ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 13. The number of Visa International payment cards in circulation in Kazakhstan amounted to 37.248 million at the beginning of October 2023, Trend reports.
According to data from Kazakhstan's National Bank, the number of cards has increased by 5.664 million from the beginning of October 2022 (31.584 million).
Furthermore, the use of Visa International cards has increased. Until October 1, 18.988 million Visa cards were used in Kazakhstan (15.482 million at the beginning of October 2022).
For the period under consideration, there were 34.458 million Visa International debit cards, 989,100 credit cards, and 1.8 million debit cards with a credit limit and prepaid cards. In addition, until October 1, 18.418 million debit cards, 347,900 credit cards and 223,000 cards were used.
As of October 1, 2023, Kazakhstan had 72.6 million payment cards in circulation. The most common are debit cards, their share is 80.6 percent, the share of credit cards is 16.7 percent. The share of debit cards with a credit limit and prepaid cards accounted for 2.7 percent.
The number of cards used as of October 1, 2023, amounted to 37.507 million. As of October 1, 2022, this figure was 31.732 million.
Kazakhstan had 62.6 million payment cards in circulation as of October 1, 2022.
