American Express: Don’t Leave FarmVille Without It
American Express has forged some unique partnerships, especially within its extensive foray into social media.
The latest venture marries the venerable charge card and the Serve digital wallet with FarmVille, the ...
American Express Pilots Personalized Daily Deals on iPhone App
American Express has launched a pilot program for its “My Offers” iPhone app that ranks merchant offers based on a card customer’s spending history and location.
AmEx calls it the industry’s first ...
American Express Cards Join Isis Mobile Wallet
American Express has added its cards to the “mobile wallet” joint venture consisting of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.
The Isis Mobile Wallet will now support American Express’ Consumer, Open Small Business ...
American Express: Consumers Empowered by Social Media
Nine out of ten of Americans surveyed said that companies fail to exceed their service expectations, while one out of two respondents walked away from an intended purchase in the past year because of a poor customer ...
Average Credit Card Rate Offered Holds at 14.91%
The average annual percentage rate (APR) on new credit card offers remained unchanged at 14.91 percent this week, marking the ninth week of 17 this year that rates have not moved, according to creditcards.com
The ...
Credit 101: Banks Partner with Colleges on Prepaid Cards
With regulations limiting their recruiting of college students as customers, credit card issuers are increasingly partnering outright with schools to offering prepaid cards that can double as campus I.D. cards.
U.S. ...
American Express U.S. Card Biz Soars, 1Q Profit Up 7%
With customer defaults at historic lows, American Express said its first quarter profit rose 7 percent, beating Wall Street expectations as card spending jumped 12 percent over the year-ago period.
The company’s ...
Smart Phone Swiping Could Replace Cards, Cash by 2020
By 2020, swiping with smart phones or other devices will gain mainstream acceptance as a method of payment and could replace cash and credit/debit cards for most online and in-store purchases.
That is the consensus ...
AmEx Survey: 10% of Americans Plan Move to New Home
Ten percent of Americans, or an estimated 23 million people, are planning to move to a new home, condo or apartment in 2012, according to the latest American Express survey of 1,500 consumers.
Of those, more than ...
American Express, Twitter Team Up for ‘Couponless’ Savings
American Express is using the micro-blogging giant Twitter to give its U.S. card members a new social media twist on merchant discounts.
Card members can sync their eligible AmEx card with Twitter at sync.americanexpress.com/twitter.
When ...




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