Checks As Percent of Cashless Payment Volumes in France, 1997-2006P
Almost 4 billion checks were
written in France in 2003 - the equivalent of 64 checks per person.
In France, checks represent about one in three payments not involving
cash, a higher proportion than in any major economy outside of the US.
Check use has been declining for more than a decade, however, and continues
to fall as card use squeezes checks from the payments system.