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As of December 01, 2014 actual origination of the payment cards were mainly realized by 28 banks and JSC “Kazpost”. These institutes issue and distribute payment cards of the international systems (their share consists of 93,9%) like Visa International, Master Card, American Express International and UnionPay International. Beside banks of Kazakhstan issue payment cards of the local systems like Altyn Card – JSC “Halyk Bank of Kazakhstan”; Smart Alem Card – JSC “BTA Bank” and local card of Citibank Kazakhstan – JSC “Citibank Kazakhstan”.

As of December 01, 2014 banks have issued 17,1 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 15,1 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2013, there is a growth of 12,8% and 12,0% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 76,1%, the share of credit cards - 18,9%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 1,5% and 3,5% respectively.

In November 2014 the volume of transactions with credit cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 638,3 bln. tenge (growth against November 2013 has totaled 14,8%). The number of transactions reached 20,0 mln. and increased by 10,4% versus September 2013. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 21,2% (number of transactions 5,6 mln. transactions) and 0,4% (the volume of transactions - 80,0 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 6,6% (number of transactions -14,4 mln. transactions) and 17,2%( the volume of transactions - 558,3 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (55,1% and 69,9% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and ATMs (23,1% and 17,1% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (96,3% and 84,9% out of the total number of payments and volume of cash withdrawal transactions).

 

More detailed data on development of the payment cards market in Kazakhstan are shown in Tables 1-6.

Table 1

Specifications

As of 01.12.13

As of 01.12.14

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

15 126,2

17 060,9

local systems

721,0

1 039,2

international systems, of which:

14 405,2

16 021,7

Visa International, of which:

12 514,3

13 835,1

debit

8 903,2

9 939,0

credit

3 283,8

3 112,9

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

327,3

783,2

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 850,2

2 138,7

debit

1 701,7

1 979,9

credit

81,5

86,6

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

67,0

72,2

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

13 435,4

15 052,2

local systems

671,3

908,9

international systems, of which:

12 764,1

14 143,2

Visa International, of which:

11 019,9

12 150,4

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 705,3

1 951,1

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

6 205,0

6 889,1

local systems

458,7

626,1

international systems, of which:

5 746,2

6 263,0

Visa International, of which:

4 790,0

5 204,4

debit

4 242,5

4 451,6

credit

327,6

331,6

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

219,8

421,2

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

938,3

1 038,9

debit

867,2

960,8

credit

34,5

32,5

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

36,7

45,6

Number of  POS - terminals (units), of which:

44 095

60 959

commercial enterprises

37 830

54 475

banks

6 265

6 484

Numbers of imprinters (units), of which:

168

168

commercial enterprises

60

60

banks

108

108

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

8 939

9 272

with cash distribution function

7 824

8 076

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 115

1 196

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

21 280

34 612

Number of bank’s booths (units)

3 531

1 296

Number of payment terminals (units)[1]

-

11 779

 

Table 2

Specifications

As of 01.12.14

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of used payment cards (thousand

debit

credit

others[2]

debit

credit

others

Total, incl.

12 987,4

3 217,9

855,6

15 052,2

6 046,1

376,1

466,9

Akmola region

370,8

3,6

9,1

358,6

209,4

1,4

5,5

Aktobe region

646,6

6,2

8,8

610,1

317,4

2,6

4,7

Almaty region

580,2

6,8

23,0

564,2

306,1

1,6

13,0

Atyrau region

569,6

9,0

15,5

532,4

262,6

3,5

8,6

East Kazakhstan reg.

1 061,9

13,7

20,5

971,6

524,5

4,4

12,3

Jambul region

512,5

3,9

5,6

486,1

293,8

1,1

3,3

West Kazakhstan reg.

442,2

6,5

7,4

411,0

212,0

2,3

3,5

Karaganda region

1 073,4

11,6

29,9

998,1

582,5

4,5

17,9

Kostanai region

553,8

4,9

6,9

500,6

296,0

2,3

3,4

Kyzylorda region

448,4

4,1

6,1

414,7

239,7

1,2

3,3

Mangistau region

531,5

7,1

16,2

503,5

258,0

2,3

9,6

Pavlodar region

652,3

10,2

19,6

601,2

313,9

4,3

12,2

North Kazakhstan reg.

