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As of October 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» and JSC «ATF Bank»; SmartAlemCard – by JSC «ВТА Bank»; TemirCard – by JSC «Темirbаnк», JSC «Citybank Kazakhstan» and JSC «Tsesnabank». 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 October 1, 2009, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 7.3 million, the number of card holders was 6.9 million (growth - by 7.2% 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 October 1, 2008 this ratio was 97.0% and 3.0% correspondingly.

In September 2009 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 244.6 billion (21.1% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In September 2009 volume of transactions was 10.7 million transactions (growth - by 22.1% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 32.0 % (1.9 million transactions) and 11.7 % (32.1 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 20.1 % (8.8 million transactions) and 22.7 % (212.5 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of October 1, 2008

As of October 1, 2009

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

6 852.2

7 342.8

    - local systems

205.9

151.8

    - international systems, of which:

6 646.4

7 191.0

        Visa International

5 305.0

5 756.8

        Europay International

1 336.0

1 426.3

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 404.6

6 884.7

    - local systems

166.4

144.0

    -  international systems, of which:

6 238.2

6 740.7

       Visa International

4 969.0

5 362.0

       Europay International

1 264.1

1 371.1

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

2 990.5

3 407.0

    - local systems

69.9

88.1

    - international systems, of which:

2 920.6

3 318.9

        Visa International

2 291.0

2 584.3

        Europay International

627.5

730.4

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

19 165

21 950

    - at business enterprises

15 342

17 631

    - in banks

3 823

4 319

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 006

850

    - at business enterprises

594

456

    - in banks

412

394

Number of ATMs

5 876

6 808

Number of business enterprises

8 485

9 784

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

106 771.7

111 943.3

 

Table 2

Figures

As of October 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

7 333.1

6 763.5

3 403.8

Akmola

227.0

215.2

125.9

Aktubinsk

395.1

372.9

199.3

Almaty

236.6

224.9

118.4

Atyrau

361.0

331.2

174.8

East Kazakhstan

594.5

562.3

311.3

Jambul

279.3

272.6

159.7

West Kazakhstan

246.8

229.5

117.3

Karaganda

767.8

721.1

370.5

Kostanai

272.8

257.6

149.0

Kyzylorda

246.5

236.3

142.4

Mangistau

354.4

316.7

168.0

Pavlodar

394.1

368.6

204.9

North Kazakhstan

179.0

169.7

92.1

South Kazakhstan

476.4

451.1

218.8

Almaty (city)

1 748.4

1 534.5

622.7

Astana (city)

553.5

499.3

228.9

 

Table 3

Figures

As of October 1, 2009

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

21 950

850

6 808

9 784

Akmola

546

4

226

288

Aktubinsk

1 171

18

380

431

Almaty

502

9

271

150

Atyrau

1 062

50

391

467

East Kazakhstan

1 550

27

558

735

Jambul

559

6

245

248

West Kazakhstan

805

19

245

296

Karaganda

1 694

26

621

700

Kostanai

754

20

288

320

Kyzylorda

398

6

202

202

Mangistau

784

17

338

401

Pavlodar

1 221

13

419

547

North Kazakhstan

604

8

194

278

South Kazakhstan

1 124

17

427

462

Almaty (city)

6 440

517

1 363

2 846

Astana (city)

2 736

93

640

1 413

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

September

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2008

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 453.7

7 296.1

    - local systems

36.5

219.8

    - international systems, of which:

1 417.3

7 076.3

        Visa International

1 142.2

5 757.5

        Europay International

274.2

1 311.5

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

28 646.4

172 343.2

    - local systems

598.1

4 849.2

    - international systems, of which:

28 048.3

167 494.0

        Visa International

23 268.7

140 167.6

        Europay International

4 762.1

27 150.2

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 924.0

8 811.8

    - local systems

43.9

219.5

    - international systems, of which:

1 880.1

8 592.3

        Visa International

1 510.7

6 809.4

        Europay International

367.7

1 773.9

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

32 050.1

212 524.2

    - local systems

897.4

5 071.6

    - international systems, of which:

31 152.7

207 452.6

        Visa International

26 889.9

169 087.1

        Europay International

4 191.4

38 077.9

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

32.4%

20.8%

    - local systems

20.3%

-0.1%

    - international systems, of which:

32.7%

21.4%

        Visa International

32.3%

18.3%

        Europay International

34.1%

35.3%

Value of payments, of which:

11.9%

23.3%

    - local systems

50.0%

4.6%

    - international systems, of which:

11.1%

23.9%

        Visa International

15.6%

20.6%

        Europay International

-12.0%

40.2%

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

September

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

1 804.0

26 828.9

8 701.4

207 931.6

Akmola

22.8

668.2

283.0

5 610.9

Aktubinsk

50.7

1 332.0

483.6

10 765.9

Almaty

50.4

684.3

292.2

6 586.5

Atyrau

48.5

1 300.8

492.1

12 608.6

East Kazakhstan

151.8

759.0

815.0

16 866.0

Jambul

37.0

528.3

339.6

7 043.9

West Kazakhstan

69.5

2 159.5

329.1

7 014.9

Karaganda

74.9

1 336.9

846.9

16 417.9

Kostanai

46.7

915.8

358.3

7 312.7

Kyzylorda

80.2

752.4

281.6

6 611.9

Mangistau

58.7

2 029.8

444.5

13 098.2

Pavlodar

76.4

1 304.5

424.6

8 722.8

North Kazakhstan

37.1

1 009.4

236.8

4 385.2

South Kazakhstan

37.6

1 306.2

470.3

10 963.4

Almaty (city)

767.8

7 649.5

1 772.4

53 005.2

Astana (city)

193.7

3 092.3

831.5

20 917.5

 

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