American Express

Founded in 1850 as a freight company, American Express became a diversified global travel and financial services company and a global leader in credit cards and credit card traveler's checks travel financial planning investment products insurance accounting by introducing new financial products and travel services to help support customers' daily lives and introducing charge cards to provide customers with a new and convenient way to pay headquartered in the World Financial Center III in the financial district of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Today, American Express is the world's largest payment network, always priding itself on innovative card products, services, and other offerings and putting the customer first.