American Express

335 results about this entity

Period: 12 Nov 2007 - 16 Oct 2024

Discover and Morgan Stanley in dispute over settlement agreement

After reaching a $2.75 billion settlement with Visa and MasterCard, Discover Financial Services says it is in "dispute" with Morgan Stanley over the proportion of the money it should hand over to its former owner.

Visa and MasterCard settle Discover lawsuit

Discover Financial Services has settled a long running anti-trust lawsuit that accused rivals MasterCard and Visa of blocking access to the bank-issued card market in the US.

Customer bank data found on computer sold on eBay

The confidential financial data of a million UK customers has been found on a computer that was sold on online auction site eBay for £35.88.

Prepaid accreditation scheme launched to counter negative publicity

The Prepaid International Forum has launched an accreditation scheme in a bid to combat concerns over alleged money laundering, aggressive marketing and poor customer service in the nascent industry.

MasterCard pays $1.8bn to settle American Express suit

MasterCard has agreed to pay rival card operator American Express up to $1.8 billion to settle a lawsuit filed in 2004 that accused it of blocking access to the bank-issued card market in the US.

Discover seeks $6bn from MasterCard and Visa in antitrust case

Discover Financial Services is seeking $6 billion in damages in a long running anti-trust lawsuit that accuses credit card rivals MasterCard and Visa of blocking its access to the bank-issued card market in the US.

American Express ditches contactless keyring

American Express is discontinuing its Express Pay contactless payments key fob following poor customer take-up of the device.

American Express buys GE Money corporate payment services unit

American Express has signed an agreement to acquire Corporate Payment Services (CPS), the commercial card and corporate purchasing division of General Electric subsidiary GE Money, in a deal worth around $1.1 billion in cash.

HSBC, Bank of America and Washington Mutual hit most by ID theft - US study

US customers of HSBC, Bank of America and Washington Mutual have been found to suffer the highest rates of identity theft, according to research from the University of California at Berkeley.

New fears raised over contactless chip cards

Fresh concerns have been raised over the security of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology used for contactless payments after a hacking demonstration by security expert Adam Laurie at the Black Hat 2008 conference.

Visa to raise $10bn in IPO

Card payment network Visa has disclosed that it plans to raise up to $10 billion through its forthcoming stock market flotation, which is expected to take place early next year.