Hard cash represents 50% of transactions in 2022, compared to 57% in 2019. 83% of French people (compared to 79% in 2022) are attached to coins and notes.
74% of those over 18 use them on a daily basis, whereas there were fewer of them (68%) the previous year. “Cash is not just a method of payment, it remains a preferred means of building up precautionary savings,” says Monnaie de Paris CEO Marc Schwartz.