American Express
American Express Company
Symbol: AXP
World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street
New York, NY 10285
United States
Phone: 212-640-2000
Fax: 212-619-9230
Web Site:
http://www.americanexpress.com
BUSINESS SUMMARY
American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a payments,
network, and travel company worldwide. It offers individual consumer charge cards,
revolving credit cards, and cobrand cards; and merchant acquisition and processing,
and proprietary payments services. The company also issues travelers checks; various
prepaid products, including reloadable and nonreloadable prepaid cards; incentive
prepaid products, such as gift cheques, points-based incentive cards, and incentive
funds card; and prepaid gift cards. In addition, American Express provides expense
management services to approximately 100,000 firms through its corporate card
program, corporate purchasing solutions, electronic invoicing and payment services,
and business travel services. Its travel services include travel reservation advice and
booking transaction processing; travel expense management policy consultation;
supplier negotiation and consultation; management information reporting, data analysis
and benchmarking; and foreign exchange services. The company, through American
Express Bank, offers various investment management, trust, estate planning, and
banking services; saving and investment products; and various correspondent banking
products, including international payments processing, trade-related payments and
financing, cash management, loans, extensions of credit, and investment products, as
well as distributes mutual funds and provides treasury and capital market products.
Further, it publishes luxury lifestyle magazines; travel and business resources; general
interest, cooking, wine, financial, and time management books; and international
magazine editions. The company serves consumers, small businesses, mid-market
companies, and banking institutions. American Express was founded in 1850 and is
headquartered in New York, New York.
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