Corporate group · United States
American Express Company
See the institutions that GLEIF records as consolidated by American Express Company, with or without a BIC. Consolidation is an accounting relationship reported to GLEIF; it does not show ownership shares or control.
The group at a glance
Every row is the same 9 institutions, split by one attribute
Type
- Financial institution 5 · 56%
- Payments & e-money 3 · 33%
- Money service business 1 · 11%
Identification
- BIC only 5 · 56%
- BIC and a register licence 2 · 22%
- Register only, no BIC 2 · 22%
Regulation level
- Prudential licence 3 · 33%
- AML registration only 1 · 11%
- Not on a tracked register 5 · 56%
Region
- Europe & Central Asia 5 · 56%
- East Asia & Pacific 2 · 22%
- North America 2 · 22%
LEI
- LEI mapped 9 · 100%
View as table
| Attribute | Institutions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Type | ||
| Financial institution | 5 | 56% |
| Payments & e-money | 3 | 33% |
| Money service business | 1 | 11% |
| Identification | ||
| BIC only | 5 | 56% |
| BIC and a register licence | 2 | 22% |
| Register only, no BIC | 2 | 22% |
| Regulation level | ||
| Prudential licence | 3 | 33% |
| AML registration only | 1 | 11% |
| Not on a tracked register | 5 | 56% |
| Region | ||
| Europe & Central Asia | 5 | 56% |
| East Asia & Pacific | 2 | 22% |
| North America | 2 | 22% |
| LEI | ||
| LEI mapped | 9 | 100% |
An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
GLEIF relationship records as at 25 September 2026 · BIC data as at 23 September 2026
Institutions in the group
All 9 institutions that GLEIF records in the group, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first.
- American Express Europe, S.A. No BIC Payments & e-moneyPrudential licence
- American Express Payment Services Limited · trading as American Express No BIC Payments & e-moneyPrudential licence
- American Express Services Europe Limited BIC AESUGB21 Payments & e-moneyPrudential licence
- American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. BIC AETCUS3A Money service businessAML registration only
- American Express Australia Limited BIC AMXAAU22 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- American Express Bank LLC BIC AEGBRUMM Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- American Express Europe LLC BIC AEECUS31 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- American Express International Inc (Australia Branch) BIC AEIAAU21 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
- American Express Services Europe Limited, Zweigniederlassung Frankfurt Am Main BIC AESUDEF1 Financial institutionNot on a tracked register
Head entity
GLEIF records American Express Company as the parent that consolidates the group, with its head office in the United States.
American Express Company
LEI R4PP93JZOLY261QX3811 · United States · GLEIF record ↗
American Express Company is not in the Swift directory or on the tracked registers. It appears here as the head of the group GLEIF records.
Members by country
GLEIF records 8 legal entities of the group in the directory, in 6 countries. Each institution shows its own listings and licences; nothing is inferred from the group.
Germany 1
Register licences in the group
Institutions in the group hold 5 licences and registrations on the tracked registers.
| Register | Holder | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA-PSD | American Express Services Europe Limited | Authorised Payment Institution | 661836 | United Kingdom | Active |
| FINCEN-MSB | American Express Travel Related Services Company | — | Not published by the register | United States | Active |
| EBA-PSD2 | American Express Europe, S.A. | Payment institution | 6837 | Spain | Active |
| FCA-PSD | American Express Payment Services Limited | Authorised Payment Institution | 484347 | United Kingdom | Active |
| FINTRAC-MSB | American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. | MSB (foreign indicator not selected) | M09648026 | Canada | Inactive |
Where the group is present
The group’s institutions are in 6 countries.
Australia 2United Kingdom 2United States 2Germany 1Russia 1Spain 1
Sources & method
Group membership follows GLEIF accounting-consolidation relationships as at 25 September 2026. It does not cover ownership below consolidation.
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Read the methodology →Sources for this page
- GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · about Level 2 data ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026
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