AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY


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"Products" offered by AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY with at least one, but usually more complaints:

Bank account or service - (CD) Certificate of deposit
Bank account or service - Checking account
Bank account or service - Other bank product/service
Bank account or service - Savings account
Checking or savings account -
Checking or savings account - CD (Certificate of Deposit)
Checking or savings account - Checking account
Checking or savings account - Other banking product or service
Checking or savings account - Savings account
Consumer Loan - Installment loan
Consumer Loan - Personal line of credit
Credit card -
Credit card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose credit card or charge card
Credit card or prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Credit card or prepaid card - Gift card
Credit card or prepaid card - Government benefit card
Credit card or prepaid card - Payroll card
Credit card or prepaid card - Store credit card
Credit card or prepaid card - Student prepaid card
Credit reporting -
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit repair services
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Credit reporting
Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports - Other personal consumer report
Debt collection - Auto debt
Debt collection - Credit card
Debt collection - Credit card debt
Debt collection - I do not know
Debt collection - Mortgage
Debt collection - Mortgage debt
Debt collection - Other (i.e. phone, health club, etc.)
Debt collection - Other debt
Debt collection - Payday loan debt
Debt or credit management - Credit repair services
Debt or credit management - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Check cashing service
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Debt settlement
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Foreign currency exchange
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - International money transfer
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Mobile or digital wallet
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Money order, traveler's check or cashier's
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Refund anticipation check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Traveler's check or cashier's check
Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service - Virtual currency
Money transfers - Domestic (US) money transfer
Money transfers - International money transfer
Mortgage - Conventional fixed mortgage
Mortgage - Conventional home mortgage
Mortgage - Home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC)
Mortgage - Other mortgage
Other financial service - Foreign currency exchange
Other financial service - Money order
Other financial service - Refund anticipation check
Other financial service - Traveler’s/Cashier’s checks
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Payday loan
Payday loan, title loan, or personal loan - Personal line of credit
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Installment loan
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Other advances of future income
Payday loan, title loan, personal loan, or advance loan - Personal line of credit
Prepaid card - Electronic Benefit Transfer / EBT card
Prepaid card - General purpose card
Prepaid card - General-purpose prepaid card
Prepaid card - Gift card
Prepaid card - Gift or merchant card
Prepaid card - Government benefit card
Prepaid card - Government benefit payment card
Prepaid card - ID prepaid card
Prepaid card - Mobile wallet
Prepaid card - Other special purpose card
Prepaid card - Payroll card
Prepaid card - Transit card
Student loan - Non-federal student loan
Student loan - Private student loan
Vehicle loan or lease - Loan

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Complaint ID: 7273444

Date Received: 2023-07-19

Issue: Closing your account

Subissue: Company closed your account

Consumer Complaint: American Express sent my card to an old address, therefore it was returned to them. Around the same time, I had changed bank accounts and forgot to switch over funds to the bank account before the payment was pulled. The payment was attempted twice, then returned. I then got a notification that the account was closed. And despite my excellent payment history, and explanation to multiple customer service agents, they still refused to reactivate my account due to my FICO score, which should not have even been pulled again in the first place since I had already been approved, and had the card for a year.

Company Response:

State: NE

Zip: 68516

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-19

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7272341

Date Received: 2023-07-19

Issue: Fees or interest

Subissue: Charged too much interest

Consumer Complaint: American Express charged me {$260.00} in interest on a {$4700.00} that was paid in full ONE day after the due date. I was late on payment because I had upgraded to a new card, and American Express did not sync up the due date with my existing card. Further, I contacted American Express on the date I missed my payment, and they agreed to waive charges and interest. The billing cycle was abnormally long given the opening of the opening of the new card.

Company Response:

State: CA

Zip: 91403

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-19

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7272333

Date Received: 2023-07-19

Issue: Problem with a credit reporting company's investigation into an existing problem

Subissue: Their investigation did not fix an error on your report

Consumer Complaint: I asked XXXX to reinvestigate the American Express and XXXX accounts on my credit report on XX/XX/XXXX ( see letter and certified mail receipt ). I asked XXXX to fill in all of the missing data that they were reporting or to delete the accounts. I also asked them to include a personal statement if they were unable to delete the accounts, which they neglected to do. Specifically, I asked them to : Account name : XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX Account number : XXXX High Balance : {$2600.00} Date opened : XX/XX/XXXX Under the payment history, for the months between XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX there is NO DATA. Then again on XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, XX/XX/XXXX, and XX/XX/XXXX, there is NO DATA. That is 25 months of incomplete information on my credit report. Why is there no data for these months on the payment history? Fill in all of the data correctly or delete the entire account. Why is the Date of Last Activity missing? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. Why is the Date Closed missing? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. How do you explain all of this missing and inaccurate information? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. Account name : American Express Account number : XXXX Balance : {$0.00} Date opened : XX/XX/XXXX Under the payment history, you are not reporting any payment history after XX/XX/XXXX. Instead, you filled in the following months with ND to mean NO DATA. From XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX there is no payment history. Then again from XX/XX/XXXX to XX/XX/XXXX there is no payment history. That is 50 months of incomplete payment history. Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. Why is the Date of Last Activity missing? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. Why is the Date Closed missing? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. Why is the Balance Updated missing? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. How do you explain all of this missing and inaccurate information? Fill in all of the data or delete the entire account. Please note that for this account that Im disputing, unless every piece of missing data is filled in and every inconsistency and every error is accurately fixed OR the account is deleted entirely, your investigation will not resolve my dispute as to this account, and, if that is the case, here is my 100-word statement of dispute for this account that you did not correct 100 % by making it complete and accurate : Attention all readers of my credit report, I am writing to express my extreme frustration with the inaccuracies and inconsistencies found on my credit report. The information associated with this account being reported is incomplete, inconsistent, and inaccurate. I have made detailed written disputes to XXXX and requested that they correct these errors, but XXXX has refused to correct these errors or delete the account. I strongly urge anyone reading this report to disregard this account as it does not accurately reflect my credit worthiness or standing. XXXX finished their investigation and followed up with a report number XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX. They allegedly updated the account but failed to include my 100 word statements for both accounts.

