Branding requirements vary across different payment companies. Most of the companies also don’t make it easy for you to find the documentation for the scenario you are designing for. This post contains resources to the latest specifications for online payment designs from the most common payment vendors.
MasterCard
MasterCard Brand Mark download center
Quick notes:
- Minimum 46×30
- Has a black background, needs to include the name
Visa
Quick notes:
- No visible size requirement
- If used against a dark background, must use the logo mark with a white border outline
American Express
Brand Guideline and Visa Mark download page
American Express logo download page
Quick notes:
- Recommended to be 45×45 for the blue box logo
- Must have clear space of 1/3 the width of the blue box when standalone
- When displaying with another partner logo, the clear space should be 1.5x of the blue box width
- Must not be used in a vertical stack
- Logo should always appear on the right
- Registration mark should always be present
- There is a Rectangle AMEX logo available for use
Apple Pay
Quick notes:
- Must use the white mark with black outline
- Size is adjustable but has to clear space of .25 of the image height
PayPal
Quick notes:
- No visible size restriction but PayPal provided fixed image sizes to use
- When using in design tools, may be better to find/recreate a vector version of the logo
Originally published at www.uxcollections.com on October 16, 2018.
