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As of March 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 March 1, 2010, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 7.7 million, the number of card holders was 7.3 million (growth - by 11.1% and 11.1% 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 March 1, 2009 this ratio was 97.6% and 2.4% correspondingly.

In February 2010 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 226.4 billion (22.1% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In February 2010 volume of transactions was 9.9 million transactions (growth - by 16.6% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 30.8 % (1.8 million transactions) and 65.9 % (26.7 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 13.8 % (8.1 million transactions) and 17.9 % (199.8 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of March 1, 2009

As of March 1, 2010

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

6 973.3

7 747.7

    - local systems

167.7

161.5

    - international systems, of which:

6 805.6

7 586.2

        Visa International

5 410.9

6 183.2

        Europay International

1 388.2

1 394.7

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 552.5

7 277.1

    - local systems

159.6

153.7

    -  international systems, of which:

6 392.9

7 123.4

       Visa International

5 074.7

5 772.7

       Europay International

1 311.9

1 342.6

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

3 132.2

3 595.3

    - local systems

90.2

88.6

    - international systems, of which:

3 042.0

3 506.7

        Visa International

2 357.6

2 796.4

        Europay International

681.5

706.4

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

21 077

22 974

    - at business enterprises

16 802

18 536

    - in banks

4 275

4 438

Number of imprinters, of which:

886

806

    - at business enterprises

482

425

    - in banks

404

381

Number of ATMs

6 445

7 082

Number of business enterprises

9 302

10 120

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

98 473.2

120 675.7

 

Table 2

Figures

As of March 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

7 739.3

7 167.2

3 590.9

Akmola

246.0

233.3

134.5

Aktubinsk

421.5

399.8

208.6

Almaty

260.6

249.1

131.5

Atyrau

380.7

349.8

176.7

East Kazakhstan

615.5

583.9

312.0

Jambul

296.4

288.3

165.3

West Kazakhstan

271.2

254.1

123.1

Karaganda

804.0

756.1

386.7

Kostanai

292.1

280.0

158.6

Kyzylorda

267.9

257.5

150.5

Mangistau

382.2

345.4

172.3

Pavlodar

418.2

392.6

213.7

North Kazakhstan

194.1

184.9

97.5

South Kazakhstan

512.1

487.1

245.5

Almaty (city)

1 793.0

1 575.8

671.1

Astana (city)

583.8

529.5

243.1

 

Table 3

Figures

As of March 1, 2010

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

22 974

806

7 082

10 120

Akmola

561

4

250

291

Aktubinsk

1 308

13

393

440

Almaty

514

9

281

156

Atyrau

1 129

47

405

488

East Kazakhstan

1 510

27

575

727

Jambul

578

6

258

268

West Kazakhstan

828

19

263

322

Karaganda

1 708

23

635

694

Kostanai

794

19

293

331

Kyzylorda

389

5

203

195

Mangistau

836

17

362

409

Pavlodar

1 195

13

438

557

North Kazakhstan

609

8

210

275

South Kazakhstan

1 064

14

454

438

Almaty (city)

7 008

501

1 387

3 034

Astana (city)

2 943

81

675

1 495

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

February

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 398.7

7 082.6

    - local systems

31.5

193.6

    - international systems, of which:

1 367.2

6 888.9

        Visa International

1 090.5

5 446.7

        Europay International

276.2

1 437.8

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

16 083.7

169 381.3

    - local systems

341.6

4 534.1

    - international systems, of which:

15 742.1

164 847.2

        Visa International

13 416.6

134 591.4

        Europay International

2 317.8

30 122.7

2010

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 829.8

8 058.0

    - local systems

38.3

194.6

    - international systems, of which:

1 791.5

7 863.4

        Visa International

1 463.7

6 354.4

        Europay International

326.2

1 503.3

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

26 683.0

199 753.5

    - local systems

553.3

4 716.5

    - international systems, of which:

26 129.7

195 037.0

        Visa International

22 414.6

161 634.5

        Europay International

3 683.2

33 266.4

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

30.8%

13.8%

    - local systems

21.6%

0.5%

    - international systems, of which:

31.0%

14.1%

        Visa International

34.2%

16.7%

        Europay International

18.1%

4.6%

Value of payments, of which:

65.9%

17.9%

    - local systems

62.0%

4.0%

    - international systems, of which:

66.0%

18.3%

        Visa International

67.1%

20.1%

        Europay International

58.9%

10.4%

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

February

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

1 689.9

22 296.0

7 981.5

195 558.3

Akmola

20.0

526.1

253.9

5 233.5

Aktubinsk

49.3

1 018.7

450.0

10 287.0

Almaty

46.7

575.3

272.4

6 386.0

Atyrau

44.9

1 215.4

435.2

11 863.6

East Kazakhstan

136.5

643.4

737.2

15 605.3

Jambul

32.3

553.1

309.2

6 815.0

West Kazakhstan

65.0

1 962.7

291.7

6 626.1

Karaganda

70.4

1 552.8

813.9

16 688.8

Kostanai

43.6

580.3

336.3

7 138.0

Kyzylorda

66.5

782.7

244.1

6 269.1

Mangistau

54.7

1 122.2

400.9

12 548.1

Pavlodar

76.0

992.7

403.0

8 914.0

North Kazakhstan

35.7

502.5

224.2

4 317.8

South Kazakhstan

34.2

1 020.3

455.8

10 642.5

Almaty (city)

736.3

6 673.1

1 635.1

47 485.5

Astana (city)

177.8

2 574.8

718.6

18 738.0

 

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