CB or Cartes Bancaires overwhelmingly lead the market for card payments in France, making up almost ** percent in 2023. 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 considered 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 the country's high preference for card payments in a POS environment.
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