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As of June 1, 2005, license on the issue of payment cards was given to 21 of second-tier banks and JSC «Kazpost», practically issue of payment cards realise only 20 banks. 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»; 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, 2005, the number of cards, issued by banks of Kazakhstan, was 2.70 million, the number of card holders was 2.58 million (growth - by 29.7% and 26.4% 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 87% and the local cards - 13% respectively. As of June 1, 2004 this ratio was 86.3% and 13.7% correspondingly.

In May 2005 value of transactions using payment cards issued by banks of Kazakhstan was KZT 68.9 billion (69.9% growth in comparison with the same period of the previous year). You can observe advanced growth of the value of cashless payments (by 3.4 times to KZT 5.5 billion) in comparison with growth of the value of cash withdrawal transactions (by 62.8% to KZT 63.5 billion). In May 2005 volume of transactions was KZT 4.2 million transactions (growth - by 49.4% in comparison with the same period of the last year). You can observe advanced growth of the volume of cashless payments (by 3.2 times to 446.4 thousand transactions) in comparison with growth of the volume of cash withdrawal transactions (by 40.5% to 3.8 million transactions).

More detailed data on development of Kazakhstan payment cards market are submitted in Tables 1 - 4.

Table 1

Figures

As of June
1, 2004

As of June
 1, 2005

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

2 079.0

2 696.3

    - local systems

284.5

350.3

    - international systems, of which:

1 794.5

2 346.0

        Visa International

1 417.3

1 885.7

        Europay International

376.8

459.8

Number of card holders (thousand), of which:

2 037.0

2 575.2

    - local systems

276.7

328.9

    -  international systems, of which:

1 760.3

2 246.3

        Visa International

1 397.0

1 791.2

        Europay International

362.9

454.8

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

1 535.3

1 547.3

    - local systems

210.4

158.8

    - international systems, of which:

1 324.8

1 388.6

        Visa International

1 087.2

1 129.0

        Europay International

237.5

259.3

Number of POS-terminals, of which:

4 187

4 911

    - at business enterprises

2 575

3 261

    - in banks

1 612

1 650

Number of imprinters, of which:

1 886

1 426

    - at business enterprises

978

706

    - in banks

908

720

Number of ATMs

947

1 381

Number of business enterprises

2 216

2 217

 

 

Table 2

Figures

As of June 1, 2005

Number of POS-terminals

Number of imprinters

Number of ATMs

Number of business enterprises

Total on the Republic

4 911

1 426

1 381

2 217

Akmola

138

27

36

52

Aktubinsk

235

26

78

91

Almaty

47

6

22

2

Atyrau

170

59

79

81

East Kazakhstan

377

116

108

140

Jambul

108

29

54

44

West Kazakhstan

143

29

55

48

Karaganda

406

96

163

154

Kostanai

172

32

54

45

Kyzylorda

40

14

32

15

Mangistau

183

39

94

95

Pavlodar

202

40

72

49

North Kazakhstan

82

5

41

32

South Kazakhstan

170

59

84

51

Almaty (city)

1 884

721

297

980

Astana (city)

554

128

112

338

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan, in and outside the territory of Kazakhstan, in May 2005 (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 3

Figures

May

Non cash payments

Withdrawals of cash

2004

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

139.0

2 685.2

    - local systems

23.4

255.6

    - international systems, of which:

115.6

2 429.6

        Visa International

92.3

1 913.5

        Europay International

23.3

516.0

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

1 594.1

38 977.6

    - local systems

21.1

3 803.0

    - international systems, of which:

1 572.9

35 174.6

        Visa International

1 294.7

28 400.6

        Europay International

278.3

6 774.0

2005

Volume of payments (thousand), of which:

446.4

3 774.0

    - local systems

68.3

309.5

    - international systems, of which:

378.1

3 464.5

        Visa International

305.9

2 795.6

        Europay International

72.2

668.9

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

5 463.6

63 465.6

    - local systems

383.3

5 148.7

    - international systems, of which:

5 080.3

58 316.9

        Visa International

4 626.4

48 546.9

        Europay International

453.9

9 770.0

Dynamics in %

Volume of payments, of which:

by 3.2 times

40.5%

    - local systems

by 2.9 times

21.1%

    - international systems, of which:

by 3.3 times

42.6%

        Visa International

by 3.3 times

46.1%

        Europay International

by 3.1 times

29.6%

Value of payments, of which:

by 3.4 times

62.8%

    - local systems

by 18.1 times

35.4%

    - international systems, of which:

by 3.2 times

65.8%

        Visa International

by 3.6 times

70.9%

        Europay International

63.1%

44.2%

Use of payment cards, issued by the banks of Kazakhstan and foreign banks, in the territory of Kazakhstan, in May 2005 (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 4

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

432.2

5 089.4

3 734.9

59 621.8

Akmola

5.4

52.6

124.2

1 378.2

Aktubinsk

5.6

161.0

242.8

4 036.9

Almaty

8.2

407.2

65.1

776.2

Atyrau

5.9

349.9

201.9

4 703.9

East Kazakhstan

21.7

117.9

358.8

4 592.9

Jambul

11.1

52.7

174.4

2 011.7

West Kazakhstan

6.2

17.9

144.3

1 963.8

Karaganda

63.1

69.8

345.0

3 895.3

Kostanai

11.7

134.4

118.9

1 598.8

Kyzylorda

16.4

40.9

112.0

1 846.3

Mangistau

6.0

70.3

211.6

4 509.8

Pavlodar

11.2

351.0

240.4

3 115.6

North Kazakhstan

8.8

627.8

111.9

1 276.4

South Kazakhstan

5.6

149.7

162.4

2 538.7

Almaty (city)

207.0

2 159.7

799.7

16 393.8

 

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