France vs Germany payments
France vs Germany payments: SEPA Instant share of credit transfers (number), H2 2025 (provisional) — SEPA Instant share of credit transfers (number): France: 18.3 % (rank 10 of 25); Germany: 10.1 % (rank 15 of 25); France leads on this metric. ECB figures, country ranks, withheld reasons and source series.
Source: European Central Bank, payment statistics (half-yearly). Scrolld derives the shares and rates shown as derived; every figure links to its ECB series.
| Metric | France | Germany | Comparison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Credit transfers sent | 3,268.4 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 25
| 3,958.5 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit transfers sent, value | 16,199,546.3 EUR million Credit transfer values include large-value interbank payments; compare countries by number of transfers, not value. ECB series 1 2 of 24
| 33,365,909.6 EUR million Credit transfer values include large-value interbank payments; compare countries by number of transfers, not value. ECB series 1 1 of 24
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEPA Instant credit transfers sent | 598.7 million transactions SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 2 of 25
| 398.4 million transactions SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 3 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEPA Instant credit transfers sent, value | 298,720.4 EUR million SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 3 of 25
| 405,881.6 EUR million SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 2 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEPA (non-instant) credit transfers sent | 2,482.3 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 25
| 3,175.1 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEPA Instant share of credit transfers (number) | 18.3 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 10 of 25
| 10.1 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 15 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SEPA Instant share of credit transfers (value) | 1.8 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 15 of 24
| 1.2 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. SEPA Instant only. Most countries outside the euro area run their own national instant schemes, which this figure does not include, so their share reads near zero. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 17 of 24
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cross-border share of credit transfers (number) | 3.5 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 16 of 25
| 6.9 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 10 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remotely initiated share of electronic credit transfers | 98.7 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 13 of 20
| 96.4 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 17 of 20
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strong customer authentication on remote credit transfers | 53.6 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 20 of 24
| 81.0 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 8 of 24
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E-commerce credit transfers | 2.3 million transactions ECB series 1 20 of 24
| 110.1 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 24
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit transfers via mobile payment solutions | 289.1 million transactions ECB series 1 4 of 21
| 75.2 million transactions ECB series 1 11 of 21
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Person-to-person mobile credit transfers | 122.0 million transactions ECB series 1 5 of 22
| 16.8 million transactions ECB series 1 9 of 22
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit transfers initiated by payment initiation services | 10.0 million transactions ECB series 1 7 of 23
| 86.8 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 23
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fraudulent credit transfers, value | 249.4 EUR million ECB series 1 1 of 20
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period ECB series 1 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit transfer fraud rate | 0.15 basis points of value Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 11 of 19
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit transfers per inhabitant (ECB) | 47.3 transactions per inhabitant Per half-year, as published by the ECB. ECB series 1 15 of 25
| 47.4 transactions per inhabitant Per half-year, as published by the ECB. ECB series 1 14 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average credit transfer (incl. large-value) | 4,956.48 EUR per transaction Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Credit transfer values include large-value interbank payments; compare countries by number of transfers, not value. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 7 of 24
| 8,428.84 EUR per transaction Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Credit transfer values include large-value interbank payments; compare countries by number of transfers, not value. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 3 of 24
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Card payments (issuer side) | 11,431.8 million transactions Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 1 of 25
| 7,492.0 million transactions Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 2 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Card payments, value | 456,384.8 EUR million Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 1 of 25
| 309,764.4 EUR million Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 2 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average card payment | 39.92 EUR per transaction Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 10 of 25
| 41.35 EUR per transaction Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 9 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contactless card payments | 6,494.1 million transactions Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 1 of 25
| 5,617.2 million transactions Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 2 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contactless card payments, value | 124,988.4 EUR million Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 4 of 25
| 193,263.1 EUR million Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 1 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contactless share of card payments (number) | 56.8 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 22 of 25
| 75.0 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 12 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contactless share of card payments (value) | 27.4 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 21 of 25
