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As of August 1, 2009, 19 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 August 1, 2009, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 7.1 million, the number of card holders was 6.7 million (growth - by 8.2% and 8.2% 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 August 1, 2008 this ratio was 96.8% and 3.2% correspondingly.

In July 2009 the value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 234.0 billion (15.7% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In July 2009 volume of transactions was 10.0 million transactions (growth - by 15.3% in comparison with the same period of the last year).

Growth of the volume and value of non-cash payments has made 25.1 % (1.8 million transactions) and 24.1 % (29.9 billion tenge), and of the volume and value of operations on cash withdrawal - 13.4 % (8.2 million transactions) and 14.5 % (204.1 billion tenge) accordingly.

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

Table 1

Figures

As of August 1, 2008

As of August 1, 2009

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

6574.3

7 115.4

    - local systems

212.7

149.0

    - international systems, of which:

6361.5

6 966.4

        Visa International

5060.2

5 577.8

        Europay International

1297.6

1 381.3

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

6154.4

6 659.3

    - local systems

167.6

141.2

    -  international systems, of which:

5986.8

6 518.1

       Visa International

4747.3

5 182.4

       Europay International

1236.0

1 328.6

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

2862.2

3 287.0

    - local systems

72.6

86.8

    - international systems, of which:

2789.5

3 200.2

        Visa International

2190.1

2 486.6

        Europay International

598.0

710.4

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

18 341

21 794

    - at business enterprises

14 706

17 453

    - in banks

3 635

4 341

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 003

861

    - at business enterprises

576

468

    - in banks

427

393

Number of ATMs

5 693

6 774

Number of business enterprises

8 230

9 700

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

105 764.3

116 778.0

 

Table 2

Figures

As of August 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

7 105.3

6 542.2

3 283.7

Akmola

220.9

209.1

123.7

Aktubinsk

381.5

359.8

193.1

Almaty

227.8

216.8

112.4

Atyrau

351.2

321.3

169.4

East Kazakhstan

580.9

550.5

304.9

Jambul

270.0

262.6

154.2

West Kazakhstan

239.2

222.2

111.7

Karaganda

751.0

706.9

365.0

Kostanai

262.9

247.9

143.7

Kyzylorda

236.6

225.8

133.2

Mangistau

351.2

306.7

162.6

Pavlodar

380.5

354.3

198.6

North Kazakhstan

174.0

164.1

90.4

South Kazakhstan

458.3

430.2

204.0

Almaty (city)

1 683.3

1 481.2

587.0

Astana (city)

536.0

482.9

229.7

 

Table 3

Figures

As of August 1, 2009

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

21 794

861

6 774

9 700

Akmola

539

4

225

274

Aktubinsk

1 191

18

378

456

Almaty

493

9

272

142

Atyrau

1 082

48

387

476

East Kazakhstan

1 535

27

559

719

Jambul

550

6

244

243

West Kazakhstan

819

19

246

303

Karaganda

1 661

26

613

686

Kostanai

746

20

289

318

Kyzylorda

396

6

197

202

Mangistau

785

17

326

397

Pavlodar

1 217

13

423

548

North Kazakhstan

593

8

195

279

South Kazakhstan

1 103

17

417

454

Almaty (city)

6 396

532

1 370

2 822

Astana (city)

2 688

91

633

1 381

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

July

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2008

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 432.9

7 261.7

    - local systems

33.6

225.2

    - international systems, of which:

1 399.3

7 036.5

        Visa International

1 107.9

5 600.3

        Europay International

291.1

1 433.4

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

24 075.4

178 250.1

    - local systems

454.2

5682.2

    - international systems, of which:

23 621.2

172 567.9

        Visa International

19 440.8

141 912.3

        Europay International

4 173.8

30 585.6

2009

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 793.1

8 235.2

    - local systems

39.5

212.7

    - international systems, of which:

1 753.6

8 022.5

        Visa International

1 398.5

6 348.2

        Europay International

354.4

1 670.6

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

29 868.7

204 145.5

    - local systems

561.0

5 246.0

    - international systems, of which:

29 307.8

198 899.5

        Visa International

26 093.5

161 540.5

        Europay International

3 187.8

37 261.2

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

25.1%

13.4%

    - local systems

17.6%

-5.6%

    - international systems, of which:

25.3%

14.0%

        Visa International

26.2%

13.4%

        Europay International

21.7%

16.5%

Value of payments, of which:

24.1%

14.5%

    - local systems

23.5%

-7.7%

    - international systems, of which:

24.1%

15.3%

        Visa International

34.2%

13.8%

        Europay International

-23.6%

21.8%

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

July

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

1 685.6

25 997.7

8 210.9

201 275.5

Akmola

23.6

711.1

292.2

5 763.5

Aktubinsk

46.7

1 381.0

457.8

10 562.1

Almaty

48.7

477.3

285.8

6 477.3

Atyrau

45.1

1 016.2

468.4

12 041.9

East Kazakhstan

128.4

534.9

730.4

14 779.5

Jambul

34.9

485.7

338.2

7 249.5

West Kazakhstan

59.0

1 943.2

313.2

6 644.3

Karaganda

71.2

1 351.5

842.7

16 839.6

Kostanai

44.2

984.2

307.2

6 487.0

Kyzylorda

71.7

590.1

259.7

6 349.4

Mangistau

50.7

3 828.0

455.0

13 844.8

Pavlodar

74.8

1 045.4

408.1

8 094.5

North Kazakhstan

38.9

872.2

244.0

4 658.1

South Kazakhstan

35.9

1 123.6

455.3

10 818.6

Almaty (city)

744.3

6 804.8

1 586.8

50 776.7

Astana (city)

167.5

2 848.4

766.2

19 888.7

 

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