Enterprise Architecture at American Express (4 Pages 1589 Words)

Critical facts

American Express, located in New York City, was founded in 1850 (Corporate Profile, 2015). It is one of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Corporate Profile, 2015). American provides services such as credit cards, charge cards, and travelers checks (Corporate Profile, 2015). American Express cards account for 24% of credit card transactions in the U.S. (Corporate Profile, 2015). According to the companys 10k, the company generates 33 billion in revenue and over 5 billion in income. The companys total assets are over 150 billion. American Express has one of the largest IT infrastructures and is able to handle an extremely high number of transactions each...