American Express Company

  • Acquired a New York accounting firm, Goldstein Golub Kessler & Co.

  • Acquired Nelson, Dennis & Company, Inc.

  • Merged with Rockford Industries, Inc.

    For $0.12 per share of Co.'s stock.
  • launched the American Express Mortgage Center.

  • entered into a joint venture to form a new company, MarketMile LLC

    In 2000, Co.'s subsidiary, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.'s Corporate Services Group, entered into a joint venture to form a new company, MarketMile LLC, to build and operate an Internet-based marketplace to streamline the purchasing of everyday business products and services.
  • acquired Sharepeople Group plc, an online brokerage firm in the U.K.

  • acquired SierraCities.com Inc.

  • completed its acquisition of Rosenbluth International.

  • International banking activities in Brazil

    completed the sale of its card and merchant-related activities, and international banking activities in Brazil to Banco Bradesco S.A. for approx. $470,000,000.
  • Activities in Indonesia

    completed the sale of its card and merchant-related activities in Malaysia to Maybank, and its card and merchant-related activities in Indonesia to Bank Danamon, for combined proceeds of $94,000,000.
  • acquired Harbor Payments, Inc

    On Dec. 31, 2006, Co. acquired Harbor Payments, Inc. for approximately $150,000,000, which was paid primarily in Co.'s common stock.
  • partnership with InsureMyTrip®.com.

    On June 25, 2007, Co. announced a new partnership with InsureMyTrip®.com
  • Purchased Corporate Payment Services

    Purchased Corporate Payment Services, General Electric Company's commercial card and corporate purchasing business unit, for a total consideration of $2,300,000,000.
  • sold its international banking subsidiary, American Express Bank Ltd., t

    On Feb. 29, 2008, Co. sold its international banking subsidiary, American Express Bank Ltd., to Standard Chartered PLC, with a purchase price of approximately $823,000,000.
  • acquired Accertify Inc.

    On Nov. 10, 2010, Co. acquired Accertify Inc., for a total consideration of $151,000,000.
  • Acquired Serve Virtual Enterprises, Inc.,

    On Jan. 15, 2010, Co. acquired Serve Virtual Enterprises, Inc., for a total consideration of $305,000,000.
  • acquisition of a controlling interest in Loyalty Partner

    On Mar. 1, 2011, Co. completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Loyalty Partner. Total consideration was $616,000,000 ($585,000,000 plus $31,000,000 in cash acquired).
  • completed a transaction to Express Global Business Travel

    On June 30, 2014, Co. completed a transaction to establish a non-consolidated joint venture, American Express Global Business Travel (GBT JV), comprising the former Global Business Travel operations of Co. and an external cash investment. Co. has retained a 50% ownership interest in the GBT JV. In exchange for a cash contribution of $900,000,000 paid into the GBT JV, an unrelated investor group holds the remaining 50% ownership interest.
  • cquired the portion of the Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

    In 2018, Co. acquired the portion of the Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. cobrand credit card loan portfolio that Co. did not previously own (the acquired Hilton portfolio). The acquired Hilton portfolio had an outstanding principal and interest balance of approximately $1,000,000,000 at acquisition.
  • acquired Mezi www.mezi.com,

    On Jan. 30, 2018, Co. acquired Mezi www.mezi.com, a personal travel assistant app that helps consumers plan and book trips. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.