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Citigroup stopped taking applications for its $495-a-year Prestige card, a competitor to American Express’s Platinum line and JPMorgan Chase’s Sapphire Reserve.
July 19 -
The card issuer, which is offering its customers a chance to purchase non-fungible tokens created from a recent performance by the singer SZA, is betting that the digital art-trading phenomenon will become more mainstream.
July 12 -
JPMorgan Chase is cutting the annual fee of its top-tier card while American Express is raising the fee of its own premium card. Both banks hope to win consumers' travel dollars by finding the sweet spot between cost and rewards.
July 8 -
Walmart has hired a veteran of American Express to run Walmart+, the membership program it unveiled less than a year ago to counter Amazon.com’s Prime plan.
July 6 -
The fee for the Platinum account increased 25% to $695, making it the most expensive luxury travel card.
July 1 -
American Express is planning to allow employees to work from home for at least part of the week on a permanent basis as the finance industry continues to unveil plans to bring staff back to the office.
June 15 -
The card network is connecting its Enhanced Authorization system with products from Accertify, Microsoft and Riskified, providing Amex with more data at the time of the transaction.
June 2 -
American Express has created a path for PayPal to immediately accept digital versions of consumer credit cards as soon as the cards are approved.
May 17 -
Cardholders can now opt for installment loans at the point of sale on Amex's travel platform.
May 13 -
American Express is trying to differentiate itself from other card networks by making loans through its bank and incorporating accounts payable services and lending technology it inherited with its acquisitions of Acompay and Kabbage.
May 10 -
American Express is trying to differentiate itself from other card networks by making loans through its bank and incorporating accounts payable services and lending technology it inherited with its acquisitions of Acompay and Kabbage.
May 10 -
American Express Global Business Travel, a joint venture partially owned by the credit card giant, is planning to acquire Egencia, Expedia's corporate-travel arm.
May 4 -
The Reserve Bank of India restricted American Express Banking and Diners Club from adding new local customers, citing non-compliance with data-storage rules.
April 23 -
The card brand has built a sizable business after receiving approval to operate in China eight months ago.
April 23 -
Adtalem Global Education CEO Lisa W. Wardell has been elected to join the American Express board of directors and will join the board’s risk committee.
March 9 -
As wireless handset costs rise, American Express is throwing in insurance coverage for phone repair or replacement on top-tier rewards cards as another way to get upscale travel-and-entertainment customers to stick around as the pandemic drags on.
March 1 -
The organizations are working to deliver $1 million in grants to help some of the most treasured and vulnerable restaurants in the U.S. get through the pandemic.
February 23 -
Credit card and bank account fraud have soared during the pandemic, with fraudsters intercepting consumer data via retail and banking disruptions and worsening synthetic ID fraud.
February 19 -
Amex is giving consumers more details about certain purchases with Digital Receipts, starting with big-tech merchants and Square.
February 17 -
American Express is tweaking the rewards on its Gold card as the credit card company strives to hold onto affluent customers.
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