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Is it really that common to payment with credit card in France?

Is it really that common to payment with credit card in France? I'm assuming that's only the case in Paris? I regularly buy stuff on card, but always debit if I can help it, and I would assume that that's also the case in the France. I grew up in The Netherlands and I'm living in Italy now, and credit cards are generally viewed with suspicion. I didn't get a credit card until a few years ago when I needed one to live in the US. A lot of people that I know are uncomfortable with credit cards. I'm guessing that's because they're associated with fraud; banks here don't make it easy to file reports in general. My card was used fraudulently for the first time a few months ago and it took A LOT of paperwork for my bank to accept that I hadn't made the purchases. I've always wondered if it's a coincide that Paypal, Square, Google Wallet, Apple Pay etc. are all US-based, or whether it's because they don't address a significant pain point this side of the Atlantic.

Posted by kartikkumar on Oct 6, 2014, 8:01 AM

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Is it really that common to payment with credit card in France?

kartikkumarOct 6, 2014, 8:01 AM

Is it really that common to payment with credit card in France? I'm assuming that's only the case in Paris? I regularly buy stuff on card, but always debit if I can help it, and I would assume that that's also the case in the France. I grew up in The Netherlands and I'm living in Italy now, and credit cards are generally viewed with suspicion. I didn't get a credit card until a few years ago when I needed one to live in the US. A lot of people that I know are uncomfortable with credit cards. I'm guessing that's because they're associated with fraud; banks here don't make it easy to file reports in general. My card was used fraudulently for the first time a few months ago and it took A LOT of paperwork for my bank to accept that I hadn't made the purchases. I've always wondered if it's a coincide that Paypal, Square, Google Wallet, Apple Pay etc. are all US-based, or whether it's because they don't address a significant pain point this side of the Atlantic.

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