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...“High mortgage rates are creating a real void for people who don’t have the strong finances that are required to buy in cash,” she said in an interview with the Financial Times....
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...Merchants are currently able to charge an extra fee for consumers who use American Express cards, but Visa and Mastercard have blocked sellers from doing so for their users....
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...Even the inventory of new homes dipped a bit in 2023, as high mortgage rates put a damper on Americans’ desire to finance anything....
...But American Express chief executive Steve Squeri found himself facing particularly worrying circumstances....
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...Companies: American Express and Colgate-Palmolive report fourth-quarter results....
...American Express shares dropped nearly 4 per cent in pre-market trading, after revenue missed expectations, provisions for credit losses tripled and profit topped forecasts....
...Discover today is one of four card networks standing — it is the smallest after Visa, Mastercard and the third-place American Express....
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...We have never been prejudiced, we work with the Americans and with British companies. But so do other countries as well,” he added....
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...JPMorgan said it was facing a 25 per cent jump in capital requirements, while analysts at Autonomous predicted American Express might need 40 per cent more capital....
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