 TITLE: Who Accepts American Express? CONTENT: Why Isn't American Express Accepted Everywhere?\n-----------------------------------------------\nIf you have an American Express card, then you may have visited merchants who accept other credit cards, but not your Amex. The reason has to do with the interchange fees charged by the credit card payment networks such as Visa, Mastercard, Discover and American Express. These fees are a percentage of each credit card transaction that a merchant has to pay to the payment network. American Express imposes a slightly higher fee than its competitors, and some merchants choose not to accept its cards as a result. END