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...For one thing, management seems to have traded English understatement for American optimism....
...“In the early days, people underestimated ‘Bayo’,” said Kenneth Chenault, former CEO of American Express, and a close friend of Ogunlesi since both were at Harvard Law School....
...Earnings: Blackstone, American Express, AT&T and Philip Morris report. Economic data: We also get data on existing home sales for March and weekly claims for unemployment aid....
...She is the company’s first outsider and first female CEO, one of only 52 women leading Fortune 500 companies....
...But my father was a fashion photographer, and fashion was the world that gave him the space to express himself.”...
...My cunning plan to do so involved taking a cut-price route to Kenneth Kaunda International, Lusaka’s main airport....
...American Express has appointed former US Federal Trade Commission chair Deborah Platt Majoras to its board....
...The company has said high volatility in markets was to blame. Lex opines on American Express’ loan-loss reserves, and argues that investors should not take fright....
...Last week I spoke with former American Express executive Andrew Jamison about his company Extend, which looks to help traditional banks offer modern payment technology to commercial clients through APIs....
...I see a market dominated by American Express and the legacy banks. Most companies are yet to implement the next generation systems which we provide. There’s still so much business to capture....
...Traditional payments companies like Mastercard, and American Express will probably play a central role as the gateways to commerce on platforms like Meta and Roblox, according to Ghose....
...Travel spending by big US companies was “well over 50 per cent” of pre-pandemic levels in March, the chief financial officer of American Express told the FT last week....
...Jordan, who took over as chief executive in 2019, has previously worked at American Express and RailsBank. What inspired the formation of Bink and what problems does it solve?...
..., according to the Indian Express newspaper....
...“The index was created for the express requirement of these ETFs. I don’t suppose they ever imagined they would [hold] $11bn.” Even this latest set of proposals may not be enough....
...Still, Knighthead and Certares, the latter a travel specialist with stakes in TripAdvisor and the American Express travel agency, were leading a deal that would inject $5bn into Hertz....
...Some companies say they cannot find enough qualified minority candidates, former American Express chief executive Kenneth Chenault remarked in December, but he said this could be an easy excuse to justify...
...Mr Frazier also believes that if a prominent executive does speak up, it is important that they do not mince their words, according to Kenneth Chenault, the former chief executive of American Express....
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...Job moves Gambling group GVC’s long serving boss Kenneth Alexander is leaving after 13 years....
...In addition to Ms Desmond-Hellmann; Reed Hastings, Netflix’s chief executive; Erskine Bowles, Democratic political figure; and Kenneth Chenault, former American Express chief executive, have all stood down...
...The other branchless banks that have reached significant scale also have strength in asset-gathering: they are the card companies like Discover, American Express and Synchronicity Financial....
...Alex Barker in London 19....
...(chart via FT) Trans-Europe Express Turkey's tax troubles The EU is heading for a potential diplomatic clash with Ankara as Brussels considers whether to put Turkey on a blacklist of international tax...
...But she underlined that the EU had to act “to provide some clarity for our companies”....
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