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As of October 01, 2014 actual origination of the payment cards were mainly realized by 27 banks and JSC “Kazpost”. These institutes issue and distribute payment cards of the international systems (their share consists of 95,1%) 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 October 01, 2014 banks have issued 16,9 mln. payment cards and a number of card holders reached 15,0 mln. (comparing the situation with the same date of 2013, there is a growth of 15,1% and 15,0% respectively). The most widespread ones are the debit cards with the share of 74,2%, the share of credit cards - 20,2%. The share of debit cards with credit limit and share of prepaid cards is 1,4% and 4,1% respectively.

In September 2014 the volume of transactions with credit cards issued by the Kazakhstan originators was 647,6 bln. tenge (growth against September 2013 has totaled 19,9%). The number of transactions reached 20,1 mln. and increased by 13,4% versus September 2013. At that, the number of payments and amount of the cashless payments went up to 20,1% (number of transactions 5,4 mln. transactions) and 0,6% (the volume of transactions - 82,5 bln. tenge), operations with cash withdrawals 11,2% (number of transactions -14,7 mln. transactions) and 23,4%( the volume of transactions - 565,1 bln. tenge) respectively.

The main bulk of cashless payments has been made through POS-terminals (56,0% and 73,0% out of the total number of payments and volume of cashless payments) and ATMs (26,8% and 17,6% respectively). Transactions of cash withdrawals have been realized mainly through ATMs (96,7% and 85,3% 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

Specifications

As of 01.10.13

As of 01.10.14

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

14 651,2

16 863,1

local systems

700,6

831,2

international systems, of which:

13 950,6

16 031,9

Visa International, of which:

12 023,6

14 046,1

debit

8 772,7

9 876,4

credit

2 933,3

3 307,8

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

317,6

861,9

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 886,6

1 949,6

debit

1 746,9

1 787,3

credit

76,4

87,6

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

63,3

74,6

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

13 080,2

15 037,7

local systems

646,6

744,4

international systems, of which:

12 433,6

14 293,3

Visa International, of which:

10 655,9

12 459,1

debit

8 006,0

8 976,1

credit

2 457,6

2 795,3

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

192,3

687,7

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

1 739,7

1 800,0

debit

1 603,1

1 641,6

credit

74,1

84,5

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

62,5

73,9

Number of used cards (thousand), of which:

6 006,9

6 602,5

local systems

434,4

519,3

international systems, of which:

5 572,6

6 083,2

Visa International, of which:

4 646,0

5 173,3

debit

4 125,6

4 420,3

credit

322,7

319,3

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

197,8

433,6

MasterCard Worldwide, of which:

909,7

891,2

debit

842,0

810,8

credit

34,2

32,9

Debit cards with credit limit and prepaid

33,5

47,6

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

41 217

58 985

commercial enterprises

35 089

52 463

banks

6 128

6 522

Numbers of imprinters (units), of which:

168

168

commercial enterprises

60

60

banks

108

108

Number of ATM (units) , of which:

8 832

8 930

with cash distribution function

7 714

7 777

with cash reception and distribution functions

1 118

1 153

Number of commercial enterprises (units)

19 281

33 534

Number of bank’s booths (units)

3 091

12 641

 

Table 2 

Specifications

As of 01.10.14

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of used payment cards (thousand)

debit

credit

others1

debit

credit

others

debit

credit

others

Total, incl.

12 513,3

3 413,2

936,6

11 378,7

2 897,4

761,7

5 757,3

364,1

481,2

Akmola region

359,7

3,5

8,6

337,8

3,4

7,9

198,1

1,3

5,2

Aktobe region

634,8

6,2

8,0

588,0

5,8

6,6

307,4

2,4

4,2

Almaty region

562,9

7,1

22,2

524,0

6,9

20,3

299,1

1,7

12,4

Atyrau region

571,3

8,9

14,9

516,2

8,7

14,0

260,7

3,5

8,1

East Kazakhstan reg.

1 018,9

13,8

17,7

907,1

13,4

13,9

492,0

4,2

11,3

Jambul region

497,4

3,9

5,3

464,1

3,8

4,1

284,7

1,1

3,2

West Kazakhstan reg.

432,3

6,5

6,3

389,9

6,4

5,3

200,7

2,2

3,3

Karaganda region

1 044,2

11,2

27,1

943,8

11,1

21,9

559,7

4,4

15,6

Kostanai region

538,3

4,6

6,1

479,3

4,6

5,0

281,7

2,1

3,1

Kyzylorda region

438,6

4,2

6,0

398,2

4,1

5,4

231,2

1,1

3,2

Mangistau region

518,3

7,1

15,8

470,6

6,7

15,0

250,0

2,3

9,2

Pavlodar region

637,1

9,9

18,0

564,3

9,7

16,0

303,9

4,1

11,5

North Kazakhstan reg.

