OREANDA-NEWS. Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty), whose securities are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following press-release:

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according to information on website www.kazpravda.kz on blocking of payment cards "Halyk Bank" of Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (hereinafter – the Bank) clarifies that 48 payment cards were blocked after suspicions of possible fraud.

During one day the Bank's security detected one skimming device at one ATM of the Bank in Astana, which led to blocking of 48 payment cards to protect cash of clients who used the ATM on that day.

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The full press-release is available on KASE website in Russian, at http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/HSBK/hsbk_reliz_070715.pdf