American Express

341 results about this entity

Period: 12 Nov 2007 - 12 Jun 2025

AmEx creates Silicon Valley tech hub

American Express is opening a technology hub in Silicon Valley that will house a team building up the card giant's capabilities in big data, cloud computing and mobile.

American Express revamps website

American Express (AXP) today announced the launch of its redesigned customer website, americanexpress.com, another step in the company’s ongoing efforts to apply innovative technology that meets the changing needs and expectations of customers.

AmEx and Brooklyn Nets to pilot e-wallet at NBA arena

American Express (AXP), the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center are launching a pilot program of the Brooklyn eWallet, a digital payment solution integrated directly into the Brooklyn Nets mobile application.

American Express launches SafeKey in South Africa

American Express has announced the availability of its 3-D Secure authentication tool SafeKey in South Africa, intended to improve the security of online transactions.

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.