What Is The American Express Informative Speech

Daashon Eldridge

Informative Speech- American Express

My company, a company that can help make sure you leave with the service needed or product desired. You may use our product, your parents, and/or maybe even your grandparents may use our product. Who are we? Amex, better known as American Express. We strive to provide the customer service needed to help our patrons and to be a well respected brand.

To start off, American Express is an international corporation that provides charge and credit payment card products and travel related service to consumers and businesses. Our company currently consists of four operating divisions. These four divisions are US card services, international card services, global commercial services, and global network and merchant services. US card services provides services to patrons within the US while our international card services provide business to patrons all around the globe. Our Global commercial services provides expense management business to companies worldwide and our last division, global network and merchant services helps card owners and cards under global network service businesses.

It started with one of the founders, Henry Wells. He was an agent under the first express company in 1839. The company was designed to transport money and valuables safely in New York, New York. Wells was focused on expansion towards the Midwestern areas but was unable to until he branched out on his own. Wells was able to partner up with William G. Fargo and launched an express service from buffalo to Midwestern cities. Later on, in 1849, a wealthy transportation mogul that was partnered with a direct competitor proposed that wells and Fargo should eliminate competition with wasson & co. by partnering up and becoming one. In March of 1850, they were able to do just that, and American Express was