American Express - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/security

AmEx makes online fraud fighting tech available to more merchants

American Express announced today it is teaming up with other online fraud prevention companies to help stop card-not-present (CNP) fraud and make online shopping safer for its merchants and Card Members around the world.

02 June 2021

News/regulation

AmEx makes "groundless" case for bombarding customers with emails

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has fined American Express £90,000 for sending more than four million marketing emails to customers who did not want to receive them.

20 May 2021

News/payments

AmEx brings BNPL to air travel

American Express is making a move into a new frontier for the buy now, pay later movement, offering US consumer card members the option to pay for plane flights in instalments.

17 May 2021

Company announcement/payments

American Express taps Tink for Open Banking integration

Tink and American Express have entered a European open banking partnership to improve the onboarding process for new card members.

11 May 2021

News/regulation

RBI takes action against AmEx for breaking Indian data storage rules

The Reserve Bank of India has banned American Express and Diners Club from onboarding new customers in the country, accusing the firms of violating data storage rules.

23 April 2021

News/payments

American Express and JPMorgan join $20 million funding round in Candex

Enterprise payments firm Candex has raised $20 million as part of a Series A funding round led by Altos Ventures and joined by NFX, American Express Ventures, and JP Morgan.

20 April 2021

News/startups

AmEx and PayPal invest in Codat

Codat, the API-based platform for business data, has received strategic investments from PayPal Ventures and American Express Ventures.

02 March 2021

Company announcement

Payments CEOs form industry trade association

Today the chief executive officers (CEOs) of American Express, Discover Financial Services, FIS, Fiserv, Global Payments, Mastercard, and Visa announce the launch of the Payments Leadership Council (PLC).

02 March 2021

Company announcement/payments

American Express to roll out digital receipts

Our environment isn’t “increasingly digital,” it simply is. More consumers are shopping online than ever before, and often making multiple purchases from the same merchants.

18 February 2021

Company announcement/identity

Consent-based identity firm Truework secures funding from American Express ventures

Truework, the consent-based identity platform that gives consumers control over their personal and professional information, today announced new funding from American Express Ventures, the strategic investment group of American Express. Amex Ventures joins Activant Capital, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and other participants in Truework's Series B funding, announced in May 2020.

17 December 2020

News/crypto

American Express takes stake in crypto trading platform FalconX; Paxos raises $142 million

American Express is joining the crypto trading gold rush with an investment in institutional digital asset platform FalconX

17 December 2020

Company announcement/payments

AmEx boosts Early Pay supply chain payment offering

Today, American Express (NYSE:AXP) announced enhancements to Early Pay in the U.S., the company’s supply chain payment solution to give large companies - and their suppliers - the ability to pay and get paid when they want through an easy-to-use digital platform.

16 November 2020