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As of November 1, 2007, 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»; SmartAlemCard – by JSC «Bank TuranAlem»; TemirCard – by JSC «Темirbаnк»; KazCard – by JSC «Kazpost»; cards of JSC «Caspian Bank», 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 November 1, 2007, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 5.3 million, the number of card holders was 5.1 million (growth - by 29.4% and 30.0% 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 96.3% and the local cards – 3.7% respectively. As of November 1, 2006 this ratio was 90.0% and 10.0% correspondingly.

In October 2007 value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 167.6 billion (41.2% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In October 2007 volume of transactions was 7.7 million transactions (growth - by 24.0% in comparison with the same period of the last year). You can observe advanced growth of the volume of cashless payments (by 55.5% to 1.2 million transactions) in comparison with growth of the volume of cash withdrawal transactions (by 19.5% to 6.5 million transactions).

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

Table 1

Figures

As of November 1, 2006

As of November 1, 2007

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

4120.0

5331.1

    - local systems

411.6

198.0

    - international systems, of which:

3708.4

5133.1

        Visa International

3006.0

3948.9

        Europay International

701.9

1182.6

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

3937.0

5119.4

    - local systems

380.7

189.9

    -  international systems, of which:

3556.3

4929.5

        Visa International

2868.7

3776.6

        Europay International

687.3

1151.5

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

2274.2

2814.7

    - local systems

131.1

102.5

    - international systems, of which:

2143.2

2712.2

        Visa International

1751.5

2113.1

        Europay International

391.5

598.4

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

10 215

15 362

    - at business enterprises

7 985

12 246

    - in banks

2 230

3 116

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 321

1 021

    - at business enterprises

648

593

    - in banks

673

428

Number of ATMs

2 285

3 659

Number of business enterprises

5 043

7 013

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

56 759.0

74 680.6

 

Table 2

Figures

As of November 1, 2007

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of the used payment cards (thousand)

Total on the Republic

5 317.4

5 044.5

2 806.4

Akmola

175.4

169.7

105.0

Aktubinsk

310.6

299.7

147.9

Almaty

150.8

146.7

85.3

Atyrau

275.9

253.5

144.8

East Kazakhstan

439.6

428.3

265.9

Jambul

220.0

216.3

137.7

West Kazakhstan

162.2

155.5

87.8

Karaganda

642.4

622.1

322.4

Kostanai

192.0

186.9

104.1

Kyzylorda

162.7

157.8

92.7

Mangistau

251.1

225.8

137.2

Pavlodar

312.7

301.3

177.2

North Kazakhstan

129.4

124.7

76.7

South Kazakhstan

309.0

300.5

147.1

Almaty (city)

1 175.4

1 075.1

564.9

Astana (city)

408.2

380.4

209.8

 

Table 3

Figures

As of November 1, 2007

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

15 362

1 021

3 659

7 013

Akmola

391

7

122

203

Aktubinsk

774

23

206

352

Almaty

256

5

149

77

Atyrau

813

50

226

349

East Kazakhstan

1 227

49

300

595

Jambul

393

7

124

203

West Kazakhstan

585

22

134

222

Karaganda

1 197

27

361

517

Kostanai

470

13

134

202

Kyzylorda

305

7

108

175

Mangistau

599

23

187

300

Pavlodar

857

15

214

391

North Kazakhstan

380

8

92

215

South Kazakhstan

791

22

176

345

Almaty (city)

4 602

639

810

1 945

Astana (city)

1 722

104

316

922

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the territory of Kazakhstan, in October 2007 (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

2006

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

781.3

5 431.9

    - local systems

42.5

240.4

    - international systems, of which:

738.8

5 191.5

        Visa International

606.5

4 265.8

        Europay International

132.3

925.7

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

15 244.4

103 447.7

    - local systems

653.2

4 007.2

    - international systems, of which:

14 591.1

99 440.6

        Visa International

12 710.3

83 461.5

        Europay International

1 880.8

15 979.0

2007

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 215.0

6 489.6

    - local systems

32.7

195.1

    - international systems, of which:

1 182.3

6 294.6

        Visa International

941.7

4 947.1

        Europay International

240.3

1 342.8

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

20 298.9

147 308.5

    - local systems

679.3

4 027.9

    - international systems, of which:

19 619.7

143 280.6

        Visa International

16 844.9

114 551.7

        Europay International

2 770.0

28 625.4

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

55.5%

19.5%

    - local systems

-23.1%

-18.8%

    - international systems, of which:

60.0%

21.2%

        Visa International

55.3%

16.0%

        Europay International

81.6%

45.1%

Value of payments, of which:

33.2%

42.4%

    - local systems

4.0%

0.5%

    - international systems, of which:

34.5%

44.1%

        Visa International

32.5%

37.3%

        Europay International

47.3%

79.1%

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in October 2007 (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

1 119.1

17 532.5

6 002.7

129 293.1

Akmola

19.3

389.6

194.9

3 328.3

Aktubinsk

29.0

877.7

346.1

7 026.1

Almaty

28.1

702.3

193.2

3 987.7

Atyrau

26.7

771.5

340.8

8 212.4

East Kazakhstan

66.8

361.2

564.5

10 177.6

Jambul

26.3

143.9

264.0

4 652.4

West Kazakhstan

35.9

1 158.1

232.3

4 010.6

Karaganda

44.1

1 053.3

578.8

10 131.3

Kostanai

31.7

1 484.0

213.8

4 200.1

Kyzylorda

44.5

612.7

164.1

3 232.6

Mangistau

22.9

369.1

330.9

8 987.6

Pavlodar

44.4

1 415.4

341.2

6 347.7

North Kazakhstan

26.7

212.1

173.0

2 688.9

South Kazakhstan

21.8

498.9

295.2

6 238.5

Almaty (city)

546.1

5 984.4

1 266.2

33 526.0

Astana (city)

104.8

1 498.3

503.6

12 545.4

 

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