ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 13. In May 2025, the volume of transactions using payment cards issued by Kazakhstani issuers reached 18.1 trillion tenge ($34.39 billion) with a total of 1.3 billion operations, Trend reports via the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
Based on the data, in comparison to May 2024, the volume of
cashless transactions surged by 11.9 percent, totaling 1.2 billion
operations, while the transaction value escalated by 18.7 percent,
culminating in 15.7 trillion tenge (roughly $29.83 billion).
Cardholders executed 20.8 million cash withdrawal transactions
aggregating to 2.3 trillion tenge (approximately $4.37 billion).
Simultaneously, the frequency of cash withdrawal transactions
experienced a contraction of 0.7 percent relative to May of the
preceding year, while the aggregate monetary volume surged by 11.4
percent.
The data points illustrate a persistent trajectory of heightened
adoption of digital transaction methodologies within the
demographic landscape of Kazakhstan.
