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2.9 Payment processors
Each UK credit card is run by a ‘payment processor’.
The three most common payment processors are MasterCard, Visa and American Express (also known as AmEx or Amex).
The role of these companies is to process payments between the banks of merchants and the banks of purchasers that use their branded credit cards.
The payment processors also issue and market the products required to make the purchases.
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Please ensure that you fully read the terms & conditions of any product or policy before you decide to proceed and are fully aware of the total costs and the benefits and any exclusions or limitations applicable to the product or plan.
Please note that the product links will take you direct to the Issuer or Insurer's site direct and we cannot be held responsible for the information which they provide within their own sites. On some comparison tables we use a star rating which rates products by visitor popularity.