Retailer Closed-Loop Networks Will Slowly Encroach on the American Express Network
As we noted last week, wide-moat rated Berkshire Hathaway spent some $14 billion on the purchase of financial services stocks in the third quarter, with the sector accounting for 40.7% of Berkshire's reported equity portfolio at the end of September (much higher than the 13.8% financials weighting in the S&P 500 Index). The insurer's second largest sector weighting at the end of the third quarter was in technology, which accounted for 27.7% of Berkshire's equity portfolio, but much of that w...American Express is a payments company. The company is engaged in providing credit and charge cards to consumers, small businesses, mid-sized companies and corporations. The company's reportable operating segments are: Global Consumer Services Group, which provides services to consumers, including travel and lifestyle services; Global Commercial Services, which provides payment and expense management services, as weel as commercial financing products; and Global Merchant and Network Services, which operates a global payments network that processes and settles card transactions, acquires merchants and provides multi-channel marketing programs and capabilities, and services and data analytics.
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