Goldman Sachs and Amex join Better Mortgage’s $70m funding round
US-based digital lender plans partnerships and recruitment.
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Amex throws Curve a curveball
American Express blocks customers from adding Amex cards to Curve.
American Express breaks into China’s payments market
First US credit card company to get Chinese central bank approval.
Amex to pilot Neener Analytics tech in Middle East
Amex’s Accelerate Middle East to pilot Neener Analytics’ social media analytics tools.
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Amex and Amazon ally in co-brand card game
One of the GAFA gang reveals its paytech plan.
American Express wins eight year-long court battle over antitrust issues
The lawsuit accused Amex of stifling competition.
Amex buys UK payments start-up Cake for $13.3m
Cake Technologies provides app to pay restaurant bills in London.
Amex acquires AI travel aide Mezi
Getting in on messaging market with tidy acquisition of personal travel assistant Mezi.
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All aboard the Amex blockchain payments express
American Express has launched blockchain-enabled, business-to-business cross-border payments with Santander using Ripple’s network. The Amex FX International Payments (FXIP) business is working with Ripple to make blockchain payments commercially available, “reducing the time and cost of settlement”. Santander UK is the selected partner to initiate this new transaction channel. Marc Gordon, EVP and CIO at […]
InComm to buy Serve platform, become exclusive Amex prepaid distributor
American Express and InComm have entered into an agreement for InComm to acquire the exclusive distribution rights of Amex’s prepaid reloadable and gift card products in the US, including Bluebird and Serve. InComm also will acquire the Serve technology platform and other assets related to the American Express prepaid reloadable and gift card products business. […]
Fintech earnings round-up: 24 July 2017
It’s been a busy time for second- and fiscal third-quarter earnings reports. Features Bank of America, Amex, Blackhawk Network and Visa. Banking Technology’s sister publication Paybefore reports. Bank of America (BofA) has beaten analyst expectations with earnings per share of 46 cents on revenue of $22.829 billion for the second quarter ended 30 June 2017. […]
SunTec system fits the bill for Amex business travel
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has opted for SunTec’s Xelerate billing system for its corporate clients. According to SunTec, its platform can onboard new geographic regions and “weaves data locked in various legacy and modern billing systems” to create relevant offers for American Express GBT’s corporate clients. Michael Konstas, VP of billing strategy at […]
Amex teams with Facebook for Messenger bot
American Express is partnering with Facebook to provide an Amex bot for its card members in Messenger. The concept will allow Amex card members to sign up to receive real-time notifications about their purchases, and information about card benefits and services related to those purchases. For example, if a member purchases an airline ticket, the […]
