Welcome to OptBlue® from American Express
Explore the benefits of accepting American Express, and how OptBlue makes it easier to sell.
OptBlue brings big advantages
Name the price
You set the rate for American Express acceptance, so you can structure a price that works for both you and your merchants.
Offer One Fast Payment
Your merchants get paid at the same time as their other card brands—all card payments come to them at once.
One Simple Statement
Save your merchants time with one statement from their provider for all the credit cards they accept.
One Servicing Contact
Set up merchants with the convenience of a single point of contact for questions about accepting American Express.
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Help your merchants discover more ways to grow
Help your merchants discover more ways to grow
Free promotion
By accepting American Express, your merchants might be recommended to our Card Members via the Shop Small map—an easy, unique, and free way for you to win them over.
Shop Small® and Small Business Saturday®
Celebrated on the first Saturday after Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday was created to help small business merchants do more business and drive more sales.
Shop Small® Resource HubFor Payment Facilitators
Get set up to accept American Express with all the information and resources you need.
Get Set UpAre you a merchant? You can accept American Express®️ Cards at your business.
See what merchants are saying about accepting American Express.
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OptBlue Merchants
- 1. Based on the Feb. 2023 Nilson Report.
- 2. Nilson Report #1,235, February 2023. Spend per card derived from U.S. year-end purchase volume divided by year-end cards in force (CIF), not from individual consumer-level data. CIF represents the number of cards issued and outstanding with cardholders. Average Non-American Express spend per card includes Visa, MasterCard and Discover credit and charge card volume and CIF and excludes debit and prepaid volume and CIF.
- 3. Nilson Report #1,235, February 2023. Transaction Size derived from U.S. year-end purchase volume divided by year-end purchase transactions, not from individual consumer-level data. Average Non-American Express transaction size includes Visa, MasterCard and Discover credit and charge cards and excludes debit and prepaid volume and transactions.
- 4. The Shop Small Map only features qualifying American Express® Card accepting small merchants. American Express reserves the right to decline any update to a merchant's customer facing information if it contains inappropriate content. If you recently signed up to accept American Express Cards, please allow up to 7 weeks for your business to appear on the Shop Small Map. Merchants must be on the Map to be recommended to customers.