Bank cards in France

des cartes à puce

Microchip

French bankcards all have a microchip – une puce – that allows users to pay for purchases in a lot of stores and other places. If yours doesn’t have a microchip – and I think most American cards don’t – you won’t be able to pay for things. So I recommend you to always have cash with you.

Secret code

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