Cartes Bancaires is France’s local card brand and the most widely used payment method in the region. Payments with Cartes Bancaires represent around 60% of current household consumption in France. There are 71.1 million cards issued by Cartes Bancaires and 12.4 billion transactions, totaling a value of 494 billion euros. More than 95% of French cards are Cartes Bancaires co-branded with Visa or Mastercard
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