American Express says it's reached 'virtual parity' in the U.S. with Visa and Mastercard via partnerships that have gotten smaller businesses on board. Credit cards Explore more credit card resources ...

American Express is accepted in 99% of U.S. locations that accept credit cards and has tripled its coverage globally since 2017. Visa and Mastercard still have bigger coverage areas in the U.S ...

American Express is one of the world’s largest credit card payment networks, alongside Mastercard and Visa. However, while Amex is massive, its cards aren't accepted everywhere. There may come a ...

According to AmEx's Q4 2019 earnings release from January 2020, 99% of U.S. merchants who accept credit cards now also accept American Express. It wasn't always this way.

Discover is generally not as expensive as American Express for merchants to accept, but it still generally charges more than Visa or Mastercard, which is why Discover is No. 3 in terms of acceptance.

American Express charges merchants quite a bit more in swipe fees than Visa, Mastercard and Discover do. Amex merchant fees are between 1.5% and 3.3%, while its competitors’ fees are anywhere ...