American Express Company specializes in issuing and marketing payment cards primarily for travel (hotel, ticket, restaurant payments, etc.). Income breaks down by activity as follows: - sale of means of payment to consumers (54.7%): traveler's checks, credit cards, prepaid cards. The group also offers banking services (private banking and business banking), travel brokerage and magazine publishing; - sale of means of payment to small and big corporates (29.7%); - management of partner networks (15.6%): services provided to card payment networks and card distribution networks.