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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Visa, Mastercard Still Locked Out Of China

Visa, Mastercard Still Locked Out Of China
Visa, Mastercard Still Locked Out Of China
February 01, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

Both Visa and Mastercard posted solid fourth quarter earnings and outperformed analyst estimates, yet the companies are still waiting for approval to do business in...

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Curve Shut Out By Amex Days After Announcing Support
Curve Shut Out By Amex Days After Announcing Support
January 30, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Curve, the U.K. FinTech that enables customers to consolidate bank cards into a Curve card, was shut out by American Express just two days after announcing it...

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Amex Misses In Q4 Amid Lending Write-Offs
Amex Misses In Q4 Amid Lending Write-Offs
January 18, 2019  |  Earnings

American Express posted earnings results on Thursday (Jan. 17) after markets closed that missed the Street, as merchant and services revenues were both below expectations, and write-offs...

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Amex Buys Japanese Restaurant Platform
Amex Buys Japanese Restaurant Platform
January 15, 2019  |  Partnerships

American Express has acquired Pocket Concierge, a restaurant reservation platform that provides customers with access to high-end restaurants in Japan, the company announced on Tuesday...

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China Puts Visa, Mastercard Applications On Hold
China Puts Visa, Mastercard Applications On Hold
January 14, 2019  |  Cross-border Payments

China’s central bank has yet to acknowledge applications submitted by Visa and Mastercard that would allow the companies to process renminbi payments. Citing sources familiar...

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Incredible Shrinking Rewards Offerings
Fizzle Of The Week: The Incredible Shrinking Rewards Offerings
January 04, 2019  |  Exclusive Series

In the wake of the Great Recessions, Americans en masse got awfully nervous about opening new accounts and using credit cards. Open accounts peaked near 500 million...

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Visa, Mastercard, Amex Stake Their Bets On B2B
Visa, Mastercard, Amex Stake Their Bets On B2B
January 02, 2019  |  B2B Payments

When the B2B payments industry began considering what to expect for 2018, commercial cards weren’t often on the radar. Cards are still expected to account...

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Data Dive, The Good, The Bad And The Uncertain: Amex, Ripple, Marriott And Instacart
Data Dive, The Good, The Bad And The Uncertain: Amex, Ripple, Marriott And Instacart
December 17, 2018  |  Today In Data

With 2018 down to its last two weeks, the world is busy wrapping up the old in order to ring in the new — including...

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