Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun

Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by prmoustache on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:15AM (#46974558)

You mention an interesting thing I didn't realize before. Carte Bleues, the brand, seems to have been sold to Visa but CB, the payment system would still be a separate thing and now mean Carte Bancaire. It is not helped by the fact that french people literally adopted carte bleue as a generic name for payment cards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bank_Card_Group

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Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun by severino on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @09:00AM (#46975029)

Thanks for the info. By the way, is there any difference, apart from not having to rely on foreign parties, for the buyer between selecting CB or Visa/MC for his payment? And I suppose it's the shop owner who decides the default when the buyer doesn't choose.

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