Tracked deals
8
8 tracked deals across 2020-2026.
Public Company
Financial Services
American Express
New York, New York, United States
Globally integrated payments and financial services company providing products and services for consumers and businesses, including commercial-services offerings.
- Focus Areas
- Payments, Card networks, Business payments and spend management
- Website
- www.americanexpress.com
Recent pace
3
3 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
6 buyout · 2 divestiture
American Express Acquisition Volume by Year
Last 5 years
Actual
Full-year estimate
Supporting Data
Recent Transactions
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- Buyer
- American Express
- Target
- TheFork
- Seller
- Tripadvisor
- Industry
- E-Commerce
- Location
- Ile-de-France, France
- Type
- Divestiture
Tripadvisor has entered into a put option agreement to sell its European restaurant reservation and management platform, TheFork, to American Express in an all-cash transaction valued at $700 million. The deal is expected to close before the end of 2026, subject to labor consultation and customary regulatory approvals.
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- Buyer
- American Express
- Target
- Hyper
- Industry
- Financial Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
American Express announced it will acquire Hyper, an AI-driven expense management startup, to strengthen its AI expertise and expand automated expense-management capabilities for business customers. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, after the companies previously collaborated on the Hypercard Rewards American Express card and integrated AI expense management into the card offering.
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April 16, 2026
- Buyer
- American Express
- Target
- Hypercard (Hyper)
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
American Express (Amex) has entered into an agreement to acquire Hypercard (Hyper), an agentic expense management company, to strengthen its AI expertise across its commercial services business. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
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March 25, 2024
- Buyer
- American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT)
- Target
- CWT
- Industry
- IT Services
- Type
- Buyout
American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) agreed to acquire CWT, a global business travel and meetings solutions provider, in a deal valued at approximately $570 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The transaction is funded with a combination of stock and cash and is expected to close in the second half of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
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January 12, 2023
- Buyer
- American Express
- Target
- Nipendo
- Industry
- Payments & Fintech
- Location
- Israel
- Type
- Buyout
American Express has entered into an agreement to acquire Nipendo, an Israel-based provider of cloud-based procure-to-pay and B2B payments automation. The acquisition is intended to expand American Express's B2B payments capabilities by integrating Nipendo's team, technology and automation for procure-to-pay, accounts payable and receivable processes.
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- Buyer
- American Express Global Business Travel
- Target
- Egencia
- Seller
- Expedia Group
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has made a binding offer to acquire Egencia, the corporate travel arm of Expedia Group, bringing Egencia into GBT’s business travel platform. As part of the proposed deal Expedia Group would take a shareholder stake in GBT and enter a long-term commercial agreement to power Egencia, subject to employee consultations and customary regulatory approvals.
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- Buyer
- American Express Global Business Travel
- Target
- Ovation Travel Group
- Industry
- Professional Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) has acquired Ovation Travel Group, including its brands such as Lawyers Travel and Chartwell Travel. The deal brings Ovation's high-touch corporate and luxury travel services and ~700 employees into GBT, giving Ovation access to GBT's global reach, technology platform and products; terms were not disclosed.
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October 8, 2020
- Buyer
- American Express Global Business Travel (GBT)
- Target
- 30SecondsToFly
- Industry
- AI & Machine Learning
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) has acquired AI and messaging start-up 30SecondsToFly to integrate its conversational, AI-powered self-service technology into GBT's mobile and messaging channels. The acquisition (closed October 8) will enhance GBT's traveler messaging and automated servicing capabilities while the 30SecondsToFly AI developers join GBT's technology team; terms were not disclosed.
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