Europay France, Mastercard international's representative in France

Authorised since 1967 as a financial company specialising in the management of means of payment, Europay France is a credit institution whose capital is held by six French banks that issue MasterCard cards: Crédit Agricole, Crédit Mutuel, Banques Populaires, Groupe CIC, La Poste and Crédit Lyonnais.

Its mission is to develop comprehensive products and services: card products, partnerships designed to generate flows, and fraud prevention. This credit institution markets MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus cards to French banks. This comprehensive range, which is suitable for individuals as well as professionals and businesses, enables financial institutions to meet the needs and expectations of the market. At the same time, Europay France is encouraging the use of cards as a means of payment by offering banks a wide range of services, including high value-added online services such as Gold MasterCard Voyages and MasterCard Spectacles. It also helps banks to optimise risk management. Since 2004, Europay France has had a new fraud detection tool based on the analysis of authorisations and real-time alerts.