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American Express Payment Services Limited

Registered as AMERICAN EXPRESS PAYMENT SERVICES LIMITED. Company number 06301718. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 June 2026, filed 23 July 2026.

26days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 January 2026 to 30 June 2026, American Express Payment Services Limited reported that it took an average of 26 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 66% of invoices within 30 days, 31% in 31 to 60 days and 3% after more than 60 days. It said 10% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 64% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 June 2025, the average was 21 days, so it is 5 days slower now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 4 Dec 2020 5 Jun 2021 5 Dec 2021 6 Jun 2022 7 Dec 2022 7 Jun 2023 10 Dec 2023 18 Jun 2024 15 Dec 2024 21 Jun 2025 18 Dec 2025 26 Jun 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Jan to Jun 2026 23 Jul 2026 26 66%31%3%10% Report
Jul to Dec 2025 30 Jan 2026 18 81%19%0%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2025 24 Jul 2025 21 78%22%0%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2024 23 Jan 2025 15 82%14%4%4% Report
Jan to Jun 2024 23 Jul 2024 18 74%17%9%9% Report
Jul to Dec 2023 11 Jan 2024 10 87%10%3%3% Report
Jan to Jun 2023 4 Aug 2023 7 89%7%4%4% Report
Jun to Dec 2022 9 Jan 2023 7 92%6%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2022 15 Jul 2022 6 91%6%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2021 13 Jan 2022 5 93%6%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2021 12 Jul 2021 5 93%5%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2020 28 Jan 2021 4 94%5%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2020 23 Jul 2020 8 88%10%2%2% Report
Jul to Dec 2019 28 Jan 2020 6 92%6%2%2% Report
Jan to Jun 2019 30 Jul 2019 7 90%9%1%1% Report
Jul to Dec 2018 30 Jul 2019 7 91%7%1%1% Report
Jan to Jun 2018 30 Jul 2019 6 93%5%1%1% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.