American Express Company reports news about a global payments and premium lifestyle brand that issues charge and credit card products, operates a merchant payment network, and serves consumers, small and mid-sized businesses, large corporations, and merchants. Company updates often cover earnings releases, Card Member spending and credit performance, dividend actions on common and preferred shares, investor presentations, and capital allocation.
American Express news also includes product and network developments tied to commercial cards, co-brand card programs, Membership experiences, merchant relationships, Resy dining initiatives, small-business education, and brand partnerships. These announcements reflect the company's model of combining payments, lending, merchant acceptance, rewards, and service experiences across its global network.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced a 16% increase in its quarterly common share dividend, raising the payout by $0.13 to $0.95 per share from $0.82. The dividend is payable on May 8, 2026 to shareholders of record on April 3, 2026.
According to the company, this increase is consistent with the planned rise discussed in its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) will build a new state-of-the-art global headquarters at 2 World Trade Center (200 Greenwich Street), spanning nearly two million square feet across 55 floors with capacity for up to 10,000 colleagues. Construction begins spring 2026 with occupancy expected in 2031. The fully electric, smart-building design pursues LEED certification; developer is Silverstein Properties and design architect is Foster + Partners. The project is expected to create over 3,200 construction jobs and contribute approximately $5.9B to NYC and $6.3B to New York State economies. The company says the project is not expected to have a material impact on financial results.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) and the NBA announced a multiyear renewal expanding the partnership across the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, USA Basketball and NBA Take-Two Media. The deal keeps American Express as the leagues’ Official Payment Partner and extends team-level relationships.
The agreement adds entitlement of NBA Tip-Off and G League Tip-Off, title sponsorship of NBC/Peacock halftime show, a connected member program linking American Express Card Members with NBA ID, and fan perks including fast lanes, merchandise offers, Amex Reserved Tickets, and NBA2K in-game benefits.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) reported its full-year and fourth-quarter 2025 financial results and posted the earnings release and supplemental data on its Investor Relations website.
An investor conference call is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET on January 30, 2026; live audio, slides, and a replay will be available on the company investor website.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) declared a quarterly dividend on its 3.550% Fixed Rate Reset Noncumulative Preferred Shares, Series D of $8,875.00 per preferred share (equivalent to $8.87500 per depositary share). The dividend is payable on March 15, 2026 to holders of record as of March 1, 2026.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) said management will participate in the UBS Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET. A live audio webcast of a discussion on the company's business strategy and financial performance will be available to the public via the company's Investor Relations website, with an audio replay posted after the event.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) will host live audio webcasts for its quarterly earnings conference calls for fourth‑quarter and full‑year 2025 and the four 2026 quarters.
Scheduled call dates and times (all ET): Q4 & full‑year 2025 — Friday, January 30, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.; Q1 2026 — Friday, April 24, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.; Q2 2026 — Friday, July 24, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.; Q3 2026 — Friday, October 23, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.
Financial results and presentation materials will be posted on the American Express Investor Relations website at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET prior to each call, and webcast replays will be available after each call.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.82 per common share. The dividend is payable on February 10, 2026 to shareholders of record as of January 2, 2026.
American Express (NYSE: AXP) and the International Downtown Association Foundation announced the 2025 Backing International Small Restaurants grantees on Nov 24, 2025.
The program will award over $1.4 million to 97 small, independently owned restaurants across 14 cities in the UK, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Spain, and France. Since 2022 the initiative has supported 237 restaurants with over $3.2 million.
Grants will fund accessibility, kitchen upgrades, operational tools, and digital improvements. The program complements American Express's Backing Historic Small Restaurants, which has provided $8 million to 180 U.S. restaurants, bringing combined support to over $11 million for more than 410 restaurants globally.
American Express (NYSE:AXP) completed a four-day American Express Leadership Academy in New York on Nov. 14, 2025, convening more than 80 nonprofit leaders from across the Americas to build skills, networks and cross-sector collaboration.
Speakers included Paris Hilton, Leslie Odom Jr. and Taj Gibson, who shared leadership lessons on advocacy, craft, community support and authentic leadership. The program, now in its 18th year, has seen American Express invest more than $100 million and supported over 165,000 nonprofit leaders worldwide.
The 2026 Academy will run in three global cohorts: Americas (New York) March 17-20, 2026, EMEA (London) June 23-26, 2026, and an APAC cohort later in the year. Applications are open and the Americas cohort deadline is Dec. 1, 2025.