Amex

Use Your AmEx, Scan a Bar Code, Get an iPod?

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 13, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

American Express Black Card holders might not strike some as the bargain-hunting kind, but AmEx is getting on board with mobile bar code scanning to offer more loyalty rewards to all cardholders.

AmEx: Say We Want a Revolution

John Paczkowski in News on November 18, 2009 at 8:04 am PT

AOL moguls Steve Case and Ted Leonsis are smiling into their cornflakes this morning. Moments ago, American Express announced plans to acquire Revolution Money, the online payments outfit they’ve been working on since 2007, for about $300 million.

Virtual Goods + Mobile Payments = Small Market Worth Fighting For?

Peter Kafka in Media on June 16, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

The promise of “virtual goods”–pretend things you buy with real money in cyberspace–has lured entrepreneurs and venture capitalists for years. Same goes for mobile payments–using your iPhone instead of your Amex to buy stuff. But what if you combined the two? You’d have a market that barely exists yet is worth fighting over. At least that’s what Zong and Boku are doing.