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American Express Corporation

Company · Finance · HQ: United Kingdom · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, American Express Corporation appears in 22 declared MEP meetings (18 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

22
declared meetings
with current MEPs
18
MEPs met
€400k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“American Express Company is a global services company that provides customers with access to products, insights and experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Our principal products and services are charge and credit payment card products and travel-related services offered to consumers and businesses around the world.”

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“We compete in the global payments industry with charge, credit and debit card networks, issuers and acquirers, as well as evolving alternative payment mechanisms, systems and products.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 22 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party836%
Renew Europe523%
European Conservatives & Reformists418%
Socialists & Democrats314%
Greens/EFA15%
Non-attached15%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2023). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
1
2020
0
2021
1
2022
2
2023
6
2024
3
2025
6
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Jonás Fernández
2 meetings · S&D
Gilles Boyer
2 meetings · Renew
Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
2 meetings · EPP
Cynthia Ní Mhurchú
2 meetings · Renew
Fabio de Masi
1 meeting · Non-attached

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
24 Jun 2026Sebastian TynkkynenKesävastaanotto
25 Feb 2026Carlo Fidanzalegislative update
17 Feb 2026Antonella SbernaDigital payments regulation, Financial services innovation, Consumer protection standards
6 Nov 2025Jonás FernándezCapital Markets Union
7 Oct 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúCombatting Online Fraud
7 Oct 2025Stephen Nikola BartulicaDigital Euro
9 Jul 2025Fabio de MasiDigital Euro
9 Apr 2025Regina DohertyOnline Fraud
3 Feb 2025Cynthia Ní MhurchúIntroduction meeting
9 Dec 2024Virginijus SinkevičiusPSR, PSD3
12 Sep 2024Fernando Navarrete RojasEUROFI
3 Sep 2024Ralf SeekatzAllgemeiner Austausch
14 Nov 2023Jonás FernándezPayment Services
25 Oct 2023Gilles BoyerDigital euro
27 Jun 2023Isabel Benjumea BenjumeaPSD2 Review

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