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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

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

Figures

As of December 1, 2009

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of the used payment cards (thousand)

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

Figures

As of December 1, 2009

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

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

Figures

November

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2008

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

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 %

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

Figures

November

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

1 728.1

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

 

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