American Express Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetecter Shows

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 3 weeks ago on

October 22, 2026

American Express logo and trading symbol are displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 6, 2017. (Reuters File)

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American Express experienced a possible outage Thursday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,600 users had reported problems with the platform as of 7:59 a.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said they were experiencing issues with paying bills and web login.

Update at 9:52 a.m.

More than 5,000 users have now reported an issue with American Express.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.