Overview:
Established in 1850 in New York, American Express Company was among the first and most successful express delivery businesses to arise during the rapid westward expansion of the United States. The U.S. Postal Service at the time was slow, expensive and nonexistent in many areas. Nothing larger than a letter-sized envelope could be sent by mail, and certainly nothing valuable, as a fair number of deliveries were lost or stolen enroute.The express companies served as a lifeline to the growing nation. Intrepid expressmen, typically on horseback or driving stagecoaches, traversed from the eastern cities to the western frontier, transporting correspondence, parcels, freight, gold and currency, among countless other goods.
American Express quickly earned a reputation as the best in the fledgling industry – the company that delivered, literally. Although in its early years American Express was not itself a financial services company, its largest and most consistent clients were banks. Delivering the banks’ typically small parcels – stock certificates, notes, currency and other financial instruments – was considerably more profitable than transporting larger freight. Soon the company would scale down its parcel. and freight delivery business in favor of creating and selling its own financial products. American Express issued its first charge card in 1958. Within five years, more than 1 million cards were in use at approximately 85,000 establishments within and outside the United States. Soon, the company began introducing local currency cards in markets outside the United States, adding programs that made it possible for cardmembers to extend payment on large travel expenditures, and launching additional products, such as the American Express Gold Card in 1966. Within ten years, the card business was growing steadily and generating a healthy profit. And, to the surprise of many, so was the company’s travelers cheque business.
Recruitment Procedure:
Selection is be made on the basis of performance in the written test or(and)interview taken together. You can send resume to the HRD. Your profile will remain with the bank for will be evaluated against current and future openings. In case your profile is short-listed, a member of the HR team will get in touch with you. You can apply online for the jobs also.
Head Office
American Express Banking Corp.,
Cyber City, Tower C,
DLF Bldg No.8,
Sector-25, DLF City Phase ll,
Gurgaon – 122002, India
