American Express, a publicly owned company headquartered in the US, employs approximately 90,160 individuals. It functions as a bank holding company and multinational financial services corporation specializing in payment cards. Its headquarters are located at 200 Vesey Street, also known as American Express Tower, in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. It is the fourth-largest card network globally based on purchase volume, behind China UnionPay, Visa, and Mastercard. It is also the 16th largest US bank, holding total assets of US$270 billion, representing 1.1% of all assets insured by the FDIC. The company is ranked 58th on the Fortune 500 and 28th on the Forbes list of most valuable brands, and was 63rd in the Forbes Global 2000 in 2023.
