Stripe supports the processing of American Express (AMEX) cards on your India account with the following restrictions:

a. Indian issued AMEX cards (domestic & international):

• Presentment charge has to be in INR or USD, but domestic transactions only support INR presentment

• Cross-border charges are not supported (ie. customer has to be in India) 

• Recurring charges on AMEX are not supported for India-issued AMEX cards

• Merchant’s Statement descriptor will only be visible to the cardholder's card statement after the charge has been processed (~24 hours)

b. non-Indian issued AMEX cards (international):

• Presentment of the charge must be in USD.

• Cross-border charges are supported, in line with our export documentation

• Recurring charges are supported

• A merchant need to obtain an IEC (service exporter need to own an IEC to process USD presentment with AMEX)