American Express Company Form 8-K (March 15, 2021)

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Current report on Form 8-K of American Express Company, date of report March 15, 2021, furnished under Item 7.01. It gives month-end statistics for December 2020, January 2021 and February 2021 for the U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business Card Member lending portfolios. At February 28, 2021, Consumer loans were $47.5 billion, 1.0 percent were 30 days past due, and the net write-off rate (principal only) was 1.4 percent. Small Business loans were $12.8 billion with 0.6 percent past due and a 1.0 percent write-off rate, and total loans were $60.4 billion. The Lending Trust ending principal balance was $22.6 billion and the annualized default rate was 1.2 percent. Kristina V. Fink signed it.

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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): March 15, 2021

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO MPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

200 Vesey Street ,

New York , New York 10285

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

( 212 ) 640-2000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares (par value $0.20 per Share) | AXP | New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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 February 28 and January 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

American Express Company

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

Delinquency and Write-off Rate Statistics

As of and for the months ended February 28 and January 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

(Billions, except percentages)

February 28, 2021 | January 31, 2021 | December 31, 2020
U.S. Consumer Card Member loans:
Total loans | $ | 47.5 | $ | 48.7 | $ | 51.3
30 days past due loans as a % of total | 1.0 | % | 1.0 | % | 1.0 | %
Average loans | $ | 48.1 | $ | 50.0 | $ | 50.8
Net write-off rate – principal only (a) | 1.4 | % | 1.3 | % | 1.6 | %
U.S. Small Business Card Member loans:
Total loans | $ | 12.8 | $ | 12.9 | $ | 12.8
30 days past due loans as a % of total | 0.6 | % | 0.7 | % | 0.7 | %
Average loans | $ | 12.9 | $ | 12.8 | $ | 12.5
Net write-off rate – principal only (a) | 1.0 | % | 1.4 | % | 1.5 | %
Total Card Member loans – U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business | $ | 60.4 | $ | 61.6 | $ | 64.1
(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)

February 1, 2021 through February 28, 2021 | January 1, 2021 through January 31, 2021 | December 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020
Ending total principal balance | $ | 22.6 | $ | 23.3 | $ | 24.9
Defaulted amount | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.04
Annualized default rate, net of recoveries | 1.2 | % | 1.1 | % | 1.2 | %
Total 30+ days delinquent | $ | 0.1 | $ | 0.2 | $ | 0.2

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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/ Kristina V. Fink
Name: Kristina V. Fink
Title: Deputy Corporate Secretary

Date: March 15, 2021

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