Contactless purchases - performed either with cards or mobile wallets - in France averaged roughly 17 euros, or nearly 20 dollars, in 2021. This according to estimates based on the overall value of debit card transactions against the number of transactions within the country. These numbers have only been reported on an annual basis. Contactless or tap to pay payments in France increased sizably in 2020, as one of the COVID-19 measures was to increase to contactless card limit. This accelerated the growth of this digital payment method within the European country.
Average value of a contactless transaction in France from 2014 to 2023
(in euros, and estimates in U.S. dollars)
Includes cards, smartphones, and wearables; No figures were provided from before 2014
Supplementary notes
The figures have been taken from several publications. The base figures come Bank of International Settlements, which gathered data from the national central bank.
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