American Express

American Express: 1. What is American express? 1.1 Multinational financial service corporation 1.2 Deals with credit cards, change cards and traveller's cheque 1.3 22.9% credit in USA from this company 1.4 175 companies - 2,300+ companies internationally 1.5 American Express India: 1.5.1 established in 1921 (Kolkata) 1.5.2 American Express India Pvt. Ltd. : Accounting and financial business for AE int. branches 1.5.3 American Express Global Service Center: financial support to AE int. branches 1.6 CEO: Kenneth Chenault 1.7 COO: Jeffrey C Campbell 1.8 Revenue in 2015-16: $32.119 1.9 Employs 56,000+ ... 2. History 2.1 Established in 1850 - started as mail order business 2.2 first joint stock corporation via merger of:        2.2.1 Henry Wells (Wells and company)        2.2.2 William G Fargo (Livingston, Fargo and Company)         2.2.3 John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield and Company ... 3. Philosophy: 3.1 Vision: To be a leading provider of payment solutions worldwide 3.2 Motto: Deliver high quality goods and services to leverage business expertise while maintaining high standards of ethics ... 4.  News 4.1 2016 - Ranked 25th most valuable brand in the world by Interbrand 42 2017 - raked 17th most admired brand by Forbes