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Payment network · Card scheme · Global
American Express
Global card network that, unlike Visa and Mastercard, largely issues cards and acquires merchants itself (a closed-loop model). The company dates to 1850; its charge card business launched in 1958.
- Type
- Card scheme
- Operator
- American Express Company
- Region
- Global
- Currency
- Multi
- Launched
- 1958
- Settlement model
- deferred net
- Website
- www.americanexpress.com
Approximate reference data from public sources · seed-0.1 · 2026-08-28 · not real-time, not advice. See data & methodology.
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