Company Response:

State: CA

Zip: 92301

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-19

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7271390

Date Received: 2023-07-19

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Consumer Complaint: On my XXXX credit report i have 2 hard inquiries on XX/XX/2023 and XX/XX/2023 from American Express/AMEX . I also have 5 soft inquiries from American Express/AMEX for the same days. On XX/XX/2023 i have a hard inquiry from XXXX XXXX along with 1 soft inquiry on the same day. I also have 1 hard inquire from XXXX XXXX XXXX and 2 soft inquiries for the same day of XX/XX/2023. All these are duplicates and are not accurate. These companies ran my credit multiple times without my permission resulting in multiple inquiries on my account. These applications were for pre approvals which they assured me would be a soft inquire and not a hard one. However, weeks later, the inquires say they're hard. This is not accurate representation of my account and i want the hard inquiries removed because these were suppose to be soft inquiries, hence why we have so many soft inquiries from the same companies on the same dates. I believe this was a mistake on their part and id appreciate it if they removed the duplicates.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 77006

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7271305

Date Received: 2023-07-20

Issue: Improper use of your report

Subissue: Credit inquiries on your report that you don't recognize

Consumer Complaint: On my XXXX credit report i have 2 hard inquiries on XX/XX/2023 and XX/XX/2023 from American Express/AMEX . I also have 5 soft inquiries from American Express/AMEX for the same days. On XX/XX/2023 i have a hard inquiry from XXXX XXXX along with 1 soft inquiry on the same day. I also have 1 hard inquire from XXXX XXXX XXXX and 2 soft inquiries for the same day of XX/XX/2023. All these are duplicates and are not accurate. These companies ran my credit multiple times without my permission resulting in multiple inquiries on my account. These applications were for pre approvals which they assured me would be a soft inquire and not a hard one. However, weeks later, the inquires say they're hard. This is not accurate representation of my account and i want the hard inquiries removed because these were suppose to be soft inquiries, hence why we have so many soft inquiries from the same companies on the same dates. I believe this was a mistake on their part and id appreciate it if they removed the duplicates.

Company Response:

State: TX

Zip: 77006

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7271109

Date Received: 2023-07-20

Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement

Subissue: Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement

Consumer Complaint: I am writing to file a complaint against American Express for their failure to address fraudulent charges made on my American Express Platinum, Business Platinum, and Business Gold cards. My cousin, who was an authorized user on these accounts, abused this privilege and incurred {$59000.00} in fraudulent transactions. Despite my attempts to resolve the issue with American Express, they have declined my request for resolution, leading me to believe that they have violated consumer protection laws.

Company Response:

State: MD

Zip: XXXXX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7270895

Date Received: 2023-07-20

Issue: Fees or interest

Subissue: Problem with fees

Consumer Complaint: Took out {$40.00} cash at the ATM thinking that there was only a {$1.00} fee charged by the ATM provider on XX/XX/23. Amex charged me {$10.00} fee and {$1.00} in interest. This is a 30 % interest rate and a 25 % fee for Amex. Definitely problematic.

Company Response:

State: NY

Zip: 10022

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7270526

Date Received: 2023-07-20

Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement

Subissue: Card was charged for something you did not purchase with the card

Consumer Complaint: XX/XX/ some made a purchase for XXXX. I tried to activate my card they system would not let me. Called talk to customer service. They did nothing. And acted like they don't care

Company Response:

State: CO

Zip: 801XX

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-20

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7268833

Date Received: 2023-07-18

Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement

Subissue: Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement

Consumer Complaint: I enrolled and charged XXXX subscription serves to my American Express Blue Cash Card in XXXX and XXXX of XXXX. After using the services for a few weeks, I canceled all of them so they did not renew. After the merchants continued to charge me for the subscription I disputed the charges with American Express. The first charge was from XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX for the amount of {$32.00}. The second charge was from XXXX XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX for the amount of {$21.00}. The third charge was from XXXX XXXX XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX for the amount of {$19.00}. All XXXX disputes were resolved and closed in my favor because " The recurring transaction has been canceled ''. American Express also enrolled my in merchant block which I was told would prevent the merchants from charging this card again. Over the past XXXX months I have been charged by the merchants above many times for varying amounts. On XX/XX/XXXX I recalled out to American Express to inquire why they allowed my account to be charged for a canceled subscription that had merchant block. The agent was oblivious to the issue and said that they can only dispute charges in the last XXXX days. I requested to have the amount closed, which the agent avoided. They said they can issue me a new card with different numbers. I agreed to the new card but one was never sent. The agent also did the merchant block again and was going to escalate the issue regarding the recurring charges. I followed up and there was no record of the escalation. I have lost thousands of dollars as a results of American Express failure to protect their customers.

Company Response:

State: WA

Zip: 98053

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-07-18

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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Complaint ID: 7267864

Date Received: 2023-07-18

Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement

Subissue: Card was charged for something you did not purchase with the card

Consumer Complaint: I was charged on XX/XX/XXXX, {$230.00} XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX, I was notified by AMEX through a text and immediately of potential fraud. I told them I did NOT make this charge and they assured me the charge was declined. Now I was charged and It was 100 % unauthorized.

Company Response:

State: FL

Zip: 33179

Submitted Via: Web

Date Sent: 2023-08-22

Company Response to Consumer: Closed with monetary relief

Timely Response: Yes

Consumer Disputed: N/A


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