American Express

337 results about this entity

Period: 12 Nov 2007 - 20 Nov 2024

AmEx and McDonald's offer burgers for points

American Express cardholders in the US can now pay for their Big Mac and fries in real time with reward points.

Subway to take Softcard payment and loyalty programme nationwide

The US telco-backed Softcard consortium has received a welcome boost with news that the giant fast food chain Subway is to deploy its Card Rewards Program as part of a national roll-out of the SmartTap payment app.

Amex invites applications for financial inclusion innovation lab

American Express is inviting academics and non-profit groups dealing with financial inclusion to submit ideas for commercial testing at a new 'Financial Innovation Lab'.

Uber lets customers pay for rides with AmEx rewards points

American Express has struck a deal that will let customers of the Uber car service use card reward points to pay for their rides.

AmEx writes to customers after Anonymous dumps card data

American Express is writing to around 75,000 Californian customers to warn them that their card data has been posted online by Anonymous Ukraine.

AmEx invests in Indian mPOS startup Ezetap

Bangalore-based Ezetap has secured investment from American Express to help it bring mPOS technology to Asia and Africa.

AmEx pushes tech to bank the unbanked

AmEx is promising to use technology to help tackle the plight of America's 70 million underbanked citizens; establishing an innovation lab, setting up a fund for startups working on financial inclusion, and even sponsoring a documentary.

EMVCo to hammer out specifications for tokens at the digital checkout

The card scheme-owned EMVCo standards body is beginning work on specifications for the use of digital tokens - rather than account numbers - for online and mobile transactions.

Wells Fargo joins Isis Mobile Wallet scheme

Wells Fargo is to allow customers to load their credit cards on to the telco-backed Isis mobile wallet in the first phase of a pilot test of the technology, which enables consumers to use their handsets to pay, redeem coupons and present loyalty credentials at the point-of-sale.

Bill.com raises $38m

Bill.com, a bill payment, invoicing and cash flow management specialist, has closed a $38 million funding round led by Scale Venture Partners and joined by industry giants including BofA and American Express.

American Express cardholders can now pay with reward points for NY taxi fares

American Express cardmembers can now use their accumulated loyalty points to pay for taxi fares in New York City through a partnership with VeriFone.

Australia to take co-ordinated approach to scrapping signatures at the check-out

Australia's competition watchdog is to allow card schemes and banks to work together to replace the use of signatures at the check-out with Chip and PIN authorisation for payments.