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Share of the American Express Company, 1865. In 1850, American Express was started as a freight forwarding company in Buffalo, New York. [17] It was founded as a joint-stock corporation by the merger of the cash-in-transit companies owned by Henry Wells (Wells & Company), William G. Fargo (Livingston, Fargo & Company), and John Warren Butterfield (Wells, Butterfield & Company, the successor ...
The front of an American Express Centurion card. The American Express Centurion Card, colloquially known as the Black Card, is a charge card issued by American Express. [1] [2] It is reserved for the company's wealthiest clients who meet certain net worth, credit quality, and spending requirements on its gateway card, the Platinum Card. [3] [4] The firm does not disclose the exact requirements ...
George Wilbur Waters (January 9, 1916 – January 11, 2003) was an American pioneer in the credit card industry who is credited with transforming the American Express Card into a global brand and the flagship product of the American Express Company. Upon his retirement from American Express in 1980, Waters was bestowed with the title, "Father ...
A red card is a type of penalty card that is shown in many sports after a rules infraction. ... American Express Red, credit card; ... Blue Card (disambiguation)
The J.P. Morgan Reserve Card was one of the first U.S. credit cards to adopt EMV smart chip technology. With its brass construction and palladium plating, the card weighs 1 ounce or 28.35 grams, five times the weight of a conventional plastic credit card and twice the weight of the titanium constructed American Express Centurion Card.
The outfit was made of 254 expired American Express gold cards, [6] [1] and was split to the waist. [5] The under garment was made entirely of the cards, except for the slim gold straps at the top, although the gold shawl which went over the under garment only had cards lining the edges. Gardiner completed the outfit with gold platform shoes. [7]
Black card may refer to: Black card, a penalty card issued by an official in several sports for infractions Centurion Card , a black-colored American Express charge card
In 1930, Owen founded the Equitable Securities Corporation of Nashville, an investment bank offering credit cards, travel and banking services. It merged with American Express in 1968. [ 1 ] Later, he served as the Chairman of American Express.