Talk:American Express

message: Both snopes.com and this article are wrong when it comes to the black Amex card not existing until 1999. During my university days in the late 80's and early 90's, I worked nightclubs and restaurant/bars. I will swear on the Bible in court that not only did Black American Express cards exist back then, but I processed transactions on them from two different people (one VERY well-known sports celebrity, the other a rather non-descript person unknown to me to this day). Obviously, my comment here isn't proof, but there has to be some proof out there somewhere that these cards did exist WELL before 1999.  Greg Salter (talk) 18:17, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Somewhere between 1984 and 1993 The New Republic ran a cover story on the American Express Black Card, and discussed cardholders such as Elton John and Imelda Marcos, for whom stores would open in the middle of the night and allow them private shopping.  The TNR web site does not yet go back that far.Frank Lynch (talk) 15:40, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: If there's an editor who has access to the Reader's Guide To Periodical Literature, could you please verify this reference in the New Republic? The bounds would be June, 1984 to June, 1993. Thanks. Frank Lynch (talk) 16:56, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black cards 

message: I'm not sure that there's a good reason to have a separate article for the Canadian division of Amex. There's no major, encyclopedic material in the Canadian article that couldn't be included in the main Amex article. In addition, the Amex businesses in several other countries are larger their Canadian business. What do people think? -- Crocodile Punter (talk) 06:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since there was no objection, I've gone ahead and merged the relevant content into American Express. --Crocodile Punter (talk) 22:01, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal: Merge [[AMEX Bank of Canada]] into [[American Express]] 

message: In the history of its early founding, it is described as offering "express mail" but as the mails at that time was "letters" not "packages" with International Parcel Post service beginning circa 1890 and Parcel Post circa 1913, the service is more accurately described as "package delivery" I believe. Mulp (talk) 01:07, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  express mail or package delivery? 

message: American Express is best known for its iconic Green, Gold, and Platinum charge cards, and offers credit cards of similar color levels in most countries
What's about ?
:What about what? What's your question? -- Crocodile Punter (talk) 06:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I said: what about Gold and Platinum ? the article has no link and no information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.32.104.117 (talk) 14:29, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right, it would be very useful to have more information about them, with links. Be bold: find appropriate information and add it! :) --Crocodile Punter (talk) 05:18, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  no link 

message: The company generated serious negative publicity regarding perceived abuse of its long-time paying clients, by slashing their credit limits regardless of payment history, and in many cases closing their accounts.  Other factors reported in major newspapers include snooping on where clients were spending, and cutting credit because "other customers at that business were delinquent" (or some very similar language).
In addition to these negatives, perhaps someone can highlight more of what was going on at the company at the time.  In the article, these events are just dismissed as a one-line comment about becoming a bank holding company.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.85.14.106 (talk) 05:21, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need details on how American Express handled the 2008-2009 financial crisis 

message: After seeing Optima as an option on Dominos.com for payment, I wondered what the heck it was, found the American Express website and this page. The American Express website appears to start the enrolment process for the Optima, though I didn't try to create an account. Is the brand resurfacing?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.16.61.8 (talk) 16:53, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Optima revived 

message: I propose that ExpressPay be merged into American Express. The ExpressPay brand name is exclusive to American Express cards. Also, the existing ExpressPay article is short and would fit in well. Finally, I note that the MasterCard PayPass and Visa payWave brands do not have separate articles. HairyWombat 13:39, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: Does not look good. --Aleksd (talk) 14:17, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That's probably an issue with opera... — raekyt 15:52, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The chart in Opera browser 

message: With all due respect to the official corporate history on American Express' website listing its founding city as Buffalo, NY when one does a Google search of American express founded albany, one gets quite alot of hits of websites listing the city of Albany, NY. Secondary independent sources do take precedence in Wikipedia over self-published sources from the topic of the article itself. If there is a conflict the independent sources need to be used regardless of "fact".Worldjustice (talk) 12:04, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where was American Express founded? 

message: Totally can't figure out what "poda nae" is or are. I thought maybe this was a misspelling of "podanae," which was maybe a Latinate plural of "podana," except podana isn't a word in English. Neither is podanae. Neither is poda nae.
The "poda nae" context is: "The building completed the continuous masonry wall of its block-front poda nae and assisted in transforming Broadway..."
Huh? Bobby in the Bronx 173.77.133.20 (talk) 01:18, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "poda nae" huh?? 

message: A piece of news to look out for, as it effects content on the article. Holders of JetBlue cards were notified this week by American Express and JetBlue are ending their partnership, with the card moving to Barclay. Cardholders were informed to cease their use of the American Express version on March 20 and to switch to a card which Barclay will provide. The possible end of the partnership was discussed on the Internet in February 2015, but so far as I know there has not been a public announcement by American Express or JetBlue. I may have missed it. When something is publicly announced with a citable reference, the page should be updated.Frank Lynch (talk) 20:09, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  End of JetBlue Card 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I removed a large amount of material that was unsourced, improperly sourced, or promotional. If you object to what I did let's talk about it. Turkeyturkeypieyum (talk) 23:07, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Already given you my views on alterations to the article. David J Johnson (talk) 16:38, 7 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of promotional and improperly sourced material 

message: "The British government appointed American Express its official agent at the beginning of World War I.  They were to deliver letters, money and relief parcels to British prisoners of war.  Their employees went into camps to cash drafts for both British and French prisoners and arranged for them to recive money from home.
By the end of the war they were delivering 150 tonnes of parcels per day to prisoners in six countries."
That is my paraphrase of the source, not a direct quote.
MidlandLinda (talk) 11:14, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where should this be inserted? 

message: The RED card had its own article but there was almost no info there - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Express_Red&oldid=699764373. There were also no references, just a link to the AMEX page and as the product is discontinued, it redirects to main home page. Any useful info was salvaged and put on the Product RED and main Amex page. Rayman60 (talk) 00:00, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  RED card redirected to main AmEx article 

message: I am going to add this picture to the article.
  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yanjipy (talk • contribs) 17:16, 14 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Added a picture

message: An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Payback (loyalty card). Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so.  Jonathan Haas (talk) 19:25, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Payback (loyalty card)" listed at [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion|Redirects for discussion]] 

message: The list of ALL members of the board, which doesn't even  WikiLink (for those for whom there are articles), can be replaced with a simple link to the board listing on their website, and it will be more up-to-date too. Pi314m (talk) 18:56, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki not a directory

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message: The whole article is good. it just so seems to me that "early history" seems more of a history of the office buildings of AmEx. I wonder if there is a goal turning it into a history of their business, operation, people, etc
xinbenlv Talk, Remember to "ping" me 01:03, 28 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Early History seems more of a history of Office Buildings of AmEx