| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
American Express Company (the “Company”) is hereby furnishing below delinquency and write-off statistics for the Card Member lending portfolio of its U.S. Consumer Services (“USCS”) operating segment and the U.S. Small Business Card Member lending portfolio of its Global Commercial Services operating segment for the months ended January 31, February 28 and March 31, 2017 and the three months ended March 31, 2017.
American Express Company
U.S. Consumer Services and U.S. Small Business
Delinquency and Write-off Rate Statistics
As of and for the months ended January 31, February 28 and March 31, 2017 and the three months ended March 31, 2017
(Billions, except percentages)
| | | January 31, 2017 | | | February 28, 2017 | | | (Preliminary) March 31, 2017 | | | (Preliminary) Three months ended March 31, 2017 | |
| USCS Card Member loans: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total loans | | $ | 47.3 | | | $ | 46.2 | | | $ | 46.7 | | | $ | 46.7 | |
| 30 days past due loans as a % of total | | | 1.2 | % | | | 1.2 | % | | | 1.2 | % | | | 1.2 | % |
| Average loans | | $ | 48.0 | | | $ | 46.7 | | | $ | 46.5 | | | $ | 47.2 | |
Net write-off rate – principal only (a) | | | 1.5 | % | | | 1.8 | % | | | 1.8 | % | | | 1.7 | % |
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| U.S. Small Business Card Member loans: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total loans | | $ | 9.5 | | | $ | 9.5 | | | $ | 9.9 | | | $ | 9.9 | |
| 30 days past due loans as a % of total | | | 1.2 | % | | | 1.3 | % | | | 1.2 | % | | | 1.2 | % |
| Average loans | | $ | 9.5 | | | $ | 9.5 | | | $ | 9.7 | | | $ | 9.6 | |
Net write-off rate – principal only (a) | | | 1.4 | % | | | 1.5 | % | | | 1.8 | % | | | 1.6 | % |
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| Total U.S. Consumer and Small Business Card Member loans | | $ | 56.8 | | | $ | 55.7 | | | $ | 56.6 | | | $ | 56.6 | |
(a) | Net write-off rate based on principal only (i.e., excluding interest and /or fees). |
The statistics presented above provide information that is additional to the data reported by the American Express Credit Account Master Trust (the “Lending Trust”) in its monthly Form 10-D report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Card Member loans that have been securitized through the Lending Trust do not possess identical characteristics with those of the total USCS or U.S. Small Business Card Member loan portfolios, which include all securitized and non-securitized Card Member loans. The reported credit performance of the Lending Trust may, on a month-to-month basis, be better or worse as a result of, among other things, differences in the mix, vintage and aging of loans, the use of end-of-period principal loan balances to calculate write-off statistics in the Lending Trust compared to the use of average loan balances over the reporting period used in the statistics of the USCS and U.S. Small Business Card Member loan portfolios, as well as other mechanics of the calculation for the Lending Trust net write-off rate, which is impacted by any additions to the Lending Trust within a particular period.
Set forth below is certain information regarding the credit performance of the Lending Trust for its three most recent monthly reporting periods, as reported in its Form 10-D report filed with respect to each such period.
American Express Credit Account Master Trust
(Billions, except percentages)
| | | January 1, 2017 through January 31, 2017 | | | February 1, 2017 through February 28, 2017 | | | March 1, 2017 through March 31, 2017 | |
| Ending total principal balance | | $ | 24.4 | | | $ | 23.7 | | | $ | 23.7 | |
| Defaulted amount | | $ | 0.04 | | | $ | 0.04 | | | $ | 0.04 | |
| Annualized default rate, net of recoveries | | | 1.2 | % | | | 1.5 | % | | | 1.4 | % |
| Total 30+ days delinquent | | $ | 0.2 | | | $ | 0.2 | | | $ | 0.2 | |
