American Express

The American Express Company, also known as Amex, is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Three World Financial Center in New York City. The company was founded in 1850 and is one of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Today in B2B Payments: 2 Firms Launch New Services
Today in B2B Payments: 2 Firms Launch New Services
September 30, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, LPL debuts industry-specific bookkeeping services for its affiliated financial advisors, while Capchase integrates with Xero to make it easier for small...

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Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Open New Markets for SMBs
Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Open New Markets for SMBs
September 30, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

Cross-border payments have traditionally been complex, process-heavy affairs. Olann Kerrison, vice president of foreign exchange (FX) and global payments at American Express, told PYMNTS in...

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Capital One Continues to Lead Credit Card App Provider Rankings
Capital One Continues to Lead Credit Card App Provider Rankings
September 27, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Still: Top of the heap. A-number one. At least for this month, In the latest reading of the PYMNTS Credit Card App Provider Index, Capital...

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Two-Thirds of Firms Plan to Automate Routine AP Tasks in Next 12 Months
Two-Thirds of Firms Plan to Automate Routine AP Tasks in Next 12 Months
September 23, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Aiming to automate routine accounts payable (AP) procedures, two-thirds of firms are either currently innovating their systems or plan to do so within the next...

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37% of FIs Still Struggling to Solve SMBs’ Cross-Border Payment Woes
37% of FIs Still Struggling to Solve SMBs’ Cross-Border Payment Woes
September 22, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Financial institutions (FIs) are struggling to give small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) the same level of service they offer to larger companies.  In fact, 37%...

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GOP AGs Ask Credit Card Companies to Drop Merchant Code That Tracks Gun Sales
GOP AGs Ask Credit Card Companies to Drop Merchant Code That Tracks Gun Sales
September 20, 2022  |  Regulation

Republican attorneys general in 24 states said America’s three largest card networks could be violating the law with a new system for processing firearms purchases....

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Amex Looks to Hire 1,500 to Beef Up Tech Arm
Amex Looks to Hire 1,500 to Beef Up Tech Arm
September 19, 2022  |  Personnel

American Express wants to expand its technology department by hiring 1,500 coders, developers and software engineers. In an interview Monday (Sept. 19) with Bloomberg News,...

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Card Networks Add Merchant Code to Track Gun Sales
Card Networks Add Merchant Code to Track Gun Sales
September 11, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Visa, Mastercard and American Express have decided to add a new merchant category for firearms retailers in a win for gun control advocates, The Wall...

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American Express Lets Customers ‘Round Up’ to Support Charities
American Express Lets Customers ‘Round Up’ to Support Charities
September 08, 2022  |  Credit Cards

American Express has launched a pilot of a program called Round-Up, which lets card members round up their purchases to contribute to the charities of...

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