AMEX Merchant Setup
Follow these steps to board an AMEX merchant in the Gateway Manager.
- In the Test Gateway Manager, create a new merchant withAMEXas the processing path.
- When adding an AMEX processing path to a merchant, you must provide the required field data shown in the table below. Make sure to provide the correct data because entry errors might result in processing problems. The information for the required data fields is usually included in the merchant's contract with AMEX. Contact Customer Support if you have questions.
Field | Description | Details |
Merchant Country | Merchant's country | Great Britain/United Kingdom (GB), Ireland (IE), Germany (DE), Switzerland (CH), Austria (AT), Finland (FI). See the Merchant Country, Region, and Region Code tables below. |
Merchant Region | Merchant's region | See the Merchant Country, Region, and Region Code tables below. |
Merchant City | Merchant's city | |
Merchant Street | Merchant's street | |
Zip Code | Merchant's zip code | |
Merchant Acceptor Name | Merchant's name | |
Email | Merchant's email address | |
Phone | Merchant's phone number | |
Business Code | 4-digit merchant category code (depending on the merchant's industry) | Business Code examples:
For more Business Codes, click this link. |
Card Acceptor ID | Merchant ID from the AMEX acquiring contract | |
Terminal ID | Terminal ID that the merchant received for the terminal | Can be the same terminal ID that the merchant uses with another acquirer |
Country | Region | Region Code |
GB | Aberdeen City | ABE |
GB | Aberdeenshire | ABD |
GB | Angus | ANS |
GB | Antrim | ANT |
GB | Ards | ARD |
GB | Argyll and Bute | AGB |
GB | Armagh | ARM |
GB | Ballymena | BLA |
GB | Ballymoney | BLY |
GB | Banbridge | BNB |
GB | Barking and Dagenham | BDG |
GB | Barnet | BNE |
GB | Barnsley | BNS |
GB | Bath and North East Somerset | BAS |
GB | Bedfordshire | BDF |
GB | Belfast | BFS |
GB | Bexley | BEX |
GB | Birmingham | BIR |
GB | Blackburn With Darwen | BBD |
GB | Blackpool | BPL |
GB | Blaenau Gwent | BGW |
GB | Bolton | BOL |
GB | Bournemouth | BMH |
GB | Bracknell Forest | BRC |
GB | Bradford | BRD |
GB | Brent | BEN |
GB | Bridgend | BGE |
GB | Brighton And Hove | BNH |
GB | Bristol, City Of | BST |
GB | Bromley | BRY |
GB | Buckinghamshire | BKM |
GB | Bury | BUR |
GB | Caerphilly (Caerffili) | CAY |
GB | Calderdale | CLD |
GB | Cambridgeshire | CAM |
GB | Camden | CMD |
GB | Cardiff (Caerdydd Crd) | CRF |
GB | Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin) | CMN |
GB | Carrickfergus | CKF |
GB | Castlereagh | CSR |
GB | Ceredigion (Sir Ceredigion) | CGN |
GB | Cheshire | CHS |
GB | Clackmannanshire | CLK |
GB | Coleraine | CLR |
GB | Conwy | CWY |
GB | Cookstown | CKT |
GB | Cornwall | CON |
GB | Coventry | COV |
GB | Craigavon | CGV |
GB | Croydon | CRY |
GB | Cumbria | CMA |
GB | Darlington | DAL |
GB | Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych) | DEN |
GB | Derby | DER |
GB | Derbyshire | DBY |
GB | Derry | DRY |
GB | Devon | DEV |
GB | Doncaster | DNC |
GB | Dorset | DOR |
GB | Down | DOW |
GB | Dudley | DUD |
GB | Dumfries And Galloway | DGY |
GB | Dundee City | DND |
GB | Dungannon | DGN |
GB | Durham | DUR |
