American Express, a global force in financial and travel services, has operated in Australia since 1954.  Twenty years later, it introduced its first Australian-dollar American Express Credit Card and still remains at the forefront of credit card innovation in this country.  In addition to its exclusive American Express-branded credit and business cards, American Express also runs co-branded cards for other organisation like Jones, NAB, HSBC Bank, AMP, Qantas and David Jones. Readmore

A sometimes overlooked player in Australia’s credit card industry, American Express (AMEX) was a pioneer in the charge card field – aimed at the overseas traveler and their foreign exchange and spending abroad. Purchases made on a charge card each month had to be paid in full when the statement was issued. Over the years, AMEX progressively added more travel-related services such as travel insurance and more recently, travel inconvenience cover to some of their charge cards. Readmore