Dan Schulman

AmEx Bluebird Customers Get FDIC Backing, Check-Writing Feature

American Express Co., the biggest U.S. credit-card issuer by purchases, is adding deposit insurance and check-writing capabilities for accounts tied to its Bluebird prepaid cards sold by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

AmEx Pushing World Expansion Takes on EBay's PayPal With Prepaid E-Wallet

American Express Co. , the world’s biggest credit-card issuer by purchases, introduced a payment system for smartphones and computers that competes with Visa Inc. , MasterCard Inc. and PayPal Inc.

AmEx Adds Ex-Sprint Executives to Bolster Mobile Unit

American Express Co. , the biggest U.S. credit-card issuer by purchases, hired former executives of Sprint Nextel Corp. to bolster its online and mobile unit and is rebranding Revolution Money, an Internet-based payments network.

Sprint to Lure Text-Obsessed Customers With Cheaper Virgin Mobile Plans

Sprint Nextel Corp. , the third-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, this month is cutting the price of its prepaid wireless Virgin Mobile USA plans to attract young, text-obsessed users.

AmEx Targets Big Banks, Dodges Debit Caps With Prepaid Card

American Express Co. is offering a low-cost prepaid card that’s exempt from new U.S. caps on debit- swipe fees and may draw customers from some banks that are trimming rewards programs because of the rules.

Symantec Rises as Revenue Beats Estimates: San Francisco Mover

Symantec Corp., the biggest maker of antivirus software, advanced to the highest price since 2008 after reporting fiscal third-quarter sales and profit that beat estimates, aided by strong demand for data-management tools.

Symantec Ousts CEO Enrique Salem in Favor of Chairman

Symantec Corp., the world’s largest maker of computer-security software, ousted Chief Executive Officer Enrique Salem and passed the reins to Chairman Steve Bennett, saying the company wasn’t performing well enough.

AmEx to Invest $100M in Digital Commerce

American Express Co., the biggest credit-card issuer by purchases, plans to invest $100 million in technology companies as it develops its digital-payments system called Serve.

Wal-Mart Offers Bank Account Option With American Express

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has been adding financial products for people who don’t have bank accounts. Now it’s targeting those who do.

AmEx to Let Consumers Make Purchases on Verizon Wireless

American Express Co. said it will let consumers make purchases on Verizon Wireless devices as the lender competes for mobile payments with rivals including Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. and EBay Inc.’s PayPal.

"You know you're not going to bounce that check because you know it's already cleared."

- Dan Schulman on Mar 26, 2013

New York

Enrique Salem

Connecticut Train Crash Rips Up Lines, Hampers Rail Traffic

North Korea Test-Fires 3 Missiles as U.S. Sees Further Isolation

Commuter Train Wreck Injures Dozens, Curbs Amtrak Service

Republicans Unsatisfied by IRS Answers Press for More

Tesla’s Musk Channels Iacocca With Early U.S. Repayment