AmEx profit beats on over $1 bln reserve release boost
BusinessAmEx credit spending slump eclipses profit beat, shares fall ReutersNiket NishantSohini Podder 2 minutes read Credit cards of American Express are photographed in this illustration picture in this March 17, 2016, file photo. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration American Express Co (AXP.N) said travel and entertainment-related spending on its cards halved in the first quarter as customers stayed at home due to the COVID-19 crisis, overshadowing a better-than-expected profit and sending its shares down 4%. Cross-border travel restrictions and a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in several pa...