Biggest international and domestic payment card schemes in France 2016-2021
CB or Cartes Bancaires overwhelmingly lead the market for card payments in France, whilst Mastercard has a somewhat higher market share than Visa. CB is France's domestic card payment scheme - which, interestingly, started as a co-branding with Visa but eventually also includes Mastercard. The source does not clarify whether this is taken into account when it reported Cartes Bancaires. Nevertheless, "Bank Cards" as the term translates from French to English became a common phrase in France for any type of card payment - something which reveals itself in