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As of June 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 June 1, 2006, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 3.63 million, the number of card holders was 3.46 million (growth - by 34.8% and 34.3% 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 88.7% and the local cards – 11.3% respectively. As of June 1, 2005 this ratio was 87.0% and 13.0% correspondingly.

In May 2006 value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 98.7 billion (49.1% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). You can observe advanced growth of the value of cashless payments (by 92.2% to KZT 10.5 billion) in comparison with growth of the value of cash withdrawal transactions (by 45.2% to KZT 88.3 billion). In May 2006 volume of transactions was 5.7 million transactions (growth - by 35.8% in comparison with the same period of the last year). You can observe advanced growth of the volume of cashless payments (by 52.4% to 680.2 thousand transactions) in comparison with growth of the volume of cash withdrawal transactions (by 33.8% to 5.0 million transactions).

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

Table 1

Figures

As of June 1, 2005

As of June 1, 2006

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

2 696.3

3 634.1

    - local systems

350.3

410.1

    - international systems, of which:

2 346.0

3 223.9

        Visa International

1 885.7

2 565.8

        Europay International

459.8

657.7

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

2 575.2

3 457.8

    - local systems

328.9

377.3

    -  international systems, of which:

2 246.3

3 080.5

        Visa International

1 791.2

2 437.5

        Europay International

454.8

642.6

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

1 547.3

1 609.0

    - local systems

158.8

135.5

    - international systems, of which:

1 388.6

1 473.4

        Visa International

1 129.0

1 175.1

        Europay International

259.3

298.2

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

4 911

8 659

    - at business enterprises

3 261

6 722

    - in banks

1 650

1 937

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 426

1 409

    - at business enterprises

706

712

    - in banks

720

697

Number of ATMs

1 381

1 908

Number of business enterprises

2 217

4 306

Average monthly balance on card accounts (mln.KZT)

39 092.7

50 201.0

 

Table 2

Figures

As of June 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

3627.6

3440.9

1606.6

Akmola

125.3

121.1

60.4

Aktubinsk

215.9

210.7

92.1

Almaty

111.7

107.4

57.6

Atyrau

176.1

166.8

77.2

East Kazakhstan

315.9

300.7

154.8

Jambul

174.1

169.8

62.1

West Kazakhstan

115.4

110.1

53.0

Karaganda

496.0

473.8

177.8

Kostanai

123.2

118.0

56.9

Kyzylorda

113.0

109.1

49.4

Mangistau

183.5

162.7

81.3

Pavlodar

235.7

226.4

94.2

North Kazakhstan

94.6

90.7

50.6

South Kazakhstan

216.9

208.0

78.0

Almaty (city)

678.7

627.6

339.8

Astana (city)

251.6

238.0

121.3

 

Table 3

Figures

As of June 1, 2006

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

8 659

1 409

1 908

4 306

Akmola

277

25

55

153

Aktubinsk

397

25

93

243

Almaty

127

6

52

35

Atyrau

360

57

119

164

East Kazakhstan

702

111

161

369

Jambul

197

29

70

90

West Kazakhstan

295

30

76

120

Karaganda

789

95

230

376

Kostanai

317

32

75

142

Kyzylorda

133

18

46

82

Mangistau

294

40

120

181

Pavlodar

401

17

110

172

North Kazakhstan

208

5

50

100

South Kazakhstan

392

63

100

173

Almaty (city)

2 829

730

391

1 376

Astana (city)

941

126

160

530

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

May

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2005

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

446.3

3 715.6

    - local systems

68.3

309.5

    - international systems, of which:

378.0

3 406.1

        Visa International

305.8

2 737.3

        Europay International

72.2

668.9

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

5 462.2

60 776.6

    - local systems

383.3

5 148.7

    - international systems, of which:

5 079.0

55 627.9

        Visa International

4 625.1

45 857.9

        Europay International

453.9

9 770.0

2006

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

680.2

4 971.8

    - local systems

73.8

330.2

    - international systems, of which:

606.4

4 641.6

        Visa International

500.0

3 749.1

        Europay International

106.3

892.5

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

10 495.9

88 252.4

    - local systems

588.8

5 906.6

    - international systems, of which:

9 907.2

82 345.8

        Visa International

8 789.6

67 216.5

        Europay International

1 117.5

15 129.3

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

52.4%

33.8%

    - local systems

8.1%

6.7%

    - international systems, of which:

60.4%

36.3%

        Visa International

63.5%

37.0%

        Europay International

47.4%

33.4%

Value of payments, of which:

92.2%

45.2%

    - local systems

53.6%

14.7%

    - international systems, of which:

95.1%

48.0%

        Visa International

90.0%

46.6%

        Europay International

by 2.5 times

54.9%

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

May

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

655.4

10 086.3

4 949.0

84 764.1

Akmola

12.3

193.1

162.4

2 058.6

Aktubinsk

16.5

532.0

298.4

6 020.2

Almaty

14.0

293.8

139.4

2 092.1

Atyrau

15.5

513.3

258.1

5 454.8

East Kazakhstan

25.9

182.1

474.9

6 243.5

Jambul

15.0

89.0

222.6

2 945.6

West Kazakhstan

11.2

473.8

183.5

2 601.5

Karaganda

73.2

649.5

503.6

6 369.4

Kostanai

16.1

438.4

169.5

2 333.1

Kyzylorda

15.7

229.0

147.4

2 549.8

Mangistau

15.8

123.0

266.8

5 763.1

Pavlodar

20.9

844.8

286.7

4 028.8

North Kazakhstan

10.0

505.1

144.5

1 922.2

South Kazakhstan

12.9

277.8

230.4

3 815.3

Almaty (city)

307.3

3 925.1

1 034.7

23 226.2

Astana (city)

73.2

816.5

425.9

7 340.0

 

 

 

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