AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

American Express provides global payment, lifestyle, and financing solutions. Through its core card-issuing, merchant-acquiring, and processing network operations, the company supplies credit, charge, and debit cards, along with banking deposits, non-card lending, and corporate expense management tools. It serves individual consumers, small and mid-sized enterprises, and large corporate clients across four reportable operating segments: U.S. Consumer Services, Commercial Services, International Card Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services.

Headquartered in New York, the company operates across domestic and international markets, with significant billed business in jurisdictions including the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, Japan, Canada, and Mexico. Its worldwide network reach extends through third-party banking and institutional partnerships across approximately 110 countries and territories. Supported by a workforce of roughly 76,800 colleagues worldwide, American Express maintains relationships with millions of accepting merchant locations globally.

Summary of the business section of American Express's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

“As of December 31, 2025, we employed approximately 76,800 people, whom we refer to as colleagues, with approximately 25,900 colleagues in the United States and approximately 50,900 colleagues outside the United States.”