AXP - American Express Company

American Express Company

200 Vesey Street
Lower Manhattan
New York, NY 10285
United States
212-640-2000
http://www.americanexpress.com

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Credit Services
Full-time employees: 59,000

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Stephen Joseph Squeri	Chairman & CEO	9.84M	N/A	1960
Mr. Jeffrey C. Campbell	Chief Financial Officer	8.01M	N/A	1961
Mr. Anré D. Williams	Group Pres of Global Merchant & Network Services	5.79M	N/A	1966
Mr. Douglas E. Buckminster	Group Pres of Global Consumer Services	7.13M	N/A	1961
Ms. Anna Elizabeth Marrs	Pres of Global Commercial Services	5.68M	N/A	1974

Amounts are as of 31 December 2018, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

American Express Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides charge and credit payment card products, and travel-related services to consumers and businesses worldwide. It operates through three segments: Global Consumer Services Group, Global Commercial Services, and Global Merchant and Network Services. The company's products and services include charge and credit card products, as well as other payment and financing products; network services; expense management products and services; travel-related services; and prepaid products. Its products and services also comprise merchant acquisition and processing, servicing and settlement, point-of-sale marketing, and information products and services for merchants; and fraud prevention services, as well as the design and operation of customer loyalty programs. The company sells its products and services to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies, and large corporations through online and mobile applications, third-party vendors and business partners, direct mail, telephone, in-house teams, and direct response advertising. American Express Company was founded in 1850 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Corporate governance

American Express Company’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 4 October 2019 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 2; Board: 5; Shareholder rights: 4; Compensation: 3.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.