Accept Visa® to help drive revenue and improve customer satisfaction. Visa® works with you to build your business, providing key information on getting started and accepting Visa® at your business, online, and for bill payment. Becoming a Visa® Merchant provides outstanding benefits—for you, and for your customers.

Customers recognize and trust the Visa® brand, and enjoy the convenience of shopping with their Visa® cards. That means that as a Visa® Merchant, you'll realize increased revenue. And when you partner with Visa®, you can participate in Visa® Promotions that further drive sales and increase customer satisfaction.

Useful facts

• Nearly 1 in every 3 consumer purchases in the United States is made with a payment card—including credit, debit, and prepaid products.
• Of every $100 spent by consumers, nearly $40 is in a form other than cash or check.
• Consumers carry more than 1 billion Visa® cards worldwide—more than 450 million of those cards are in the United States.
• U.S. Visa® cardholders conduct more than $1 trillion in annual volume.
• The average ticket for Visa® purchases is consistently more than cash.

Speed of Checkout - You'll speed your customers through checkout with rapid electronic payment. No more counting change or waiting while customers write checks.

Improved Efficiency - Card transactions today are conducted electronically. These paperless payments can save you time and money by minimizing cash handling and payment reconciliation, giving you more time to do more important things - like managing and growing your business.

Safety - With lower volumes of cash, you're less vulnerable to theft and pilfering.

American Express® has millions of active Cardmembers nationwide. Some may already be your customers. They'll be happy to see you're accepting the Card, especially if they participate in one of our rewards programs.

• 24% of American Express® Cardmembers used only American Express® in the past month and no other major credit or charge cards.
• 32% of American Express® Cardmembers use American Express® for both business and personal purchases.

If you do business with other businesses, accepting the Card can cut down on administrative work and bring in payments faster.

• Lower risk. Reduce the chance of payment default; improve billing and collection.
• Faster payment. Receive revenues in as few as 3 days (not the standard 45) with invoice and check.
• Profitable customers. 49% of American Express® Small Business or Corporate Cardmembers have spent $10,000 or more on a single occasion using an American Express® Business or Corporate Card.

Cardmembers tend to be the kind of customer retailers appreciate.

• Higher retail spending. American Express® Cardmembers spent, on average, $159 on their last purchase occasion using American Express®.
• Loyal customers. 28% of American Express® Cardmembers used only American Express® in the past month and no other major credit or charge cards.
• Purchasing power. American Express® Cardmembers’ average household income is $97,000.

Accepting the Card can help your quick service restaurant attract new customers, market more successfully, and save money on everyday services.

• Loyal customers: 62% of American Express® Cardmembers agree that a merchant's acceptance of different types of payment methods indicates whether or not the merchant is customer service oriented.
• Growing Demand: Fewer than half of American Express® Cardmembers are unlikely to use their Card for purchases under $25

Cardmembers have a long history of travel and entertainment spending.

• Loyal customers. 17% of Cardmembers who dine in restaurants carry American Express® but do not carry any other major credit or charge cards.
• Frequent diners. During the past three months, Cardmembers who dine in restaurants made 1.5 times as many fine dining purchases as non-American Express® Cardmembers.

Many Cardmembers prefer to use their Card for online purchases.

• Profitable customers. American Express® Cardmembers spent, on average, $1,102 on mail order purchases using an American Express® Card in the past 6 months.
• Profitable customers. American Express® Cardmembers spent, on average, $2,349 on retail Internet purchases using an American Express® Card in the past 6 months.
• Higher spend. American Express® Cardmembers spent 2.6 times as much on retail Internet purchases in the past 6 months using an American Express® Card as Non-Cardmembers spent on retail Internet purchases in the past 6 months using Visa® or MasterCard®.
• Avid Internet shoppers. 17% of American Express® Cardmembers' time on-line is spent shopping.