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2.2.0.25falsefalse0207 - Disclosure - Asset Securitizationstruefalsefalse1falsefalseUSDfalsefalse1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010 USD ($) USD ($) / shares $Jan-01-2010_Dec-31-2010http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000004962duration2010-01-01T00:00:002010-12-31T00:00:00PureStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancepurexbrli0SharesStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDStandardhttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso42170USDEPSDividehttp://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217USDiso4217http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instancesharesxbrli0USDUSD$2true0axp_AssetSecuritizationsAbstractaxpfalsenadurationAsset Securitizations.falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsefalsefalseOtherxbrli:stringItemTypestringAsset Securitizations.falsefalse3false0axp_AssetSecuritizationsTextBlockaxpfalsenadurationThis element may be used to capture disclosure of cardmember receivables and loans transferred to a trust whereby the trust...falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseverboselabel1falsefalsefalse00<!--DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" --> <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note 7 - axp:AssetSecuritizationsTextBlock--> <div style="margin-left: 0%"> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #009baa">NOTE&#160;7 </font> </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <b><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #009baa">ASSET SECURITIZATIONS</font></b> </div> <div style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&#160; </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #009baa">CHARGE TRUST&#160;AND LENDING TRUST </font> </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> The Company periodically securitizes cardmember receivables and loans arising from its card business through the transfer of those assets to securitization trusts. The trusts then issue securities to third-party investors, collateralized by the transferred assets. </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> Cardmember receivables are transferred to the Charge Trust and cardmember loans are transferred to the Lending Trust. As of December&#160;31, 2009 and for all prior periods, cardmember receivables transferred to the Charge Trust did not qualify as accounting sales and accordingly, the Charge Trust was consolidated by the Company. As a result, securitized cardmember receivables and the related debt securities issued to third parties by the Charge Trust were included on the Company&#8217;s Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Lending Trust met the criteria of a QSPE for GAAP in effect through December&#160;31, 2009 and, accordingly, cardmember loans transferred to the Lending Trust qualified as accounting sales. As a result, when cardmember loans were sold through securitizations, the Company removed the loans from its Consolidated Balance Sheets and recognized a gain or loss on sale, recorded certain retained interests in the securitization (i.e., retained subordinated securities and an interest-only strip asset) and received an undivided pro-rata interest in the excess loans held in the Lending Trust (historically referred to as &#8220;seller&#8217;s interest&#8221;). </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> Upon adoption of new GAAP effective January&#160;1, 2010, the Company continues to consolidate the Charge Trust. In addition, the Company was required to change its accounting for the Lending Trust, which is now consolidated. As a result, beginning January&#160;1, 2010, the securitized cardmember loans and the related debt securities issued to third parties by the Lending Trust are included on the Company&#8217;s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior period Consolidated Financial Statements have not been revised for this accounting change. </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> The Charge Trust and the Lending Trust are consolidated by American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (TRS), which is a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. The trusts are considered VIEs as they have insufficient equity at risk to finance their activities, which are to issue securities that are collateralized by the underlying cardmember receivables and loans. </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> TRS, in its role as servicer of the Charge Trust and the Lending Trust, has the power to direct the most significant activity of the trusts, which is the collection of the underlying cardmember receivables and loans in the trusts. In addition, TRS owns approximately $1.4&#160;billion of subordinated securities issued by the Lending Trust as of December&#160;31, 2010. These subordinated securities have the obligation to absorb losses of the Lending Trust and provide the right to receive benefits from the Lending Trust, both of which are significant to the VIE. TRS&#8217; role as servicer for the Charge Trust does not provide it with a significant obligation to absorb losses or a significant right to receive benefits. However, TRS&#8217; position as the parent company of the entities that transferred the receivables to the Charge Trust makes it the party most closely related to the Charge Trust. Based on these considerations, TRS was determined to be the primary beneficiary of both the Charge Trust and the Lending Trust. </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> The debt securities issued by the Charge Trust and the Lending Trust are non-recourse to the Company. Securitized cardmember receivables and loans held by the Charge Trust and the Lending Trust are available only for payment of the debt securities or other obligations issued or arising in the securitization transactions. The long-term debt of each trust is payable only out of collections on their respective underlying securitized assets. </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> There was approximately $9.0&#160;million and $1.8&#160;billion of restricted cash held by the Charge Trust as of December&#160;31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and approximately $3.7&#160;billion of restricted cash held by the Lending Trust as of December&#160;31, 2010 included in other assets on the Company&#8217;s Consolidated Balance Sheets. Also, as of December&#160;31, 2009, other receivables on the Company&#8217;s Consolidated Balance Sheet included $1.9&#160;billion of restricted cash held in the Lending Trust. 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</td> <td align="left"> The elimination of the interest-only strip; </td> </tr> <tr style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td> <font style="color: #009baa">&#8226;</font>&#160; </td> <td align="left"> An increase to long-term debt for the debt securities issued by the Lending Trust; </td> </tr> <tr style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"> <td>&#160;</td> </tr> <tr valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <td> <font style="color: #009baa">&#8226;</font>&#160; </td> <td align="left"> A reduction to shareholders&#8217; equity, primarily for the after-tax effect of establishing the additional reserve for losses on cardmember loans, and for reversing the unrealized gains of the retained subordinated securities. </td> </tr> </table> <div style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&#160; </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: transparent"> <font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #009baa">CHARGE TRUST&#160;AND LENDING TRUST TRIGGERING EVENTS </font> </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> Under the respective terms of the Charge Trust and the Lending Trust agreements, the occurrence of certain events could result in establishment of reserve funds, or in a worst-case scenario, early amortization of investor certificates. As of December&#160;31, 2010, no triggering events have occurred resulting in funding of reserve accounts or early amortization. </div> <div align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 1%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: transparent"> The Company announced in the second quarter of 2009 that certain actions affecting outstanding series of securities issued by the Lending Trust were completed in order to adjust the credit enhancement structure of substantially all of the outstanding series of securities previously issued by the Lending Trust. One of these enhancements was the designation of a percentage of new principal receivables arising from accounts in the Lending Trust as &#8220;Discount Option Receivables&#8221; (as defined in the Lending Trust documentation). 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