American Express Company

The American Express Company, and its subsidiaries, offer charge and credit payment cards, in addition to a range of travel-related services around the globe. Divided into three sections, Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services, they provide payment and financing products, network services, accounts payable expense management products, and travel and lifestyle services. The company’s offerings include acquiring and processing payments for merchants, marketing at the point-of-sale, giving out information regarding merchants, protecting against fraud, designing and running customer loyalty schemes, and selling their goods and services to people, small businesses, mid-sized companies and large corporations. American Express Company was created in 1850 and based in New York City. It advertises its products and services via web and mobile applications, vendors, business associates, postal mail, telephone, on-site sales representatives, and direct response promotion.