ASTANA, Kazakhstan, January 8. Visa continues
to hold the largest share of Kazakhstan’s payment card market, with
40.77 million cards in circulation as of December 1, 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the National Bank of Kazakhstan shows that
the number of Visa cards rose by 3.5% compared to the 39.37 million
cards recorded a year earlier.
The growth was primarily driven by debit cards, which rose by
3.9% year-on-year to 37.86 million. In contrast, Visa credit cards
saw a slight decline of 2.67%, dropping to 633,700 units.
Additionally, the category of debit cards with credit limits and
prepaid cards remained relatively stable at 2.28 million.
In terms of activity, 20.53 million Visa cards were used as of
December 1, 2025, a 3.54% increase from the 19.83 million active
cards reported in the same period of 2024.
Meanwhile, the total number of payment cards in circulation in
Kazakhstan reached 84.38 million as of December 1, 2025, which is a
4.88% increase from 80.46 million on the same date in 2024.
Within the international segment, Visa was followed by
MasterCard at 14.72 million cards and UnionPay at 811,800
cards.
As of December 1, 2025, the issuance of payment cards in
Kazakhstan was carried out by 17 banks and the Kazpost company.
