AsOf

American Express · founded1850

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Valid from
1850-01-01
Valid until
still holds
Published
no source on record carries a date
Recorded by AsOf
2026-11-11
Checked
2026-11-12 · its source page states the value and the date
Confidence
0.60

Sources

“Founded in 1850 as an express mail service, Amex transitioned into financial services”— what the page says, read 2026-11-12

Cite this claim

Each form names the value, its as-of date (1850-01-01), the day you read it (2026-11-12), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text
AsOf. "American Express founded: 1850", as of 1850-01-01. Claim clm_12DBC29D07D1, https://asof.is/claim/clm_12DBC29D07D1, accessed 2026-11-12. Source: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/american-express-company/.
APA
AsOf. (1850). American Express founded: 1850 (as of 1850-01-01) [Record clm_12DBC29D07D1]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_12DBC29D07D1 (source: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/american-express-company/)
BibTeX
@misc{asof_clm_12DBC29D07D1,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {American Express founded: 1850},
  year = {1850},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_12DBC29D07D1}},
  note = {Claim clm\_12DBC29D07D1, as of 1850-01-01; source: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/american-express-company/},
  urldate = {2026-11-12}
}

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