300,5

2,7

5,4

276,9

2,7

4,0

161,8

1,1

3,2

South Kazakhstan reg.

1 060,8

9,7

29,7

986,8

9,4

27,5

546,4

2,2

18,7

Almaty city

2 910,8

3 296,3

718,8

2 627,7

2 784,0

571,7

953,5

321,9

354,0

Astana city

987,5

17,4

26,7

904,0

16,7

22,9

426,3

8,7

15,0

 

Table 3 

Specifications

As of 01.10.14

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of commercial enterprises

Number of bank’s booths

Total, incl.

58 985

168

8 930

33 534

12 641

Akmola region

1 288

-

303

681

468

Aktobe region

2 292

5

463

1 099

798

Almaty region

1 519

3

345

844

351

Atyrau region

2 364

4

523

1 010

508

East Kazakhstan reg.

3 411

17

720

1 740

1 193

Jambul region

1 057

4

316

577

501

West Kazakhstan reg.

1 921

5

342

973

510

Karaganda region

4 663

11

795

2 944

1 366

Kostanai region

3 378

6

372

2 014

798

Kyzylorda region

747

3

253

321

368

Mangistau region

1 897

5

463

1 023

377

Pavlodar region

2 840

6

530

1 599

769

North Kazakhstan reg.

1 510

2

275

783

613

South Kazakhstan reg.

2 679

6

577

1 396

1 012

Almaty city

20 138

80

1 734

12 327

2 037

Astana city

7 281

11

919

4 203

972

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

Table 4 

Specifications

September

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

2013

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

4 480,3

13 229,6

local systems

88,2

742,2

international systems, of which:

4 392,1

12 487,4

Visa International

3 445,0

9 762,0

MasterCard Worldwide

597,3

1 963,9

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

81 969,3

458 053,2

local systems

1 186,2

20 775,6

international systems, of which:

80 783,1

437 277,6

Visa International

61 313,7

337 024,9

MasterCard Worldwide

9 215,2

65 404,7

2014

Number of transactions (thousand) of which;

5 380,9

14 706,7

local systems

90,6

904,2

international systems, of which:

5 290,3

13 802,4

Visa International

3 796,8

10 715,6

MasterCard Worldwide

619,7

1 832,7

Volume (mln.tenge), of which;

82 466,0

565 087,2

local systems

966,4

27 422,5

international systems, of which:

81 499,6

537 664,7

Visa International

52 909,4

422 262,5

MasterCard Worldwide

7 811,6

66 061,3

Dynamics (%)

Number

20,1%

11,2%

local systems

2,7%

21,8%

international systems, of which:

20,5%

10,5%

Visa International

10,2%

9,8%

MasterCard Worldwide

3,8%

-6,7%

Volume

0,6%

23,4%

local systems

-18,5%

32,0%

international systems, of which:

0,9%

23,0%

Visa International

-13,7%

25,3%

MasterCard Worldwide

-15,2%

1,0%

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

Table 5 

Specifications

September

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

4 632,0

69 158,2

14 590,6

558 880,5

Akmola region

39,3

1 105,0

448,7

14 601,4

Aktobe region

140,5

3 052,2

785,4

27 801,7

Almaty region

100,0

2 524,5

633,9

22 599,9

Atyrau region

150,9

3 448,4

740,4

29 834,1

East Kazakhstan reg.

166,2

2 110,6

1 166,2

39 593,9

Jambul region

81,6

1 681,0

625,3

21 019,3

West Kazakhstan reg.

99,7

2 980,4

543,6

18 601,8

Karaganda region

189,6

2 243,7

1 322,3

46 416,9

Kostanai region

469,2

1 384,8

636,8

21 860,1

Kyzylorda region

115,7

1 040,3

482,7

19 006,4

Mangistau region

158,8

2 779,9

681,9

35 870,3

Pavlodar region

117,4

1 119,4

703,6

24 920,5

North Kazakhstan reg.

50,3

675,8

394,2

12 120,7

South Kazakhstan reg.

132,9

3 907,0

1 130,0

41 095,0

Almaty city

2 012,8

29 571,0

2 811,4

124 823,1

Astana city

607,0

9 534,0

1 484,0

58 715,4

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

September

Cashless payments

Cash withdrawals

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Number of transactions (thousand)

Amount (mln.tenge)

Total, incl.

4 632,0

69 158,2

14 590,6

558 880,5

POS - terminal

2 424,2

49 228,2

485,6

82 485,4

ATM

1 452,2

14 708,9

14 104,9

476 395,1

bank kiosk

97,9

2 177,0

-

-

Internet

638,9

3 025,6

-

-

mobile phone

18,7

18,5

-

-

 

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