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As of October 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 October 1, 2007, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 5.2 million, the number of card holders was 5.0 million (growth - by 30.7% and 30.8% 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 96.1% and the local cards – 3.9% respectively. As of October 1, 2006 this ratio was 89.7% and 10.3% correspondingly.

In September 2007 value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 157.1 billion (38.3% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). In September2007 volume of transactions was 7.2 million transactions (growth - by 24.2% in comparison with the same period of the last year). You can observe advanced growth of the volume of cashless payments (by 58.0% to 1.1 million transactions) in comparison with growth of the volume of cash withdrawal transactions (by 19.6% to 6.1 million transactions).

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

Table 1

Figures

As of October 1, 2006

As of October 1, 2007

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

3 981.4

5 205.1

    - local systems

410.6

204.6

    - international systems, of which:

3 570.9

5 000.5

        Visa International

2 884.4

3 893.9

        Europay International

686.0

1 105.2

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

3 812.6

4 988.7

    - local systems

379.8

194.0

    -  international systems, of which:

3 432.7

4 794.8

        Visa International

2 760.4

3 718.3

        Europay International

672.1

1 105.2

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

1 794.7

2 722.6

    - local systems

122.1

100.1

    - international systems, of which:

1 672.6

2 622.5

        Visa International

1 350.8

2 064.7

        Europay International

321.6

1 105.2

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

9 801

14 790

    - at business enterprises

7 634

11 769

    - in banks

2 167

3 021

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 331

1 039

    - at business enterprises

660

597

    - in banks

671

442

Number of ATMs

2 223

3 468

Number of business enterprises

4 849

7 137

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

57 225.2

77 608.6

 

Table 2

Figures

As of October 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

5 191.5

4 925.6

2 716.3

Akmola

171.6

166.4

101.7

Aktubinsk

306.5

296.5

143.0

Almaty

143.1

139.0

80.8

Atyrau

270.8

249.0

140.3

East Kazakhstan

430.5

418.6

257.9

Jambul

213.1

208.5

132.0

West Kazakhstan

156.7

149.7

85.4

Karaganda

630.6

611.4

310.4

Kostanai

186.7

181.0

99.4

Kyzylorda

157.1

153.6

89.1

Mangistau

247.5

222.1

141.0

Pavlodar

307.6

296.7

171.3

North Kazakhstan

124.6

120.7

74.8

South Kazakhstan

295.9

287.5

138.8

Almaty (city)

1 153.8

1 053.6

548.1

Astana (city)

395.3

371.4

202.2

 

Table 3

Figures

As of October 1, 2007

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

14 790

1 039

3 468

7 137

Akmola

379

7

117

203

Aktubinsk

709

23

181

361

Almaty

247

6

130

73

Atyrau

780

50

220

350

East Kazakhstan

1 203

49

278

607

Jambul

373

7

121

201

West Kazakhstan

573

22

126

242

Karaganda

1 143

27

353

516

Kostanai

485

21

138

213

Kyzylorda

287

7

102

179

Mangistau

581

23

184

331

Pavlodar

826

17

203

395

North Kazakhstan

381

7

87

222

South Kazakhstan

754

22

171

343

Almaty (city)

4 435

643

764

1 986

Astana (city)

1 634

108

293

915

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

September

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2006

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

691.6

5 087.3

    - local systems

49.9

263.1

    - international systems, of which:

641.7

4 824.2

        Visa International

526.4

3 947.5

        Europay International

115.3

876.7

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

13 959.8

99 601.3

    - local systems

784.3

5 982.1

    - international systems, of which:

13 175.4

93 619.2

        Visa International

11 219.1

77 831.9

        Europay International

1 956.3

15 787.3

2007

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

1 092.8

6 083.0

    - local systems

28.5

179.0

    - international systems, of which:

1 064.4

5 904.0

        Visa International

843.4

4 652.9

        Europay International

220.7

1 244.3

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

18 726.3

138 333.4

    - local systems

667.0

3 773.1

    - international systems, of which:

18 059.3

134 560.3

        Visa International

15 450.0

107 852.0

        Europay International

2 604.6

26 528.3

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

58.0%

19.6%

    - local systems

-43.0%

-32.0%

    - international systems, of which:

65.9%

22.4%

        Visa International

60.2%

17.9%

        Europay International

91.4%

41.9%

Value of payments, of which:

34.1%

38.9%

    - local systems

-15.0%

-36.9%

    - international systems, of which:

37.1%

43.7%

        Visa International

37.7%

38.6%

        Europay International

33.1%

68.0%

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

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

1 033.3

16 740.0

5 704.2

121 785.5

Akmola

17.8

405.5

185.9

3 057.9

Aktubinsk

25.9

830.2

326.1

6 985.5

Almaty

26.1

712.2

185.9

3 632.1

Atyrau

25.7

813.5

333.2

8 152.0

East Kazakhstan

62.4

320.2

538.2

9 195.2

Jambul

24.5

147.9

252.0

4 322.2

West Kazakhstan

30.3

1 113.3

219.9

3 950.4

Karaganda

39.9

882.2

554.5

9 598.6

Kostanai

26.7

892.9

201.5

3 775.4

Kyzylorda

45.5

595.5

164.6

3 241.0

Mangistau

22.0

372.4

318.3

7 969.6

Pavlodar

40.6

1 396.8

326.7

5 971.3

North Kazakhstan

24.3

321.8

167.1

2 544.3

South Kazakhstan

18.3

504.4

282.5

6 400.9

Almaty (city)

506.8

5 962.8

1 184.0

31 296.8

Astana (city)

96.4

1 468.5

463.9

11 692.3

 

 

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