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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AmEx And Costco Break Up
AmEx And Costco Break Up
February 13, 2015  |  News

First in Canada and then in the U.S., Costco has officially given American Express the ax.  AmEx announced yesterday (Feb. 12) that its co-brand and merchant acceptance...

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Amex Passes Trillion-Dollar Volume Mark
Amex Passes Trillion-Dollar Volume Mark
January 22, 2015  |  Controversial

While American Express posted relatively solid fourth-quarter earnings — beating analysts’ expectations — the positives for the company were overshadowed by the announcement that it...

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EU Cuts Deal To Cap Card Fees
EU Cuts Deal To Cap Card Fees
December 18, 2014  |  Europe

Under an EU deal struck Wednesday (Dec. 17) between lawmakers and the EU Council, payment-card interchange fees will be capped at 0.2 percent for debit...

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Amex CEO Skeptical About Bitcoin
Amex CEO Skeptical About Bitcoin
December 15, 2014  |  Mobile

American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault is not so certain that Bitcoin is going to play a dominant payment role any time soon. “There’s a reason...

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Card Brands, Banks Now Be The Hippest Backers In The Music World
Card Brands, Banks Now Be The Hippest Backers In The Music World
December 09, 2014  |  Payment Methods

Bye-bye soda pop firms, good riddance car companies. The biggest backers of music acts in the U.S. are now card brands and major banks, according...

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