collection orders are used the least frequently. The insignificant part of use of given instruments in total volume and value is caused by their specificity.

Other payment instruments include checks for goods and services, direct debits of bank account.

 

Data on the use of payment instruments in August 2017                                     

Table
(volume in thousands transactions; value in billions KZT)
Payment instruments	Volume		Value
	Abs.	in percent of total amount	Abs.	in percent of total amount
Payment orders	17 665,5	30,5%	22 627,9	94,8%
Payment request	210,8	0,4%	5,7	0,02%
Collection orders	37,4	0,06%	5,3	0,02%
Payment cards	40 013,9	69,07%	1 221,6	5,1%
including:
- cash withdrawals	20 057,9	34,6%	952,9	4,0%
- cashless payments	19 956,0	34,4%	268,7	1,1%
Other payment instruments	0,8	0,001%	9,2	0,04%
Total	57 928,3	100,0%	23 869,6	100,0%