That's because credit card interchange fees are much lower in France than they are in the US. Does the French government cap interchange fees?
https://www.mastercard.co.uk/content/dam/mccom/en-gb/interch...
https://www.mastercard.us/content/dam/public/mastercardcom/n...
Re:Digital banking, now halal
by thomasmarcelis on Friday September 18, 2020 @12:33PM
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There is a cap set by the EU since 2015
https://www.adyen.com/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-eu...
I'm not familiar with how credit cards work there, but from my point of view cash-back benefits aren't all that widespread. Aside from AmEx I'm not familiar with any such arrangement available in France. And even AmEx is pretty much a joke, you'd have to spend an enormous amount of money every year just so that cashback could reach the price of the card.