American Express • Supervisory Authorisation Audit
American Express: Regulation, Licence Numbers & Tier Breakdown
Complete primary licence audit for American Express (American Express), including regulatory certificate numbers, tier classifications, contracting legal entities, and our 3-step official registry verification playbook.
Coverage: Banks and deposit-taking institutions
American Express Regulatory Licence & Certificate Registry
Each certificate number links to our cryptographic verification dossier (/verify/license/[num]).
| Supervising Authority | Tier | Certificate Number | Supervisory Status | Contracting Legal Entity | Effective Date | |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC) | unknown | 27471 | Regulated | American Express National Bank | 1989-03-20 | |
| Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC) Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC) | unknown | 25151 | Regulated | American Express National Bank | 2000-12-01 | |
| Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed) Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed) | unknown | 1394676 | Regulated | AMERICAN EXPRESS NB/AMERICAN EXPRESS CO | — |
Supervisory Tier Distribution & Prudential Breakdown
Categorisation of recorded authorisations by statutory capital, segregation, and compensation rigor.
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Major statutory regimes (FCA, ASIC, MAS, SEC/NFA, BaFin, FINMA, JFSA, SFC) with strict daily trust reconciliation and statutory compensation.
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Recognised regional regulators (CySEC, FMA, FSCA, DFSA) enforcing MiFID II or equivalent prudential reporting and negative balance protection.
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International business company (IBC) or offshore registrations with flexible leverage schedules and no statutory investor compensation fund.
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Filings marked exceeded scope, revoked, unauthorised, or suspected clone in the imported supervisory dataset.
3-Step Official Register Verification Playbook
How to independently verify American Express's supervisory standing before wiring funds.
Cross-Check Certificate Number
Take each licence number listed for American Express and query it directly on the issuing authority's official public register (and via our /verify/license/ oracle) to confirm active standing.
Audit Onboarding Subsidiary
Multi-entity brokerages often market a Tier-1 licence on their homepage while onboarding international clients under an offshore entity. Confirm your client agreement names American Express.
Verify Approved Website Host
Confirm that the website domain you use to log in (www.americanexpress.com) matches the approved domain recorded on the regulator's register entry.
American Express — Regulation & Licences Architecture Exhibit
Deterministic vector diagram generated from supervisory filings and 6D telemetry.
American Express Regulation & Licences: Frequently Asked Questions
Four intent-specific due diligence questions answered from primary dataset records.
Which financial regulators authorise and supervise American Express?
American Express (American Express) holds 3 recorded supervisory filing(s) in our dataset across Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed). Of these, 3 carry an active "Regulated" status and 0 are classified under Tier-1 statutory supervisors.
What are American Express's official regulatory licence numbers?
Recorded certificate numbers for American Express include: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC) #27471 (Regulated); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC) #25151 (Regulated); Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed) #1394676 (Regulated). Click any certificate number in the table above to open its SHA-256 verification dossier.
Does American Express hold Tier-1 onshore regulatory authorisation?
No active Tier-1 regulated filing is recorded for American Express in our current snapshot (3 total filings across Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (U.S. FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (U.S. OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S. Fed)).
How do I verify American Express's contracting legal entity before funding an account?
Follow our 3-step verification protocol: (1) locate the exact corporate name in your client agreement and compare it against "American Express"; (2) click the certificate number link in our licence table to verify the registration string; and (3) confirm on the regulator's own domain that www.americanexpress.com is the authorised web portal.
Structured against supervisory register snapshots and public regulatory filings. Verify your contracting legal entity and current authorisation status directly on the issuing regulator’s official register before transacting.