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As of July 1, 2006, 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 «Bank TuranAlem»; DUET card – by JSC «Valut-Tranzit Bank»; 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 and Diners Club International.

As of July 1, 2006, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 3.73 million, the number of card holders was 3.55 million (growth - by 35.4% and 35.2% 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 89.0% and the local cards – 11.0% respectively. As of July 1, 2005 this ratio was 86.6% and 13.4% correspondingly.

In June 2006 value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 104.7 billion (47.9% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). You can observe advanced growth of the value of cashless payments (by 2.1 timesto KZT 12.0 billion) in comparison with growth of the value of cash withdrawal transactions (by 42.5% to KZT 92.7 billion). In June 2006 volume of transactions was 5.8 million transactions (growth - by 35.5% in comparison with the same period of the last year). You can observe advanced growth of the volume of cashless payments (by 41.8% to 675.0 thousand transactions) in comparison with growth of the volume of cash withdrawal transactions (by 34.7% to 5.1 million transactions).

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

 

Table 1

Figures

As of July 1, 2005

As of July 1, 2006

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

2 751.4

3 725.4

    - local systems

367.9

409.5

    - international systems, of which:

2 383.5

3 315.9

        Visa International

1 914.3

2 644.4

        Europay International

468.7

671.0

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

2 622.5

3 546.3

    - local systems

339.6

377.8

    -  international systems, of which:

2 282.9

3 168.5

        Visa International

1 818.8

2 515.5

        Europay International

463.8

652.7

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

1 640.9

2 133.8

    - local systems

169.5

161.5

    - international systems, of which:

1 471.4

1 972.4

        Visa International

1 194.5

1 588.9

        Europay International

276.7

383.4

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

5 152

8 898

    - at business enterprises

3 517

6 924

    - in banks

1 635

1 974

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 414

1 404

    - at business enterprises

697

707

    - in banks

717

697

Number of ATMs

1 432

1 970

Number of business enterprises

2 387

4 475

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

41 035.3

52 691.0

 

Table 2

Figures

As of July 1, 2006

Total number of cards in circulation (thousand)

Number of card holders (thousand)

Number of the used payment cards (thousand)

Total on the Republic

3 718.7

3 528.8

2 131.3

Akmola

134.0

129.3

82.4

Aktubinsk

219.4

214.1

122.6

Almaty

120.4

116.0

70.2

Atyrau

182.1

171.5

101.1

East Kazakhstan

319.8

308.7

213.6

Jambul

176.3

172.0

113.0

West Kazakhstan

121.2

114.9

66.2

Karaganda

507.0

485.7

245.1

Kostanai

123.8

119.3

80.0

Kyzylorda

116.0

111.9

69.9

Mangistau

186.0

165.1

107.6

Pavlodar

238.1

228.7

149.2

North Kazakhstan

95.3

91.8

62.8

South Kazakhstan

223.4

214.4

103.9

Almaty (city)

697.4

640.8

394.3

Astana (city)

258.6

244.6

149.6

 

Table 3

Figures

As of July 1, 2006

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

8 898  

1 404  

1 970  

4 475  

Akmola

283  

       25  

         64  

          153  

Aktubinsk

413  

25  

100  

254  

Almaty

133  

6  

52  

36  

Atyrau

390  

58  

121  

176  

East Kazakhstan

722  

111  

163  

384  

Jambul

211  

29  

71  

102  

West Kazakhstan

307  

30  

78  

126  

Karaganda

809  

95  

237  

385  

Kostanai

329  

32  

76  

150  

Kyzylorda

138  

18  

46  

87  

Mangistau

304  

40  

122  

190  

Pavlodar

424  

17  

115  

187  

North Kazakhstan

204  

5  

50  

111  

South Kazakhstan

407  

63  

100  

177  

Almaty (city)

2 895  

731  

406  

1 413  

Astana (city)

929  

119  

169  

544  

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the territory of Kazakhstan, in June 2006 (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

June

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2005

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

476.0

3 799.3

    - local systems

77.5

327.0

    - international systems, of which:

398.6

3 472.3

        Visa International

315.4

2 805.1

        Europay International

83.1

667.2

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

5 777.5

65 032.7

    - local systems

537.6

6 014.6

    - international systems, of which:

5 239.9

59 018.1

        Visa International

4 781.4

49 169.9

        Europay International

458.5

9 848.2

2006

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

675.0

5 116.2

    - local systems

69.0

330.2

    - international systems, of which:

606.1

4 785.9

        Visa International

499.1

3 871.2

        Europay International

107.0

914.7

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

12 037.7

92 659.5

    - local systems

663.0

6 568.5

    - international systems, of which:

11 374.7

86 091.0

        Visa International

10 102.8

71 338.7

        Europay International

1 271.9

14 752.3

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

41.8%

34.7%

    - local systems

-11.0%

1.0%

    - international systems, of which:

52.1%

37.8%

        Visa International

58.2%

38.0%

        Europay International

28.8%

37.1%

Value of payments, of which:

by 2.1 times

42.5%

    - local systems

23.3%

9.2%

    - international systems, of which:

by 2.2 times

45.9%

        Visa International

by 2.1 times

45.1%

        Europay International

by 2.8 times

49.8%

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in June 2006 (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

June

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

650.2

11 550.1

5 106.1

90 063.1

Akmola

12.1

282.1

167.3

2 182.2

Aktubinsk

18.1

664.7

307.7

6 030.9

Almaty

14.4

337.1

138.8

2 241.1

Atyrau

16.5

597.0

281.6

5 784.4

East Kazakhstan

25.7

165.0

489.6

6 425.9

Jambul

14.9

108.8

223.8

3 195.0

West Kazakhstan

10.8

443.3

184.0

2 732.5

Karaganda

69.3

638.2

537.8

6 854.8

Kostanai

15.5

437.2

175.3

2 473.7

Kyzylorda

15.4

226.8

154.1

2 730.2

Mangistau

16.4

172.5

293.1

5 760.8

Pavlodar

21.7

1 356.3

293.4

4 376.0

North Kazakhstan

10.4

924.1

154.2

2 005.1

South Kazakhstan

13.0

269.7

212.0

3 943.3

Almaty (city)

303.4

4 144.5

1 050.3

25 275.9

Astana (city)

72.8

782.7

443.1

8 051.3

 

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