Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of


                 Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers


(d)  The Board of Directors of American Express Company (the "Company") elected
Karen Parkhill as a director of the Company, effective January 29, 2020. Ms.
Parkhill will serve as a member of the Board's Audit and Compliance Committee.
Ms. Parkhill will participate in the compensation program for non-employee
directors as described under the heading "Compensation of Directors" in the
Company's definitive proxy statement on Scheduled 14A, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2019. A copy of the press release
announcing the election of Ms. Parkhill is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
Ms. Parkhill and members of her immediate family are directors, employees and/or
have equity interests in companies with whom the Company had entered into
ordinary course business relationships prior to her election as a director of
the Company and with whom the Company may enter into additional ordinary course
relationships from time to time. These may include ordinary course merchant
relationships pursuant to which these companies accept the Company's credit and
charge cards and pay the Company fees when their customers use these cards. From
time to time, the Company may enter into joint marketing or other relationships
with one or more of these companies in the ordinary course that encourage their
customers to apply for and use the Company's products and services. The Company
may also provide ordinary course Corporate Card, travel and other payment and
financing products and services, including extensions of credit, on terms and
conditions similar to those available to other customers generally to some of
these companies for which these companies pay fees to the Company. The Company
may also engage in other commercial transactions with these companies and pay or
receive fees in those transactions.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits

Exhibit       Description
99.1            Press Release of American Express Company, dated January 29, 2020, announcing
              the election of Karen Parkhill to the Company's Board of Directors.
104           The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as inline XBRL.




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