⚡ Payments in France

Online payment services allow businesses to securely accept and process transactions by supporting a variety of payment methods such as credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and Buy Now, Pay Later options.

According to our data, payment systems are detected on 3.8% of websites from France.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top payment systems on websites in France in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal, which dominates the market with a substantial 68.5% share.
It is followed by Stripe with 23.4% and Visa with 13.8%.

PayPal 68.5%
Stripe 23.4%
Visa 13.8%
Mastercard 13.5%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 5%
American Express 4.9%
Google Pay 4.8%
Klarna 4.2%
Apple Pay 3.5%
Worldline 3%
Authorize.net 2.3%
Arcot 2.2%
Wirecard 2%
Adyen 1.9%
Amazon Pay 1.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in France than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

5. PayPal Enterprise Payments ^(-3)
10. Worldline ^(-2)
12. Arcot ^(-1)
13. Wirecard ^(-2)
14. Adyen ^(-5)
16. Link ^(-1)
17. Mollie ^(-8)
18. Scalapay ^(-27)
19. Bancontact ^(-5)
21. Revolut ^(-21)

✨ Best Payment Systems

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 74 payment systems used on sites from France, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPalSan Jose, California, United States An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details.	68.5%
2	StripeSan Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.	23.4%
3	VisaSan Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	13.8%
4	MastercardPurchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	13.5%
5	PayPal Enterprise PaymentsSan Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites.	5%
6	American ExpressNew York, United States A global payment network and card issuer.	4.9%
7	Google PayMountain View, California, United States A mobile payment service developed by Google that allows users to make payments using Android phones, tablets, or watches.	4.8%
8	KlarnaStockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases.	4.2%
9	Apple PayCupertino, California, United States A mobile payment service by Apple that is supported on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro.	3.5%
10	WorldlineLa Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	3%
11	Authorize.netSan Francisco, California, United States A payment gateway that facilitates the submission and routing of credit card and electronic check payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its client merchants.	2.3%
12	ArcotPalo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	2.2%
13	WirecardAschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	2%
14	AdyenAmsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform.	1.9%
15	Amazon PaySeattle, Washington, United States Lets Amazon customers to pay on your website using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts.	1.6%
16	LinkSan Francisco, California, United States A one-click checkout feature from Stripe that allows shoppers to securely save and reuse their payment and shipping information across participating online merchants.	1.4%
17	MollieAnsterdam, Netherlands A Netherlands-based payment platform for in-person payments, subscriptions, and financing.	0.8%
18	ScalapayMilan, Italy A payment method that allows customers to pay their order in 3 or 4 installments, interests-free.	0.7%
19	BancontactBrussels, Belgium A Belgium-based real-time online bank transfer payment method.	0.7%
20	RechargeSanta Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs.	0.5%
21	RevolutLondon, United Kingdom An online financial platform and a fully licensed bank.	0.4%
22	ChargebeeNorth Bethesda, Maryland, United States A subscription management platform that handles recurring billing and invoicing.	0.4%
23	PaddleLondon, United Kingdom A software-as-a-service commerce platform that provides payments, tax compliance and subscription infrastructure for software companies.	0.4%
24	Checkout.comLondon, United Kingdom A global payments platform that includes a gateway, acquirer, and processor.	0.3%
25	WebMoneyMoscow, Russia A Russian online payment system.	0.3%

Data updated October 25, 2025

When interpreting and using the results, please read our methodology and disclaimer.