The French market for credit, charge and store cards has grown by 11.5% since 1999 to reach a value of FF1,424 billion ( US $201 billion) in 2000.
In 2000 there were 40.9 million bank issued cards in circulation, with credit cards representing 54.4% of the market.
Groupement Carte Bleue is the clear, albeit unstable, market leader in France in terms of the number of cards in circulation, accounting for 39.7% in 2000.
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