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Sign up to accept American Express Cards and your business could be eligible for future Shop Small® promotions at no cost to you1.
Call 0800 339 911 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 18:00) or have us contact you to sign up.
Complimentary marketing to help send high-spending customers2 your way
Competitive and transparent pricing with no set up costs or hidden fees
Speedy payment options – get paid as quickly as one business day3
Tools and online support to help manage your business
Best in class solutions to help prevent fraud and disputes
Now more than ever, we’re bringing communities together in support of small businesses.
By accepting American Express, you could be a part of future Shop Small1 campaigns dedicated to promoting local businesses to our Cardmembers and incentivising them to spend with you. This is funded entirely by us, there is no cost to you.
Your business could be promoted to Cardmembers via the American Express Map4 and targeted emails, making it easy for them to find you. New merchants will also receive free Shop Small branded signage.
Unfortunately, only businesses with a physical location, like a shop, are eligible to be part of Shop Small. Other eligibility criteria applies.1
American Express Cardmembers from the UK spend on average 3.2 times more annually compared to other credit and charge cards in the UK2.
American Express Cardmembers from the UK spend on average 2.7 times more frequently compared to other credit and charge cardmembers in the UK2.
As an American Express accepting Merchant, your rates are competitive, transparent and based on your industry and annual account activity. These rates are consistent across all our Credit and Charge Card products to help make acceptance simple5.
There are also no extra set up costs or additional monthly fees involved – you only pay when a customer uses their American Express Card.
1. To find out more about Shop Small click here. Shop Small eligibility criteria:
• The business must be located in the United Kingdom (UK), which consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and includes islands such as the Isle of Wight, Anglesey, the Isles of Scilly, the Hebrides and the island groups of Orkney and Shetland and the self-governing dependent territories of the Isle of Man and Channel Islands.
• The business must be a traditional “street side” business that deals with its customer face to face in premises that the business owns or rents.
• A Shop Small business must have at least one physical business location – up to a maximum of 30 locations – within the UK.• Businesses must not be an airline, government agency, public administration organisation, charity, non-profit, trade association, shopping property management company, direct seller or political organisation or operating in industries that are deemed ineligible for Shop Small.
• Businesses that are part of a franchise brand are evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
• Businesses that have an online or mail order business are excluded.
• Eligible businesses who process American Express payments solely through a third-party processors and/or an affiliate programme are included.
• Shop Small is subject to change based on Covid restrictions.
Subject to American Express Shop Small terms and conditions. To find out more, call 0800 032 7216.
2. Source: American Express internal data for local UK Cardmembers compared to GlobalData Payment Card Analytics for all UK credit and charge cards 2020 - American Express local UK Cardmembers spend on average 3.2x more annually and 2.7x more frequently compared to the average credit and charge card in the UK
3. Your payment plan is 1 business day from receipt by us of all relevant charge data from your terminal provider or payment service provider (PSP). Improved payment time is subject to our right to withhold payments in accordance with your Terms and Conditions for American Express Card Acceptance.
4. The American Express® Map is intended for general reference purposes only and does not represent a comprehensive list of all Card accepting merchants. Recommendations and other information included on the map are derived from internal American Express and third party data. Data is updated from time to time and may not be 100% accurate. American Express does not accept any responsibility or liability arising from any inaccuracies. You understand and agree that your use of the map is your choice and at your sole risk and that the map is provided ‘as is’ and ‘as available’. List of Card accepting merchants is updated monthly.
5. Your rate structure and other terms will be explained to you in full before set-up of your new merchant Account.
6. Based on American Express merchant locations set up between January 2018 and December 2019.
