Access to Cash in France Good (for Now)

At the Intergraf conference the Banque de France (BdeF) presented on the access to cash situation in France and how it has changed since 2018. The good news is that access to cash remains good throughout France. However, there are indications of change.

Between the end of 2018 and 2020 Metropolitan France (France less the overseas territories) saw a reduction of 3.6% in the number of ATMs. Despite that, 90% of the population have an ATM or private point of access, sometimes known as ‘cash in shop’, where they live. This has not changed during this period.

BdeF data records the distance people have to travel to access either an ATM or private point of access. 82.2% of the population are within five minutes of an ATM and 99.2% within 15 minutes. When private points of access are included, the figures go up to 94.5% and 99.9% respectively.