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Find a Location

American Express Company has 266 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforAmerican Express Company

    Credit Cards and Plans
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.08/5stars

    Average of 473 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4,499 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1,840 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    American Express provides payment, travel and expense management solutions for individuals and businesses of all sizes.  It also offers services in international banking, investment banking, brokerage, personal financial planning and asset management. The company's major business units include American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc., American Express Bank Ltd., IDS Financial Services Inc. and First Data Corporation.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    American Express Company has 266 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      Headquarters
      World Financial Center 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10285-0001
      BBB File Opened:
      4/12/1999
      Years in Business:
      174
      Business Started:
      1/1/1850
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc.
      • American Express Financial Advisors
      • American Express Centurion Bank
      • IDS Mineola
      • American Express Bank Ltd.
      • Egencia
      Business Management
      • Mr. Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and CEO
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Stephen J. Squeri, Chairman and CEO
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (212) 693-1033
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      4,499 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      08/07/2023

      Complaint Type:
      Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      I applied and received a Business platinum card, the card advertised $400 a year in **** credit, $200 every 6 months. I immediately spent $1000 at **** following the receipt of the card just to later learn that I had to be enrolled first to receive the benefit. It was not clearly apparent and I feel it was dishonest. I called Amex and they were unwilling to assist.
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      Customer Reviews

      473 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Sherry G

      1 star

      04/04/2024

      Worst company ever with the worst customer service ever! They would not lower my interest rate when I turned when I signed up with a credit management company and when I cancelled my credit cards with them they stopped my auto payments so that I would have to pay late fees and so that it would affect my credit and they would not reverse the fees and damage to my credit even though I caught it a few days after they didnt take my auto pay out! They kept giving me the run around when I called to find out why they cancelled my auto pay and kept me on the phone for 45 minutes trying to get this straightened out! Terrible company! I will never give them another chance!

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