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  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Working It podcast16 min listen
    ‘Flight shame’ and the return of business travel

    People still want to hang out together at conferences, but is there a better way to do things?

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Amex says business travel rebound is gaining momentum

    Spending among big companies inches closer to pre-pandemic level as Covid-19 fears recede

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    American Express payments hit by outages across global network

    Customers unable to use card company’s website, mobile apps and 2-step verification system

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Amex gives bullish outlook as customers ‘adapt’ to pandemic

    Card company gains confidence to issue first long-term revenue forecast since Covid-19 hit

  • Tuesday, 25 January, 2022
    Lex
    Amex/credit cards: awesome rewards are the jokers in the pack Premium content

    Investors who have been piling in should curb their own enthusiasm

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    John Gapper
    Debit cards, electric cars and ghosts of technology past

    Many products outlive their usefulness, but it is strangely difficult for companies to let them go

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    UK companies
    Nobody home: the story of Quintessentially’s Amex bill

    What’s a $45,000 credit card bill between suitors?

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    LexBusiness travel
    Business travel: spac for flight booker coincides awkwardly with Omicron Premium content

    A projected addressable market worth of $1.4tn overall may be a stretch

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Consumer spending rebound boosts American Express earnings

    Credit card company’s revenue rises after five consecutive quarters of declines

  • Friday, 7 May, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    Consolidation in business travel sector gathers pace

    Companies move to cushion blow from fall in corporate demand 

  • Friday, 23 April, 2021
    Amex says business travel unlikely to fully recover until 2023

    Credit card issuer misses analyst revenue forecasts as spending remains depressed

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Private equity and hedge funds: an especially wild year in review Premium content

    Needless to say, it’s been a mad year in the realm of alternative investments

  • Monday, 17 August, 2020
    Online lending
    Kabbage sells to American Express after halting lending

    SoftBank-backed small business loan platform made strategic U-turn as pandemic hit

  • Friday, 24 July, 2020
    Amex profits and revenues hit by decline in consumer spending

    Credit card issuer sets aside $628m for credit losses as it counts pandemic costs

  • Wednesday, 27 May, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The Carlyle travel deal cursed by the coronavirus Premium content

    What was billed as a 10-year deal that would be an enduring investment is now in the courts

  • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
    Carlyle Group LP
    Inside Carlyle’s ‘long-term’ Amex bet that coronavirus cut short

    Private equity firm now wants to walk away from investment in corporate travel business

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Amex says travel and leisure spending by cardholders fell 95%

    Credit card giant sets aside $1.7bn to cover losses and warns more will be needed

  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
    On Wall StreetRobert Armstrong
    We’re about to find out how smart the big banks have been

    Fears over coronavirus effects have battered share prices, especially for card lenders

  • Friday, 24 January, 2020
    Credit cards
    Shares in US credit card companies plunge as expenses rise

    Discover and Synchrony also hit by impact of new accounting rule

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    FT AlphavilleSales & Marketing
    Today, in fintech marketing

    For those who are fierce, fearless and, um, freedom. 

  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    US banks
    US banks boosted by rise in credit card spending

    Second-quarter results show quickening growth in purchases

  • Friday, 1 February, 2019
    Fintech
    Fintech firm Curve threatens Amex with legal action

    American Express blocks customers from using the all-in-one payment card

  • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
    American Express earnings miss Wall Street expectations

    Card-member rewards added to the company’s 4Q expenses

  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    Daniel Loeb
    Daniel Loeb strikes friendly tone at Amex and Campbell’s

    Activist reveals a new investment and offers to settle an older dispute

  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    American Express affiliate approved to clear renminbi payments

    Decision is first time China has granted such a licence to a foreign-based group

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