| 62.4 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 9 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NFC card payments | 6,237.1 million transactions Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 1 of 25
| 5,613.6 million transactions Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 2 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NFC share of contactless payments | 96.0 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 20 of 25
| 99.9 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 10 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remote (online) share of card payments | 21.6 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 9 of 25
| 12.6 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 23 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Card payments via mobile payment solutions | 377.1 million transactions Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 2 of 24
| 196.6 million transactions Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 5 of 24
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share of card payments at terminals abroad | 13.3 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 19 of 25
| 17.2 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 13 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strong customer authentication on remote card payments | 41.5 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 10 of 25
| 29.7 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 20 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fraudulent card payments (issuer side), value | 216.3 EUR million Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 1 of 20
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Card payment fraud rate (issuer side) | 4.74 basis points of value Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 2 of 20
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash withdrawals with cards | 506.4 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 25
| 693.1 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Card cash withdrawals per 100 card payments | 4.4 per 100 card payments Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 15 of 25
| 9.3 per 100 card payments Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 5 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Card payments per inhabitant (ECB) | 165.5 transactions per inhabitant Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 8 of 25
| 89.7 transactions per inhabitant Counted on the card issuer side: payments with cards issued by payment service providers in the country, wherever the card is used. Countries that license EU-wide card issuers (for example Lithuania and Luxembourg) therefore show far more card payments than their population makes. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 23 of 25
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct debits (payer side) | 2,687.1 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 23
| 8,658.9 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 23
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct debits (payer side), value | 1,204,239.9 EUR million ECB series 1 2 of 23
| 3,568,788.3 EUR million ECB series 1 1 of 23
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fraudulent direct debits (payee side), value | 9.4 EUR million ECB series 1 1 of 17
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period ECB series 1 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Direct debit fraud rate (payee side) | 0.08 basis points of value Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 2 of 17
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E-money payments | 50.3 million transactions ECB series 1 9 of 23
| 15.1 million transactions ECB series 1 15 of 23
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E-money payments, value | 9,182.3 EUR million ECB series 1 6 of 22
| 510.6 EUR million ECB series 1 16 of 22
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E-money payment fraud rate | 0.03 basis points of value Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 11 of 15
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 Unranked
| No comparable published values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Contactless-enabled share of EFTPOS terminals | 70.7 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 24 of 25
| 96.6 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. Issuer-side card payments; countries licensing EU-wide issuers, including Lithuania and Luxembourg, can show unusually large figures. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 17 of 25
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATM cash withdrawals at home (resident cards) | 510.1 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 20
| 670.0 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 20
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATM cash withdrawals at home, value | 67,787.9 EUR million ECB series 1 4 of 16
| 180,895.7 EUR million ECB series 1 1 of 16
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ATM cash withdrawals abroad (resident cards) | 0.2 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 12
| 0.2 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 12
| France has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average ATM withdrawal | 132.88 EUR per transaction Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 14 of 15
| 270.01 EUR per transaction Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 6 of 15
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TIPS instant-settlement transactions | 11.8 million transactions ECB series 1 5 of 18
| 104.2 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 18
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TIPS instant-settlement value | 11,669.9 EUR million ECB series 1 6 of 15
| 120,191.4 EUR million ECB series 1 1 of 15
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T2 (TARGET) transactions | 6.9 million transactions ECB series 1 2 of 16
| 23.6 million transactions ECB series 1 1 of 16
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments initiated by payment-initiation services | 6.4 million transactions ECB series 1 5 of 9
| 38.6 million transactions ECB series 1 3 of 9
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payments initiated by payment-initiation services, value | 2,785.4 EUR million ECB series 1 4 of 10
| 58,837.3 EUR million ECB series 1 2 of 10
| Germany has the higher value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strong customer authentication on remote payment-initiation payments | 98.7 % Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 5 of 7
| Not published by the ECB for this country/period Derived by Scrolld from ECB inputs. ECB series 1 · ECB series 2 Unranked
| No comparable published values |
Differences are shown as the published values side by side. Higher is not necessarily better, particularly for fraud. No differences or EU totals are calculated by this page.