Cartes Bancaires
Cartes Bancaires is France's local card scheme and the most widely used payment method in the region. Payments with Cartes Bancaires accounts for around 60% of current household consumption in France. There are 71.1 million Cartes Bancaires issued cards and 12.4 billions transactions totalling €494 billion. More than 95% of French cards are Cartes Bancaires co-branded with Visa or Mastercard
Payment pricing
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Higher authorisation rates
Access to 94% French shoppers
Lower scheme fees
No SEPA entity required
Carte Bancaires Apple Pay
A new way to pay!
Apple Pay is now available to use with Carte Bancaires, enabling cardholders to pay securely in-store and online with their iPhone, iPad or iMac.
Apple Pay and Carte Bancaires combine reach and usability, making it a must-have-addition to your payment method mix in France
With an existing Apple Pay integration, adding Carte Bancaires is just a matter of configuration
Reach shoppers where Apple Pay is only available though Cartes Bancaires
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