American Express Issuance Trust II 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 31.1

Certification

I, David J. Hoberman certify that:

1. I have reviewed this report on Form10-K, and all reports on Form10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form10-K of the American Express Issuance Trust II (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

2. Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing or other information required to be provided under Form10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

4. Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

5. All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules13a-18 and15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form10-K.

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: The Bank of New York Mellon and TransCentra, Inc, (formerly known as Regulus Group LLC).

Date: March 15, 2017

By:	/s/ David J. Hoberman
Name:	David J. Hoberman
Title:	President, American Express Receivables Financing Corporation VIII LLC (Senior officer in charge of securitization)