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As of September 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» and 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 September 1, 2009, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 7.2 million, the number of card holders was 6.7 million (growth - by 7.5% and 7.7% 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 September 1, 2008 this ratio was 96.9% and 3.1% correspondingly.

In August 2009 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 216.1 billion (9.5% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In August 2009 volume of transactions was 9.3 million transactions (growth - by 10.7% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 21.2 % (1.6 million transactions) and 5.4 % (27.0 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 8.7 % (7.6 million transactions) and 10.1 % (189.1 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of September 1, 2008

As of September 1, 2009

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

6 699.0

7 199.4

    - local systems

207.9

149.6

    - international systems, of which:

6 491.1

7 049.8

        Visa International

5 184.9

5 650.3

        Europay International

1 301.4

1 391.6

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6 265.9

6 746.9

    - local systems

167.2

141.8

    -  international systems, of which:

6 098.7

6 605.1

       Visa International

4 859.3

5 258.1

       Europay International

1 234.8

1 339.4

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

2 895.9

3 304.7

    - local systems

72.4

86.6

    - international systems, of which:

2 823.5

3 218.1

        Visa International

2 224.4

2 502.5

        Europay International

597.4

712.1

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

18 587

22 004

    - at business enterprises

14 950

17 671

    - in banks

3 637

4 333

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 002

859

    - at business enterprises

585

466

    - in banks

417

393

Number of ATMs

5 744

6 831

Number of business enterprises

8 305

9 817

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

108 377.8

114 384.6

 

Table 2

Figures

As of September 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

7190.0

6 630.5

3 301.4

Akmola

223.0

211.1

124.6

Aktubinsk

387.6

365.3

193.3

Almaty

231.9

219.5

115.2

Atyrau

354.4

325.1

169.9

East Kazakhstan

585.5

554.2

304.2

Jambul

273.5

265.3

155.8

West Kazakhstan

240.2

223.8

109.5

Karaganda

760.1

710.4

364.8

Kostanai

267.1

253.8

145.1

Kyzylorda

239.6

230.5

136.6

Mangistau

354.1

311.2

163.5

Pavlodar

384.8

358.5

200.9

North Kazakhstan

175.7

166.3

89.0

South Kazakhstan

464.5

441.6

210.2

Almaty (city)

1 705.7

1 502.5

587.0

Astana (city)

542.2

491.6

231.9

 

Table 3

Figures

As of September 1, 2009

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

22 004

859

6 831

9 817

Akmola

546

4

230

279

Aktubinsk

1 205

18

381

452

Almaty

498

9

293

145

Atyrau

1 054

48

387

465

East Kazakhstan

1 541

27

559

732

Jambul

551

6

245

243

West Kazakhstan

809

19

246

300

Karaganda

1 689

26

618

699

Kostanai

747

20

283

321

Kyzylorda

394

6

217

198

Mangistau

790

17

330

403

Pavlodar

1 235

13

420

556

North Kazakhstan

613

8

195

286

South Kazakhstan

1 110

17

423

457

Almaty (city)

6 505

530

1 362

2 882

Astana (city)

2 717

91

642

1 399

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

August

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2008

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 353.9

7 008.5

    - local systems

32.7

216.4

    - international systems, of which:

1 321.2

6 792.1

        Visa International

1 048.3

5 445.0

        Europay International

272.6

1 344.1

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

25 650.0

171 672.3

    - local systems

459.7

5 106.3

    - international systems, of which:

25 190.2

166 565.9

        Visa International

20 270.6

137 748.1

        Europay International

4 911.0

28 740.7

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 640.6

7 619.1

    - local systems

35.5

196.1

    - international systems, of which:

1 605.0

7 423.0

        Visa International

1 275.0

5 855.0

        Europay International

329.5

1 564.4

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

27 044.9

189 081.0

    - local systems

629.4

4 713.4

    - international systems, of which:

26 415.6

184 367.7

        Visa International

22 281.1

148 813.2

        Europay International

4 108.2

35 429.9

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

21.2%

8.7%

    - local systems

8.6%

-9.4%

    - international systems, of which:

21.5%

9.3%

        Visa International

21.6%

7.5%

        Europay International

20.9%

16.4%

Value of payments, of which:

5.4%

10.1%

    - local systems

36.9%

-7.7%

    - international systems, of which:

4.9%

10.7%

        Visa International

9.9%

8.0%

        Europay International

-16.3%

23.3%

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

August

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

1 550.3

22 903.3

7 587.9

186 516.5

Akmola

19.4

696.5

273.6

5 338.8

Aktubinsk

45.8

1 088.8

416.3

9 173.8

Almaty

44.8

492.0

254.7

5 453.3

Atyrau

40.5

876.9

459.9

11 747.9

East Kazakhstan

87.7

458.1

706.2

12 452.4

Jambul

34.1

438.0

288.9

5 735.2

West Kazakhstan

51.5

1 360.7

302.3

7 533.0

Karaganda

67.8

1 117.8

732.1

15 327.2

Kostanai

43.4

890.6

285.0

5 637.8

Kyzylorda

65.9

478.0

255.1

5 818.9

Mangistau

44.7

3 020.5

435.9

13 803.4

Pavlodar

72.3

780.9

366.4

7 535.5

North Kazakhstan

32.3

802.3

229.5

3 834.1

South Kazakhstan

33.0

1 052.8

438.1

10 595.4

Almaty (city)

710.4

6 539.2

1 475.8

47 175.1

Astana (city)

156.8

2 810.3

668.3

19 354.6

 

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