Charge and deferred debit cards were for several years a popular way to pay for online shopping in France but gradually lost terrain to credit cards. A comparison between preferred payment methods in France across several years also reveals that debit cards remained relatively unchanged in their popularity for e-commerce. Buy now, pay later was a relatively new entry still for the European country. Its market share increased between 2019 and 2021 but made up roughly four percent in total in the most recent year available.
Market share of cash, credit cards, and other payment methods during online shopping in France from 2016 to 2023, with a forecast for 2027
The source made multiple changes to its categories over time, see the "Details" tab for more information.
Supplementary notes
* In 2022, the source stated it merged the categories of "credit cards" together with "charge/deferred debit cards".
** The source created a new category in 2023 called A2A or account-to-account. It refers to these as electronic payments made between parties that circumvent card networks and that are embedded within apps and online services. The source lists Pix in Brazil, iDEAL in the Netherlands, and BLIK in Poland as its main examples. A2A includes - and does not solely consist of - the former categories of "bank transfers" and "direct debits".
The figures have been taken from several publications.
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Worldpay. (March 21, 2024). Market share of cash, credit cards, and other payment methods during online shopping in France from 2016 to 2023, with a forecast for 2027 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363459/e-commerce-payment-methods-france/
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Worldpay. (2024). Market share of cash, credit cards, and other payment methods during online shopping in France from 2016 to 2023, with a forecast for 2027. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363459/e-commerce-payment-methods-france/
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