American Express (AXP) 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 17, 2018

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	1-7657	13-4922250
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 Vesey Street
New York, New York	10285
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 640-2000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

American Express Company (the "Company") is hereby furnishing below delinquency and write-off statistics for the U.S. Consumer Card Member lending portfolio of its Global Consumer Services Group operating segment and the U.S. Small Business Card Member lending portfolio of its Global Commercial Services operating segment for the months ended November 30, October 31 and September 30, 2018.

American Express Company

U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business

Delinquency and Write-off Rate Statistics

As of and for the months ended November 30, October 31 and September 30, 2018

(Billions, except percentages)

	November 30, 2018			October 31, 2018			September 30, 2018
U.S. Consumer Card Member loans:
Total loans	$	58.2		$	56.9		$	56.2
30 days past due loans as a % of total		1.4	%		1.4	%		1.4	%
Average loans	$	57.5		$	56.5		$	55.9
Net write-off rate – principal only (a)		2.0	%		2.0	%		2.0	%
U.S. Small Business Card Member loans:
Total loans	$	12.2		$	12.1		$	11.9
30 days past due loans as a % of total		1.2	%		1.2	%		1.1	%
Average loans	$	12.1		$	12.0		$	11.9
Net write-off rate – principal only (a)		1.6	%		1.6	%		1.5	%
Total Card Member loans – U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business	$	70.4		$	69.0		$	68.1

(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 U.S. Consumer or U.S. Small Business Card Member loan portfolios, which include 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 U.S. Consumer 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.

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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)

	November 1, 2018 through November 30, 2018			October 1, 2018 through October 31, 2018 (a)			September 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018
Ending total principal balance	$	31.3		$	30.8		$	22.9
Defaulted amount	$	0.04		$	0.04		$	0.04
Annualized default rate, net of recoveries		1.1	%		1.0	%		1.3	%
Total 30+ days delinquent	$	0.3		$	0.2		$	0.2

(a) Reflects the acquisition of approximately $8 billion of receivables in additional accounts by the Lending Trust on October 1, 2018. The Ending total principal balance for the October 2018 monthly period has been updated to correct a typographical error in the Form 8-K furnished on November 15, 2018. The amount was correctly reported in the Form 10-D report filed on November 15, 2018 with respect to such period.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY (REGISTRANT)
By:	/s/ Tangela S. Richter
	Name: Tangela S. Richter
	Title: Corporate Secretary

Date:  December 17, 2018

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