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As of November 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 November 1, 2009, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 7.5 million, the number of card holders was 7.0 million (growth - by 7.4% and 7.5% 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 November 1, 2008 this ratio was 97.3% and 2.7% correspondingly.

In October 2009 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 237.2 billion (4.1% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In October 2009 volume of transactions was 10.5 million transactions (growth - by 14.8% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 24.4 % (1.9 million transactions) and -38.2 % (29.7 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 13.0 % (8.6 million transactions) and 15.4 % (207.4 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of November 1, 2008

As of November 1, 2009

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

6 943.1

7 463.4

    - local systems

185.8

153.6

    - international systems, of which:

6 757.3

7 309.7

        Visa International

5 403.0

5 871.5

        Europay International

1 348.9

1 430.3

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 489.8

6 989.2

    - local systems

149.2

145.8

    -  international systems, of which:

6 340.6

6 843.4

       Visa International

5 060.0

5 460.9

       Europay International

1 275.5

1 374.7

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

3 068.8

3 537.5

    - local systems

55.7

89.9

    - international systems, of which:

3 013.1

3 447.6

        Visa International

2 364.8

2 671.6

        Europay International

645.9

771.7

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

19 586

22 218

    - at business enterprises

15 743

17 875

    - in banks

3 843

4 343

Number of imprinters, of which:

906

838

    - at business enterprises

508

445

    - in banks

398

393

Number of ATMs

5 981

6 847

Number of business enterprises

8 714

9 909

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

104 950.5

112 898.1

 

Table 2

Figures

As of November 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

7 453.8

6 870.1

3 533.2

Akmola

230.9

217.1

131.6

Aktubinsk

400.6

378.3

206.7

Almaty

241.4

230.0

125.1

Atyrau

368.8

339.2

178.4

East Kazakhstan

591.9

558.4

309.8

Jambul

284.7

276.0

163.6

West Kazakhstan

251.6

235.5

123.5

Karaganda

771.4

727.4

384.0

Kostanai

275.4

262.6

152.7

Kyzylorda

253.7

240.9

147.3

Mangistau

360.3

321.4

171.8

Pavlodar

398.5

371.9

211.3

North Kazakhstan

183.1

174.1

95.4

South Kazakhstan

485.8

459.8

233.7

Almaty (city)

1 795.8

1 572.6

657.0

Astana (city)

559.9

504.8

241.6

 

Table 3

Figures

As of November 1, 2009

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

22 218

838

6 847

9 909

Akmola

551

4

232

292

Aktubinsk

1 181

18

387

421

Almaty

500

9

270

147

Atyrau

1 081

49

390

476

East Kazakhstan

1 568

27

561

745

Jambul

570

6

246

256

West Kazakhstan

817

19

245

303

Karaganda

1 711

26

622

707

Kostanai

761

20

289

322

Kyzylorda

400

6

202

204

Mangistau

787

17

341

402

Pavlodar

1 241

13

423

553

North Kazakhstan

603

8

198

276

South Kazakhstan

1 085

17

434

456

Almaty (city)

6 552

505

1 364

2 913

Astana (city)

2 810

94

643

1 436

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

October

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2008

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 483.4

7 569.3

    - local systems

34.5

204.0

    - international systems, of which:

1 448.9

7 365.3

        Visa International

1 159.2

5 943.0

        Europay International

288.7

1 414.1

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

48 116.7

178 733.9

    - local systems

596.7

4 580.9

    - international systems, of which:

47 520.1

174 153.1

        Visa International

22 192.7

144 842.1

        Europay International

25 310.7

29 167.8

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 850.1

8 599.5

    - local systems

41.5

206.1

    - international systems, of which:

1 808.5

8 393.5

        Visa International

1 458.2

6 665.9

        Europay International

348.3

1 720.4

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

29 744.7

207 447.5

    - local systems

670.3

4 809.3

    - international systems, of which:

29 074.3

202 638.2

        Visa International

25 699.1

165 222.9

        Europay International

3 332.2

37 209.9

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

24.7%

13.6%

    - local systems

20.3%

1.0%

    - international systems, of which:

24.8%

14.0%

        Visa International

25.8%

12.2%

        Europay International

20.6%

21.7%

Value of payments, of which:

-38.2%

16.1%

    - local systems

12.3%

5.0%

    - international systems, of which:

-38.8%

16.4%

        Visa International

15.8%

14.1%

        Europay International

-86.8%

27.6%

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

October

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

1 740.1

25 810.6

8 429.0

202 450.5

Akmola

21.5

611.2

273.7

5 360.7

Aktubinsk

49.6

1 308.0

460.9

10 312.7

Almaty

47.0

554.9

272.1

6 212.0

Atyrau

49.1

1 659.4

462.1

11 804.0

East Kazakhstan

144.2

715.2

791.4

16 162.4

Jambul

34.9

470.7

322.8

6 849.6

West Kazakhstan

68.5

1 721.2

310.2

6 642.2

Karaganda

71.7

1 479.2

834.3

16 211.7

Kostanai

42.0

954.6

344.5

7 089.5

Kyzylorda

75.1

983.2

260.1

6 220.6

Mangistau

57.9

1 085.4

424.8

13 101.7

Pavlodar

74.0

1 065.8

413.9

8 633.9

North Kazakhstan

34.9

892.4

226.7

4 195.3

South Kazakhstan

36.9

1 355.2

458.7

10 657.5

Almaty (city)

749.9

7 836.0

1 771.4

52 594.2

Astana (city)

183.0

3 118.2

801.5

20 402.6

 

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