ASTANA, Kazakhstan, August 6. The volume of non-cash transactions using payment cards of Kazakh issuers amounted to 72.6 trillion tenge (about $151.6 billion) from January through June 2024, Trend reports.
According to Kazakhstan's National Bank, the grand total of non-cash transactions reached a whopping 5.86 billion.
On this account, the cities of Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent occupied the top three positions in terms of transaction volume.
From January through June 2024, 2.4 billion transactions worth 37.4 trillion tenge (about $78.1 billion) were carried out in Almaty, 587.2 million transactions worth 7 trillion tenge (about $14.6 billion) in Astana, and 366.6 million transactions worth 4.4 trillion tenge (about $9.3 billion) in Shymkent.
As of May 1, 2024, Kazakhstan had 76.6 million payment cards in circulation. Debit cards account for 80.5 percent of all payment cards in the country, while credit cards account for 16.1 percent. Debit cards with credit limits and prepaid cards account for 3.5 percent of the total.