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.