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It's the same in France. You can't choose whether you want to pay with CB or Visa/Mastercard. Actually, CB (for "Carte Bleue") looks so close to the generic "c
by seszett 10y ago
It's the same in France. You can't choose whether you want to pay with CB or Visa/Mastercard.
Actually, CB (for "Carte Bleue") looks so close to the generic "carte bancaire" word for "bank card", that few people even know that it's just a national card thing.
I don't know if stores are allowed to charge customers differently for different payment means, but I guess not since I have never seen it. However some stores only take cards for a minimum amount. The largest chains though don't have any limit, and I've actually already paid amounts less than 1€ with my card.
- germanier 10y agoIs there really still a separate Carte Bleue payment network? The brand was sold to Visa Europe in 2010 and there are no mentions anymore on the websites. I would be surprised to learn that they still operate a different network.
- seszett 10y agoLooks like I mixed things up myself. Carte Bleue was apparently something related to Visa, and CB (for "carte bancaire") is the national network. But people actually still often say "carte bleue" to refer to any kind of payment card (even a Mastercard one). Apparently just because it was the name of the first payment card in France. So yeah, you have to swap carte bleue and carte bancaire in my previous post, I guess.