American Express supports the initiatives by the Commission encourage instant payments across the EU. The design of such initiatives should consider all possible barriers to instant payments to ensure further adoption by consumers and businesses alike. A more developed instant payments infrastructure will open opportunities for payment initiation and acquiring in particular.
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American Express
Company · Spain · EU Transparency Register 671547715580-60
4
positions filed
in the 583 files tracked
4
legislative files
of 583 tracked
2
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 583 consultation files tracked so far (42,224 submissions, mostly 2025–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1048 companies & groups on this site, they rank #274 by legislative files engaged — a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
3
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€400K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
2
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2015
in the register since
Declares membership of
- European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF) →
- E-Money Association (EMA)
- DIGITALEUROPE →
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026).
- Register category
- Companies & groups
- Registered as
- American Express Corporation
- Head office
- London, United kingdom
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 2 Sept 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
American Express filed 4 positions between 7 Apr 2021 and 1 Nov 2023, across 4 of the 583 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 2 times.
2021 · 2 filed2023 · 2 filed
What they argued
American Express welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commission’s proposed revision of the Consumer Credit Directive, and is supportive of the Commission’s efforts to establish a single market for credit with harmonised and strengthened consumer protection measures.
American Express (Amex) welcomes the proposed Payments Services Package introduced by the European Commission (EC) in June 2023, as these proposed changes will help to foster innovation, strengthen competition, and secure safer payments. Overall, this package marks an important step towards harmonizing payment standards across the EU.
American Express (Amex) welcomes the proposed Payments Services Package introduced by the European Commission (EC) in June 2023, as these proposed changes will help to foster innovation, strengthen competition, and secure safer payments. Overall, this package marks an important step towards harmonizing payment standards across the EU.
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