Credit card = Débit différé in France (aka. you pay for everything at the end of the month), it's even written Credit on the card.
And most online banks (e.g., Boursorama, Hello Bank, Fortuneo, etc) do not charge you a monthly fee for a card.
And most online banks (e.g., Boursorama, Hello Bank, Fortuneo, etc) do not charge you a monthly fee for a card.
Traditional French banks have a penchant for issuing debit cards with monthly fees and low daily, weekly (!) and monthly (!) limits.
I had a HSBC business account where I had to pay 45EU a month to lift the 300EU per week limitation.
Likewise, French banks refuse to issue chargebacks. The last time I tried, I was told to lodge a police complaint for theft to take the unknown entity who hit my card to .. court ..?
N26 etc have been a breath of fresh air in France.