This financial powerhouse is winning with younger users.If you thought companies like American Express, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase were behind the digital curve, think again. These three companies are 175, 156, and 154 years old, respectively, but they're all part of the digital technology revolution. They're competitive with the newest and most innovative fintech companies, but they come with the stability of more than a century of financial management.I want to focus on American Express, which has ...

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American Express has expanded its network, making it more attractive for merchants to accept its cards, even if they have to pay higher fees. The result is a snowball effect, where existing customers use their American Express cards more frequently, and prospective customers may make the decision to sign up for a card due to the perks and its widespread acceptance.Top-tier American Express cards come with relatively expensive annual fees, but also some generous perks. American Express attracts affluent cust ...

American Express is attracting new customers despite increasing the annual fees on two of its most popular cards. In September, it hiked the annual fee on its Platinum Card from $695 to $895 but also rolled out more perks.The company more than makes up for this shortfall from discount revenue (merchant fees) -- which accounted for 69.8% of total revenue in 2024. However, net card fee revenue increased by 39.2% from 2022 to 2024 compared to a 14.5% increase in merchant fee revenue, indicating a huge uptick i ...

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Before the refresh of The Platinum Card® from American Express, everyone (myself included) wondered whether the benefits would provide enough value to justify paying the card’s annual fee. We knew the annual fee was going up. With premium travel credit cards, that seems to be standard operating procedure every few years. Would I have ever guessed I’d be paying $895 a year for a credit card when I got into this hobby-turned-profession over a decade ago? Definitely not. But here I am, doing just that. Why? ...

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) is one of the relatively cheap S&P 500 stocks Jim Cramer talked about. Cramer highlighted that the stock is cheaper than the S&P, as he commented: “Then there’s American Express, which just released a refreshed platinum card, you might have gotten it this weekend, that I’m sure will be a hit, especially with millennials and Gen Z. AMEX should have 12.6% earnings growth next year, just barely better than the market. And don’t be surprised if the actual earnings growth su ...