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American Express hired Taylor to oversee its efforts to entice more U.S. merchants to accept the firm's cards.
September 10 -
It could take years for the air travel industry to recover from the pandemic, but some of the airlines' responses could fuel other payment streams.
September 9 -
American Express is fine-tuning the credit options available to small-business owners squeezed by coronavirus and the economic slowdown.
September 1 -
When customers contact Wells Fargo, its artificial intelligence system goes to work; what American Express is getting with it purchase of Kabbage; Fannie, Freddie refi fee will wipe out millions in mortgage profits; and more from this week's most-read stories.
August 21 -
American Express isn't acquiring any loans in its deal for the online small-business lender. Here's what it is getting.
August 19 -
American Express isn't acquiring any loans in its deal for the online small-business lender. Here's what it is getting.
August 18 -
American Express Co. is acquiring the teams and technology behind the online lender Kabbage Inc. as the credit-card giant seeks to provide more loans and other services to small-business owners.
August 17 -
The card giant could pay $850 million in cash for the online small-business lender, according to a person familiar with the talks.
August 11 -
Facing Wall Street analysts for the first time after the murder of George Floyd, CEOs of major payment companies joined other financial services firms in promising to improve fairness and opportunities for Black people and other underrepresented groups.
August 10 -
The major card networks have heavily invested in broader services as transaction processing loses its luster, a strategy that’s provided a ray of hope as retail and travel industries remain sidelined.
August 3 -
Three months ago, Stephen Squeri, the chairman and CEO of American Express, declared a global "economic free fall" due to the coronavirus. Its second-quarter earnings show how far a fall it has been.
July 24 -
British Airways owner IAG SA renewed an air-miles deal with credit-card giant American Express Co., swelling the group’s coffers as the coronavirus crisis weighs on travel demand.
July 24 -
One of the many fraud risks coronavirus triggered is criminals leveraging stolen personal data to open bogus accounts, along with siphoning off credit card rewards, loyalty points and miles from consumers idled during pandemic-related lockdowns.
July 17 -
At a time when many have shifted to digital payments to weather the coronavirus pandemic, the four main U.S. credit card brands are aggressively expanding their own take on digital commerce.
July 8 -
American Express Global Business Travel has developed a new service enabling small businesses to manage travel, office purchases and cash flow on a single platform.
July 2 -
Amex is offering cash rewards on a global scale for customers who shop at small businesses that are trying to recover from coronavirus lockdowns. The card brand also pledged $10 million to support Black-owned small businesses over the next four years.
June 29 -
American Express has named Glenda McNeal, honored by PaymentsSource last year as one of the Most Influential Women in Payments, to its executive committee, marking the first time a Black woman has held that role.
June 22 -
Digital technology and the coronavirus recovery will dramatically alter payments in the year ahead, but the scale and benefits of networks will survive, Eric Grover of Intrepid Ventures contends.
June 16
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Given American Express was reporting a 95% hit to one of its core businesses less than two months ago, announcing access to the world’s largest digital payments market has to be a major sigh of relief — even if there’s still entrenched competitors, an international virus and a cold war to navigate.
June 15 -
Borrowers say getting the loans forgiven is just as complicated as obtaining the money; payment companies are holding some merchant funds in reserve as chargebacks spike.
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