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 July 31, June 30 and May 31, 2019.
American Express Company
U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business
Delinquency and Write-off Rate Statistics
As of and for the months ended July 31, June 30 and May 31, 2019
(Billions, except percentages)
| | | July 31, 2019 | | | June 30, 2019 | | | May 31, 2019 | |
| U.S. Consumer Card Member loans: | | | | | | | | | |
| Total loans | | $ | 59.7 | | | $ | 59.5 | | | $ | 59.1 | |
| 30 days past due loans as a % of total | | | 1.4 | % | | | 1.4 | % | | | 1.4 | % |
| Average loans | | $ | 59.6 | | | $ | 59.3 | | | $ | 58.7 | |
Net write-off rate – principal only (a) | | | 2.2 | % | | | 2.2 | % | | | 2.5 | % |
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| U.S. Small Business Card Member loans: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total loans | | $ | 13.2 | | | $ | 13.2 | | | $ | 13.0 | |
| 30 days past due loans as a % of total | | | 1.3 | % | | | 1.3 | % | | | 1.2 | % |
| Average loans | | $ | 13.2 | | | $ | 13.1 | | | $ | 12.8 | |
Net write-off rate – principal only (a) | | | 1.9 | % | | | 1.7 | % | | | 2.0 | % |
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| Total Card Member loans – U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business | | $ | 72.8 | | | $ | 72.6 | | | $ | 72.0 | |
(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.
