Accept our Cards through a Payment Provider
Accept our Cards through a Payment Provider
Here’s what it means to say yes
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We provide physical and digital signage to encourage our Cardmembers to spend with you.
Our thing? Helping you do your thing.
Contact a participating Provider
This is not a comprehensive list of participating providers. If your payment provider is not listed, contact your provider to get started directly or give us a call at 0800 399 911 to learn more.
We value our local communities and are committed to promoting small businesses for free. American Express encourages our Cardmembers to shop locally and support their community.
Eligibility criteria applies depending on your payment provider.1
Please contact your payment provider to find out more.
There are many reasons why accepting American Express can benefit your business:
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• Including physical and digital signage to encourage our Cardmembers to spend with you
• And promotions, training and webinars to help you attract more customers
Welcome Amex Cardmembers
• 88% of UK Cardmembers reported American Express as their payment method of choice.2
As a small business owner you know the benefit of happy customers. Did you know our Cardmembers could earn rewards when they shop on their American Express Card?
Accepting American Express Cards at your business could help keep customers coming back by allowing them to shop the way they prefer.
When it comes to accepting credit cards, some businesses believe that American Express is always more expensive, and they believe they can get a better rate from other card brands. However, for small businesses our rate might be lower than you think. You can fin out more with your payment provider.
Do you have signage posted to let Cardmembers know they can use their Card at your business? We’ve heard testimonials from Cardmembers who specifically look for that American Express Card logo in the window; if they don’t see it, they might not walk in the door of your establishment.
1. 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 “Brick and Mortar Establishments” 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.
- Eligibility criteria apply depending on your payment provider, contact your provider to find out more
Subject to American Express Shop Small terms and conditions. To find out more, call 0800 032 7216 or visit our Shop Small Resource Centre