| For the CB bank card, the years pass with reassuring
regularity… and figures rise at a steady pace. The first indicator,
the number of CB bank cards, has continued its even climb with over
49.1 million cards now in circulation. The same upward trend is reported
for CB bank card payments that totalled 220 billion (for 4.65 billion
payments) in 2004, a figure which now represents 25% of household
expenditure and 36.5% of payments in the euro zone. The most commonly
used method of payment (39.2% compared with 29% for cheques) in France
the bank card has continued its inexorable penetration into sectors
with high growth potential: for example, up 41% for public services,
30% for dentists, 19% for taxis, etc. And this groundswell will simply
get bigger this year! |
| FIGURES FOR THE QUARTER |
| 1 |
25% |
35% |
| The number (in millions) of CB Eftpos terminals
used by retailers. |
CB bank card payments as a percentage share
of household expenditure in 2004. |
The CB bank card's percentage share of all bank
card payments within the euro zone.* |
| *Source: European Central Bank,
Blue Book, April 2004. |
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