⚡ Online Payment Services 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.

France is a Western European country with a population of around 69 million people.

According to our data, online payment services are detected on 6% of websites from France.

Statistics based on 132K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top online payment services on websites in France in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal with a substantial share of 66.2%, followed by Apple Pay with 36.6% and Stripe with 18.4%.

PayPal 66.2%
Apple Pay 36.6%
Stripe 18.4%
Shop Pay 17.3%
Visa 13.2%
Mastercard 12.8%
Google Pay 9.3%
American Express 5.7%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 4.3%
Klarna 3.9%
Worldline 3.5%
Arcot 2.6%
Wirecard 2.5%
Adyen 1.8%
Scalapay 1.6%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Stripe ^(-1)
9. PayPal Enterprise Payments ^(-1)
12. Arcot ^(-2)
13. Wirecard ^(-2)
14. Adyen ^(-6)
15. Scalapay ^(-19)
16. Amazon Pay ^(-1)
17. Bancontact ^(-8)
19. Mollie ^(-5)
24. Checkout.com ^(-40)

✨ Best Online Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 86 online payment services used on sites from France, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal San 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. $$$	66.2%
2	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure contactless and online payments with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro devices. Free	36.6%
3	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	18.4%
4	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app. Free$$$	17.3%
5	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	13.2%
6	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	12.8%
7	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service developed by Google that enables users to make contactless and online payments using supported Android phones, tablets, and wearable devices. Free	9.3%
8	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	5.7%
9	PayPal Enterprise Payments San Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites. $$$	4.3%
10	Klarna Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases. $$$	3.9%
11	Worldline La Défense, France A European payment services provider that processes transactions for merchants, financial institutions, and software platforms.	3.5%
12	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network that enables card issuers, merchants, and payment processors to authenticate cardholder identity during online payments.	2.6%
13	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany An insolvent German payment processor and financial services provider whose executives have been arrested. Legacy	2.5%
14	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A financial technology platform that provides end-to-end payment processing, acquiring, and related financial products for online, mobile, and in-store commerce. $0.13+/transaction	1.8%
15	Scalapay Milan, Italy A European "buy now, pay later" payment method that allows customers to split online and in-store purchases into three or four interest-free installments at checkout.	1.6%
16	Amazon Pay Seattle, Washington, United States An online payment service that allows customers to complete purchases on third-party websites using the payment methods and shipping information stored in their Amazon accounts. Free$0.30+	1.6%
17	Bancontact Brussels, Belgium A Belgian payment method that enables real-time online bank transfers and card payments.	1.2%
18	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	1.1%
19	Mollie Ansterdam, Netherlands A Netherlands-based payment platform that provides online and in-person payment processing, recurring billing, invoicing, and business financing services. $$$	1%
20	Recharge Santa Monica, California, United States A subscription billing platform for Shopify and BigCommerce stores that manages recurring payments, subscription plans, and customer retention workflows. $99+/month	1%
⏳	SumUp London, United Kingdom A payment processor and point-of-sale provider that lets merchants accept card payments in person and remotely through proprietary readers, a mobile app, and online tools. Free$99+/month	0.9%
22	Authorize.net San 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. $25+/month	0.7%
23	Square Oakland, California, United States A payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services. Free$49+/month	0.6%
24	Checkout.com London, United Kingdom A global payments platform that includes a gateway, acquirer, and processor.	0.6%
25	Skrill London, United Kingdom A digital wallet and online payment service that lets users pay online and transfer money using just an email address and password. Free$5.50+	0.4%

👉 See Also

🌎 Online Payments in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 132,068 websites from France.
We currently track the presence of 138 online payment services across the web.
Of these, 86 were detected on websites from France.
Statistics were last calculated on November 3, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.