GB | Ealing | EAL |
GB | East Ayrshire | EAY |
GB | East Dunbartonshire | EDU |
GB | East Lothian | ELN |
GB | East Renfrewshire | ERW |
GB | East Riding Of Yorkshire | ERY |
GB | East Sussex | ESX |
GB | Edinburgh, City Of | EDH |
GB | Eilean Siar | ELS |
GB | Enfield | ENF |
GB | Essex | ESS |
GB | Falkirk | FAL |
GB | Fermanagh | FER |
GB | Fife | FIF |
GB | Flintshire (Sir Y Fflint F) | FLN |
GB | Gateshead | GAT |
GB | Glasgow City | GLG |
GB | Gloucestershire | GLS |
GB | Greenwich | GRE |
GB | Gwynedd | GWN |
GB | Hackney | HCK |
GB | Halton | HAL |
GB | Hammersmith And Fulham | HMF |
GB | Hampshire | HAM |
GB | Haringey | HRY |
GB | Harrow | HRW |
GB | Hartlepool | HPL |
GB | Havering | HAV |
GB | Herefordshire, County Of | HEF |
GB | Hertfordshire | HRT |
GB | Highland | HLD |
GB | Hillingdon | HIL |
GB | Hounslow | HNS |
GB | Inverclyde | IVC |
GB | Isle Of Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon) | AGY |
GB | Isle Of Wight | IOW |
GB | Isles Of Scilly | IOS |
GB | Islington | ISL |
GB | Kensington And Chelsea | KEC |
GB | Kent | KEN |
GB | Kingston Upon Hull, City Of | KHL |
GB | Kingston Upon Thames | KTT |
GB | Kirklees | KIR |
GB | Knowsley | KWL |
GB | Lambeth | LBH |
GB | Lancashire | LAN |
GB | Larne | LRN |
GB | Leeds | LDS |
GB | Leicester | LCE |
GB | Leicestershire | LEC |
GB | Lewisham | LEW |
GB | Limavady | LMV |
GB | Lincolnshire | LIN |
GB | Lisburn | LSB |
GB | Liverpool | LIV |
GB | London, City Of | LND |
GB | Luton | LUT |
GB | Magherafelt | MFT |
GB | Manchester | MAN |
GB | Medway | MDW |
GB | Merthyr Tydfil | MTY |
GB | Merton | MRT |
GB | Middlesbrough | MDB |
GB | Midlothian | MLN |
GB | Milton Keynes | MIK |
GB | Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) | MON |
GB | Moray | MRY |
GB | Moyle | MYL |
GB | Neath Port Talbot (Castell-Nedd) | NTL |
GB | Newcastle Upon Tyne | NET |
GB | Newham | NWM |
GB | Newport (Casnewydd) | NWP |
GB | Newry And Mourne | NYM |
GB | Newtownabbey | NTA |
GB | Norfolk | NFK |
GB | North Ayrshire | NAY |
GB | North Down | NDN |
GB | North East Lincolnshire | NEL |
GB | North Lanarkshire | NLK |
GB | North Lincolnshire | NLN |
GB | North Somerset | NSM |
GB | North Tyneside | NTY |
GB | North Yorkshire | NYK |
GB | Northamptonshire | NTH |
GB | Northumberland | NBL |
GB | Nottingham | NGM |
GB | Notthinghamshire | NTT |
GB | Oldham | OLD |
GB | Omagh | OMH |
GB | Orkney Islands | ORK |
GB | Oxfordshire | OXF |
GB | Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) | PEM |
GB | Perth And Kinross | PKN |
GB | Peterborough | PTE |
GB | Plymouth | PLY |
GB | Poole | POL |
GB | Portsmouth | POR |
GB | Powys | POW |
GB | Reading | RDG |
GB | Redbridge | RDB |
GB | Redcare And Cleveland | RCC |
GB | Renfrewshire | RFW |
GB | Rhondda Cynon Taff | RCT |
GB | Richmond Upon Thames | RIC |
GB | Rochdale | RCH |
GB | Rotherham | ROT |
GB | Rutland | RUT |
GB | Salford | SLF |
GB | Sandwell | SAW |
GB | Scottish Borders, The | SCB |
GB | Sefton | SFT |
GB | Sheffield | SHF |
GB | Shetland Islands | ZET |
GB | Shropshire | SHR |
GB | Slough | SLG |
GB | Solihull | SOL |
GB | Somerset | SOM |
GB | South Ayrshire | SAY |
GB | South Gloucestershire | SGC |
