AMEX - Amex

Japanese: アメックス - あめっくす
AMEX - Amex

…It is also a leading company in the fields of insurance, international finance, and investment services. Its abbreviation is AMEX. Its headquarters are in New York. …

[Credit Card]

...The following year, in 1951, Franklin National Bank of New York began issuing a similar three-party credit card, marking the beginning of bank cards. The main credit cards currently used in America are the T&E cards Diners Club and American Express (commonly known as Amex), and the bank cards Visa and MasterCard. Japan had its own credit system for things like ticket sales, but the credit card system was started in 1960 by Japan Travel Bureau and Fuji Bank in partnership with Diners Club International, which has its headquarters in America, and can be said to have been imported from America. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "American Express" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…保険,国際金融,投資サービスの分野でも有力。略称アメックスAMEX。本社ニューヨーク。…

【クレジット・カード】より

…翌51年にはフランクリン・ナショナル・バンク・オブ・ニューヨークFranklin National Bank of New Yorkが同様な3者間方式のクレジット・カードの発行を開始し,バンク・カードの始まりとなった。現在アメリカで利用されているおもなクレジット・カードは,T&Eカードのダイナース・クラブとアメリカン・エキスプレス(通称,アメックス),バンク・カードのビザVisaとマスター・カードMaster Cardである。 日本では従来〈チケット販売〉など独自のクレジット・システムが存在していたが,クレジット・カード・システムは60年に日本交通公社と富士銀行がアメリカに本社をもつダイナース・クラブ・インターナショナル社と提携して設立した日本ダイナース・クラブによってスタートしたもので,アメリカからの輸入であるといえる。…

※「アメックス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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