American Express

Saferpay offers the possibility to accept different brands of credit cards, one of which being American Express.

General requirements

The handling of American Express with Saferpay requires:

• A corresponding license and thus a valid identification with a username and password for the Saferpay system.

• Availability of at least one active Saferpay terminal via which payment can be carried out and availability of the associated Saferpay TerminalId.

• A valid acceptance contract with a respective acquirer.

For American Express activation on the Saferpay terminal, please contact your sales contact.

Technical requirements

The general integration of American Express can be done either via the Payment Page, or the Transaction Interface and does not require any special attention, besides what is mentioned in the respective chapters.

• OrderId: Depending on the processor for Amex, the OrderId, -which will be forwarded for reconciliation- may be limited to only numeric and a maximum length of 9 characters. Other characters will be filtered and longer IDs truncated.

Furthermore, for other flows (Refunds etc.), please refer to the table below.

Supported features

Feature	Support
Capture/Cancel	✅
Multipart Captures	✅ Needs attention!
Secure Card Data	✅
Refunds	✅
Recurring Payments	✅
3D Secure	✅
Dynamic Currency Conversion	❌
Mail Phone Order	✅
Testing	✅
Omni-Channel	✅

Testing

Please refer to this chapter, if you want to test American Express.