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): January 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 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 December 31, November 30 and October 31, 2018 and the three months ended December 31, 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 December 31, November 30 and October 31, 2018 and the three months ended December 31, 2018

(Billions, except percentages)
   
(Preliminary)
December 31,
2018
    
November 30,
2018
    
October 31,
2018
    
(Preliminary)
Three months ended
December 31,
2018
  
U.S. Consumer Card Member loans:
                        
Total loans
  
$
59.9
    
$
58.2
    
$
56.9
    
$
59.9
  
30 days past due loans as a % of total
    
1.4
%
    
1.4
%
    
1.4
%
    
1.4
%
Average loans
  
$
59.1
    
$
57.5
    
$
56.5
    
$
57.8
  
Net write-off rate – principal only (a)
    
2.2
%
    
2.0
%
    
2.0
%
    
2.1
%
                                 
U.S. Small Business Card Member loans:
                                
Total loans
  
$
12.1
    
$
12.2
    
$
12.1
    
$
12.1
  
30 days past due loans as a % of total
    
1.3
%
    
1.2
%
    
1.2
%
    
1.3
%
Average loans
  
$
12.1
    
$
12.1
    
$
12.0
    
$
12.1
  
Net write-off rate – principal only (a)
    
1.7
%
    
1.6
%
    
1.6
%
    
1.6
%
                                 
Total Card Member loans – U.S. Consumer and U.S. Small Business
  
$
72.0
    
$
70.4
    
$
69.0
    
$
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.
 
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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)

   
December 1, 2018
through
December 31, 2018
    
November 1, 2018
through
November 30, 2018
    
October 1, 2018
through
October 31, 2018 (a)
  
                   
Ending total principal balance
  
$
32.2
    
$
31.3
    
$
30.8
  
Defaulted amount
  
$
0.04
    
$
0.04
    
$
0.04
  
Annualized default rate, net of recoveries
    
1.1
%
    
1.1
%
    
1.0
%
Total 30+ days delinquent
  
$
0.3
    
$
0.3
    
$
0.2
  
 

(a) Reflects the acquisition of approximately $8 billion of receivables in additional accounts by the Lending Trust on October 1, 2018.

 
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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:  January 15, 2019
 
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