GB | South Lanarkshire | SLK |
GB | South Tyneside | STY |
GB | Southampton | STH |
GB | Southend-on-Sea | SOS |
GB | Southwark | SWK |
GB | St. Helens | SHN |
GB | Staffordshire | STS |
GB | Stirling | STG |
GB | Stockport | SKP |
GB | Stockton-on-Tees | STT |
GB | Stoke-on-Trent | STE |
GB | Strabane | STB |
GB | Suffolk | SFK |
GB | Sunderland | SND |
GB | Surrey | SRY |
GB | Sutton | STN |
GB | Swansea (Abertawe) | SWA |
GB | Swindon | SWD |
GB | Tameside | TAM |
GB | Telford And Wrekin | TFW |
GB | Thurrock | THR |
GB | Torbay | TOB |
GB | Torfaen (Tor-Faen) | TOF |
GB | Tower Hamlets | TWH |
GB | Trafford | TRF |
GB | Vale Of Glamorgan | VGL |
GB | Wakefield | WKF |
GB | Walsall | WLL |
GB | Waltham Forst | WFT |
GB | Wandsworth | WND |
GB | Warrington | WRT |
GB | Warwickshire | WAR |
GB | West Berkshire | WBK |
GB | West Dunbartonshire | WDU |
GB | West Lothian | WLN |
GB | West Sussex | WSX |
GB | Westminster | WSM |
GB | Wigan | WGN |
GB | Wiltshire | WIL |
GB | Windsor And Maidenhead | WNM |
GB | Wirral | WRL |
GB | Wokingham | WOK |
GB | Wolverhampton | WLV |
GB | Worcestershire | WOR |
GB | Wrexham (Wrecsam) | WRX |
GB | York | YOR |
Country | Region | Region Code |
IE | Carlow | CW |
IE | Cavan | CN |
IE | Clare | CE |
IE | Cork | C |
IE | Donegal | DL |
IE | Dublin | DL |
IE | Galway | G |
IE | Kerry | KY |
IE | Kildare | KE |
IE | Kilkenny | KK |
IE | Laois | LS |
IE | Leitrim | LM |
IE | Limerick | LK |
IE | Longford | LD |
IE | Louth | LH |
IE | Mayo | MO |
IE | Meath | MH |
IE | Monaghan | MN |
IE | Offaly | OY |
IE | Roscommon | RN |
IE | Sligo | SO |
IE | Tipperary | TA |
IE | Waterford | WD |
IE | Westmeath | WH |
IE | Wexford | WX |
IE | Wicklow | WW |
Country | Region | Region Code |
DE | Baden-Wurttemberg | BW |
DE | Bayern | BY |
DE | Berlin | BE |
DE | Brandenburg | BB |
DE | Bremen | HB |
DE | Hamburg | HH |
DE | Hessen | HE |
DE | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | MV |
DE | Niedersachsen | NI |
DE | Nordrhein-Westfalen | NW |
DE | Rheinland-Pfalz | RP |
DE | Saarland | SL |
DE | Sachsen | SN |
DE | Sachsen-Anhalt | ST |
DE | Schleswig-Holstein | SH |
DE | Thuringen | TH |
Country | Region | Region Code |
CH | Aargau | AG |
CH | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | AR |
CH | Appenzell Innerrhoden | AI |
CH | Basel-Landschaft | BL |
CH | Basel-Stadt | BS |
CH | Bern | BE |
CH | Fribourg | FR |
CH | Geneve | GE |
CH | Glarus | GL |
CH | Graubunden | GR |
CH | Jura | JU |
CH | Luzern | LU |
CH | Neuchatel | NE |
CH | Nidwalden | NW |
CH | Obwalden | OW |
CH | Sankt Gallen | SG |
CH | Schaffhausen | SH |
CH | Schwyz | SZ |
CH | Solothurn | SO |
CH | Thurgau | TG |
CH | Ticino | TI |
CH | Uri | UR |
CH | Valais | VS |
CH | Vaud | VD |
CH | Zug | ZG |
CH | Zurich | ZH |
Country | Region | Region Code |
AT | Burgenland | 1 |
AT | Karnten | 2 |
AT | Niederosterreich | 3 |
AT | Oberosterreich | 4 |
AT | Salzburg | 5 |
AT | Steiermark | 6 |
AT | Tirol | 7 |
AT | Vorarlberg | 8 |
AT | Wien | 9 |
Country | Region | Region Code |
FI | Ahvenanmaan Laani | AL |
FI | Etela-Suomen Laani | ES |
FI | Ita-Suomen Laani | IS |
FI | Lansi-Suomen Laani | LS |
FI | Lapin Laani | LL |
FI | Oulun Laani | OL |