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Issuer:     AMERICAN EXPRESS CO (AXP)
CIK:        0000004962
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000004962-25-000005
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

American Express to pay ~$230M to resolve DOJ, Fed probes into small-business sales practices
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- Payments of ~$230M to resolve DOJ and Federal Reserve investigations into historical sales practices for certain U.S. small business customers.
- Company says costs largely reserved in prior periods; does not impact 2024 guidance previously provided.
- Agreement in principle with Fed staff; formal resolution expected in coming weeks.
- Company discontinued certain products by 2021 or earlier and took disciplinary, organizational, and compliance actions.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496225000005/0000004962-25-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4962/000000496225000005/axp-20250116.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000004962-25-000005

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