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Company announcement/payments

AmEx partners Billtrust

American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) today announced a collaboration with Billtrust (NASDAQ: BTRS), a B2B accounts receivable automation and integrated payments leader, to enable suppliers to streamline acceptance of American Express virtual cards.

29 April 2022

Company announcement/payments

AmEx open for biz with fintechs, powered by i2c

American Express (NYSE:AXP) and i2c Inc, a provider of digital payment and banking technology, today announced an expanded global, multi-product agreement that will enable fintechs and financial institutions around the world to develop and scale innovative payments solutions for consumers and businesses on the American Express global payments network.

07 April 2022

News/predictions

Amex files metaverse-related trademark applications

American Express has filed trademark applications to register its name, logo, and slogans for a range of banking services in the metaverse.

16 March 2022

News/people

Forty percent of Amex staff choose to go virtual

Up to 40% of American Express employees have chosen to go completely virtual under the card scheme's flexible working model.

10 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

American Express debuts consumer bank account

American Express (NYSE: AXP) today launched American Express Rewards Checking (Amex Rewards Checking), the company’s first all-digital consumer checking account, currently available for eligible U.S. Consumer Card Members.

09 February 2022

Company announcement/startups

Amex Ventures invests in financial modeling outfit Finmark

Finmark, financial modeling software provider for startups, today announced new funding from American Express Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. Amex Ventures joins a coalition of existing investors including Draper and Associates, Bessemer Venture Partners, and IDEAfund to bring Finmark’s total seed funding raised to over $11 million.

28 January 2022

Company announcement/retail

AmEx delays launch of hybrid working programme as Omicron spreads

The following memo was sent today to all U.S.-based American Express colleagues from Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stephen J. Squeri to update the timing of Amex Flex, the company’s new ways-of-working model:

10 January 2022

News/crypto

Citi, Visa, AmEx invest in crypto-compliance platform TRM Labs

Blockchain intelligence platform TRM Labs has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round joined by a host of big-name firms, including Visa, Amex Ventures, Citi Ventures, PayPal Ventures, and Block (formerly Square).

07 December 2021

News/retail

AmEx partners Nova Credit to help immigrants access credit

American Express has teamed up with Nova Credit to enable more newcomers to the US to use their home-country credit history to apply for its cards.

07 December 2021

News/payments

American Express opens business bank account

American Express has launched a digital checking account for businesses and issued its first ever debit card as part of the package.

28 October 2021

News/payments

Goldman Sachs and American Express team on cloud-based payments

Goldman Sachs has teamed up with American Express to deploy a cloud-based payment service for large corporate clients.

20 October 2021

News/retail

American Express embeds WFH into post-pandemic working life

American Express is taking a flexible approach to post-pandemic working practices, offering staff a combination of fully on-site, hybrid home/office and totally virtual roles.

20 October 2021