Carte Bancaires (CB) is a well-known debit and credit card payment scheme in France. Carte Bancaires cards are most often co-branded with MasterCard and Visa.
Carte Bancaires (CB) cards can be used for domestic debit or credit card transactions in France. Carte Bleue is the French debit card payment scheme and part of Cartes Bancaires 'interbank' network.
For merchants outside of France and targeting French consumers and business they can accept payments through their existing MasterCard and Visa connection, as Carte Bancaires credit cards are co-branded with MasterCard or Visa for international and cross-border payments. For merchants looking to provide more payment convenience and to profit from lower card transaction costs, should consider to accept Carte Bancaires and Carte Bleue transactions. Please see below for Payment Service Providers who enable online merchants to accept Carte Bancaires payments.
