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Account structure

Learn about merchant accounts and how to navigate between them in your Customer Area.

You have one or more Adyen merchant accounts to process payments. If you have several merchant accounts, you get a separate payout and a separate monthly invoice for each of your merchant accounts.

Requirements

Before you begin, take into account the following requirements.

Requirement Description
Integration type You must be onboarded as a franchisee by your franchisor. For more information, see Onboarding.

Multiple physical stores

If you have multiple physical stores associated with a single legal entity, you have one of the following setups, depending on your franchisor:

  • A separate merchant account for each store. You get a separate payout and a separate invoice for each store.
  • A single merchant account for all your stores. You get a single payout and invoice for all your stores.

Multiple legal entities

If you have multiple legal entities, you get a separate merchant account for each of your legal entities. For example, if you have a legal entity in the US and in Germany, you have at least two merchant accounts.

Switch to another merchant account

In your Customer Area, you can view and manage a single merchant account at a time.

To switch to a different merchant account:

  1. In the upper-left corner, select the account switcher. It shows the name of your active merchant account.
  2. From the dropdown, select the merchant account you want to switch to.

The page refreshes and shows the selected merchant account.

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