323,1

2,8

6,0

302,1

172,6

1,1

3,6

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 120,8

9,5

33,8

1 075,9

574,6

2,1

21,9

Almaty city

3 078,2

3 099,9

616,8

5 740,5

1 012,9

332,6

327,6

Astana city

1 022,0

17,9

30,5

981,7

470,0

8,9

16,5

 

Table 3

Specifications

As of 01.12.14

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of commercial enterprises

Number of bank’s booths

Number of payment terminals

Total, incl.

60 959

168

9 272

34 612

1 296

11 779

Akmola region

1 346

-

306

718

46

428

Aktobe region

2 412

5

469

1 125

66

726

Almaty region

1 500

3

363

817

57

397

Atyrau region

2 407

4

530

1 062

59

479

East Kazakhstan reg.

3 534

17

726

1 807

104

1 133

Jambul region

1 037

4

327

563

60

428

West Kazakhstan reg.

1 997

5

343

1 004

58

518

Karaganda region

4 827

11

794

3 046

166

1 166

Kostanai region

3 388

6

372

2 020

53

792

Kyzylorda region

857

3

307

417

36

325

Mangistau region

1 971

5

504

1 063

75

314

Pavlodar region

2 929

6

533

1 637

87

722

North Kazakhstan reg.

1 536

2

278

818

39

604

South Kazakhstan reg.

2 734

6

592

1 440

72

973

Almaty city

20 943

80

1 885

12 721

224

1 863

Astana city

7 541

11

943

4 354

94

911

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

Table 4

Specifications

November

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2013

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

4 633,7

13 491,9

local systems

90,0

754,5

international systems, of which:

4 543,7

12 737,5

Visa International

3 605,3

9 998,0

MasterCard Worldwide

615,6

1 937,6

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

79 620,1

476 573,7

local systems

1 232,2

21 453,3

international systems, of which:

78 387,9

455 120,4

Visa International

59 769,1

354 737,2

MasterCard Worldwide

9 285,1

64 650,2

2014

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

5 616,0

14 387,8

local systems

86,3

900,5

international systems, of which:

5 529,7

13 487,3

Visa International

4 739,2

11 273,9

MasterCard Worldwide

738,6

2 182,8

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

79 968,4

558 324,2

local systems

3 282,8

27 216,1

international systems, of which:

76 685,6

531 108,1

Visa International

66 522,2

454 272,1

MasterCard Worldwide

9 048,6

75 707,2

Dynamics (%)

Number

21,2%

6,6%

local systems

-4,1%

19,4%

international systems, of which:

21,7%

5,9%

Visa International

31,5%

12,8%

MasterCard Worldwide

20,0%

12,7%

Volume

0,4%

17,2%

local systems

166,4%

26,9%

international systems, of which:

-2,2%

16,7%

Visa International

11,3%

28,1%

MasterCard Worldwide

-2,5%

17,1%

Use of the payment cards issued by Kazakhstan and foreign banks, on the territory of Kazakhstan, by regions

Table 5

Specifications

November

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

4 758,7

66 517,7

14 362,3

556 143,0

Akmola region

35,3

811,8

435,9

14 528,1

Aktobe region

138,6

3 019,1

768,5

27 300,7

Almaty region

93,7

2 821,5

613,4

22 725,5

Atyrau region

146,1

2 941,5

707,5

28 907,5

East Kazakhstan reg.

151,0

1 753,1

1 137,3

39 077,1

Jambul region

75,9

1 526,9

593,3

19 892,4

West Kazakhstan reg.

92,1

2 341,9

529,3

18 035,8

Karaganda region

185,0

2 269,8

1 297,5

46 532,6

Kostanai region

453,8

1 348,9

623,3

21 377,6

Kyzylorda region

105,3

1 019,2

451,1

17 756,5

Mangistau region

149,1

3 156,5

603,8

31 455,6

Pavlodar region

108,4

1 147,8

685,7

24 924,9

North Kazakhstan reg.

46,9

525,7

382,2

12 084,9

South Kazakhstan reg.

125,7

2 897,3

1 130,3

41 238,3

Almaty city

2 231,1

29 422,3

2 876,4

129 299,5

Astana city

620,8

9 514,3

1 526,8

61 005,8

Use of the payment cards issued by Kazakhstan and foreign banks on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the operation environment

Table 6

Specifications

November

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

 Total, incl.

4 758,7

66 517,7

14 362,3

556 143,0

 POS - terminal

2 611,0

47 082,5

532,1

85 041,0

 ATM

1 313,0

13 991,7

13 830,1

471 101,9

 bank kiosk

94,4

1 915,3

-

-

 Internet

722,3

3 510,7

-

-

 mobile phone

18,0

17,4

-

-

 

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