Section 1: 8-K (FORM 8-K OF AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY)

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): February 15, 2019

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

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

organization)

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)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Emerging growth company

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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 January 31, 2019 and December 31 and November 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 January 31, 2019 and December 31 and November 30, 2018

(Billions, except percentages)

U.S. Consumer Card Member loans:

Total loans 30 days past due loans as a % of total Average loans

$$

Net write-off rate - principal only (a)

January 31,

December 31,

November 30,

2019

2018

2018

59.9$ 1.4%59.1$ 2.2%

58.3$ 1.5%59.1$ 2.2%

58.21.4% 57.52.0%

U.S. Small Business Card Member loans: Total loans 30 days past due loans as a % of total Average loans

$$$

12.2

12.1

12.2

Net write-off rate - principal only (a)

Total Card Member loans - U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business

1.3%

1.3%

1.2%

$

12.2$

12.1$

12.1

1.8%

1.7%

1.6%

$$$

70.5

72.0

70.4

(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.

(Billions, except percentages)

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

January 1, 2019

December 1,

November 1, 2018

through

2018

through

January 31, 2019

through

November 30,

December 31,

2018

2018

Ending total principal balance

$

30.9$

32.2$

31.3

Defaulted amount

$

0.04$

0.04$

0.04

Annualized default rate, net of recoveries

1.2%

1.1%

1.1%

Total 30+ days delinquent

$

0.3$

0.3$

0.3

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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. RichterName: Tangela S. RichterTitle: Corporate Secretary

Date: February 15, 2019

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